MIAMI - The Miami Heat needed every second to defeat a valiant Chicago Bulls team tonight but when you have a guy like Dwyane Wade AKA Flash time is not a factor. With crucial playoff positions hanging on every game D. Wade would not let his team fall behind in the standings. He seemingly willed himself and his teams at every key moment of the game that played better than any playoff from last season.
Somebody once said, "Superstars aren't made they are born." Dwyane Wade reaffirmed his birthright tonight. He thrilled and awed the capacity home crowd with 48 points, 12 assists and electrifying play after to play to keep his team alive with fantastic shots from beyond the arc before finally winning the contest emphatically. He made a 3-pointer at the end of the first half, then again at the end of regulation to send the game to overtime. But it was his steal with the seconds winding down in the second overtime that was the stuff of legends. Surely, his "Airness" Michael Jordan would have leaped out of his seat as I did watching #3 own the Bulls on the final play to win the game.
With only 11.2 seconds remaining the Bulls lined up on the floor under their basket. John Salmons took the inbound pass and dribbled in place aimlessly searching for a passing lane when Wade pounced leaving Salmons looking like someone had stolen his wallet. Flash attacked him from the behind on the left then manhandled the ball away with only four seconds remaining. Without hesitating Wade confidently dribbled the ball up and effortlessly heaved a soaring 3-pointer that splashed home as the buzzer sounded.
The referees selfishly watched the replay for over two minutes holding the building in suspense after the remarkable play. The capacity American Airlines Arena crowd knew that Wade had clearly shot the ball well before the buzzer and made the 3-point shot to win the game but no one moved and the stadium stood still many in shock at the events that had just transpired. After the call from the officials certified the shot and the Heat win, Wade triumphantly leaped atop the scorers table and proclaimed to the screaming rabid Heat fans, "THIS IS MY HOUSE!! THIS IS MY HOUSE!!"
Heat forward Jamario Moon told the NBA Live team after the game, "Coach, said we have to play every game like it's our last." Look out Eastern Conference if the Heat continue to play with the kind of emotional toughness that they played with tonight they will not only go far in the playoffs but look to seriously compete for the Larry O'Brien Trophy with the heart of a champion. With their leader Dwyane Wade back and at full health coming off a horrible shoulder injury that pre-maturely ended his season last year, the Heat appear and D. Wade are ready to show the rest of the league that the Heat is back in Miami and they are back among the elite of the NBA.
Check out the highlights from Dwyane Wade's awesome night!!
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