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Thrown into the fire, Miami Heat rookie Bam Adebayo learns from facing the San Antonio Spurs | Miami Herald

Bam Adebayo took no solace in the fact the odds were stacked against him.

It didn’t matter that Adebayo, the Heat’s rookie center, was tasked with the job of slowing down the Spurs’ All-Star frontcourt in his first career start Wednesday night.

From time to time when LaMarcus Aldridge or Pau Gasol scored on him in the paint on Wednesday night, Adebayo shook his head in disgust.

"Like going against anybody else, I take it personal," Adebayo said. "I’d do that (shake head) if anybody scored on me. It’s a personal thing, I always go against my matchups and I always challenge myself.