Audio reveals tense Bam Adebayo-DeMar DeRozan exchange

On Tuesday evening, Miami Heat faced with Sacramento Kings and won convincingly, 130-117, thanks to a three-point barrage that left the head coach Doug Christie is scratching his head. In the middle of that game, things got heated between the two sides — with DeMar DeRozan and Bam Adebayo they got into a heated exchange after the former fouled Heat guard Pelle Larsson by shoving him hard.

Adebayo then came in and put on his cap, pushing DeRozan away and confronting him about his treatment of Larsson. In the Kings’ Star defense, his frustration at what he saw as a flop from the Heat’s guard got the better of him. Even then, Adebayo didn’t take too kindly to the words DeRozan threw at his teammate, and as a result, exchange between the two escalated.

“Don’t do it,” DeRozan pleaded.

“That’s my guy. Damn DeMar,” Adebayo said.

However, the extracurriculars between the Heat and Kings didn’t stop there. With the game out of the latter’s reach late in the fourth, DeRozan decided to leave something to Larsson, headbutting him. The Heat guard now confronted DeRozan himself, telling him that what he did was not a basketball play. The Kings star then tried to get Larson to fire back by asking him to “do something about it.”

(Video preview courtesy of LegendZ on X.)

What DeMar DeRozan Really Said To Bam Adebayo👀:

DeRozan: “Don’t do that!”

Bam: “Shut your ass… what are we doing?”

Later in the game, DeMar fouled Pele Larson again and things escalated:

DeMar: “Do something you bitch”

Pele: “It’s not a basketball game” pic.twitter.com/t9BnmZ3g9c

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The Kings’ poor season seems to be catching up to DeRozan, who is stuck in this helpless scenario in perhaps the league’s worst-run franchise.

Heat preserves contributions from nothing

What has given the Heat a lifeline over the past decade is the fact that they have gotten the best out of unheralded players like Larsson. Max Struss, Gabe Vincent and Caleb Martin, to name a few, feasted when they were on the Heat and cashed in when they hit free agency.

Larson is the latest success story for heat. The 44th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft has emerged as a key rotation for Miami this year – a huge win.