In case you missed it: Bam Adebayo just scored 83 points. In a single NBA game. On Tuesday night, the Miami Heat center put up 83 points against the Washington Wizards - the second-highest single-game scoring total in NBA history, behind only Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962. He passed Kobe Bryant's legendary 81-point game in the process, finishing 20-of-43 from the field, 7-of-22 from three, and a record-breaking 36-of-43 from the free-throw line. It was, to put it mildly, a night for the history books.
NBA 2K26 is celebrating accordingly. 2K has dropped a free 99 OVR Dark Matter Fresh Bam Adebayo card - and all you need to do to grab it is enter a locker code right now.
Enter this code in NBA 2K26 MyTEAM to redeem your free 99 OVR Dark Matter Fresh Bam Adebayo:
BAM-83-POINTS
That's it. Free card, no strings attached - just 2K moving fast to capitalize on one of the most shocking individual performances in basketball history.
How to Unlock the Full Reward
BAM FOR 83!?!
Celebrate Bam Adebayo's monster night with a monster card:
Redeem Code BAM-83-POINTS for a 99 OVR Dark Matter Fresh Bam Adebayo
Then let him cook ... Use any Bam card and drop 83 points in multiple MyTEAM modes to unlock a OVR Bam Adebayo
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The Dark Matter card is just the start. Once you've redeemed it, there's a challenge tied to the performance worth completing before the NBA Regular Season ends:
Use any Bam Adebayo card and drop 83 points across multiple MyTEAM modes to unlock a second Bam OVR card
Already have Bam from the Fresh pack? Exchange him for 3 Legend Badges inspired by his historic performance: Physical Finisher, Posterizer, and Post Powerhouse
The challenge window closes at the end of the NBA Regular Season, so don't sit on this one too long.
Bam Adebayo Becomes Top 2 Of All-Time
To put Bam's night in context: Adebayo entered Tuesday averaging 18.9 points per game - the third-leading scorer on his own team, behind Norman Powell and Tyler Herro, both of whom were out injured. His career scoring average coming in was 16.1 points per game, making him the first player in history to score at least 60 points more than their career average in a single game. This wasn't a volume scorer having an elite night. This was a defensive anchor suddenly producing one of the most surreal individual performances the sport has ever seen.
"Wilt, me, then Kobe," Adebayo said after the game. "It sounds crazy." It does. It really does.
For all active NBA 2K26 locker codes - including this one and everything else currently redeemable - check out our full NBA 2K26 locker codes tracker, updated regularly so you never miss a free card.
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