Tyrese Haliburton has admitted he finally believes Wilt Chamberlain really scored 100 points in a single NBA game after witnessing one of the wildest scoring nights in modern basketball.
The Indiana Pacers star shared his reaction after Bam Adebayo’s historic offensive explosion stunned the league.
For Haliburton, that performance suddenly made Chamberlain’s legendary record feel far more believable.
Tyrese Haliburton’s Wilt Chamberlain 100-point reaction
Tyrese Haliburton explained his change of heart in a viral clip shared online, with video circulating on X showing the Pacers guard reacting to the historic scoring night that sparked the discussion.
Haliburton admitted that for years he had questioned whether Wilt Chamberlain’s famous 100-point game from 1962 was truly believable.
But after watching Bam Adebayo explode for 83 points against the Washington Wizards, the Pacers star said his perspective quickly changed.
Reflecting on the moment, Haliburton said: “Let me tell you something. I ain’t gonna lie. Wilt Chamberlain a 100? I ain’t know if I believed it. But after what I watched yesterday, Wilt had a 100. Wilt had a 100!”
That incredible night pushed Adebayo past Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game and left him trailing only Chamberlain on the NBA’s all-time single-game scoring list.
The clip quickly spread across social media as fans appreciated Haliburton’s honest reaction to seeing a modern-era player get so close to the mythical milestone.
Bam Adebayo made Tyrese Haliburton in Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game
Haliburton expanded on his reaction while describing just how unbelievable the scoring display looked while he was watching it unfold.
“I was like, ‘Nah! Wilt had a 100? Stop it!’ I’m watching yesterday? What’s going on? I was like, ‘Okay, he had a 100,” Haliburton added.
Adebayo’s performance shocked the league partly because he is not traditionally known as a volume scorer.
The Miami Heat center finished with 83 points on 20-of-43 shooting while also making 36 free throws during the game.
By the final buzzer, Adebayo had secured the second-highest scoring total in NBA history, trailing only Chamberlain’s legendary 100-point game set in 1962.
The historic outing instantly reignited debates around the league about some of the NBA’s most famous scoring records.
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