The Miami Heat are now 27-33 and are tied for the 9th seed in the Eastern Conference after beating the Golden State Warriors at an end of a game thriller, ended by a buzzer-beating Dwyane Wade 3-pointer.
With the Miami Heat’s playoff hopes floating away, they did the impossible, beating the NBA champion Golden State Warriors with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Heat nations own, Dwyane Wade.
This game couldn’t have ended better if it was a Disney movie, first we had the dragon breathing fire in the first half, scoring a rapid 25 points in 11 minutes of action, then we had Josh Richardson and Bam Adebayo to the rescue at both ends in the 4th quarter, leaving us to watch the Heat bench storm the court after this D-Wade game-winner.
The smile on each Heat players’ face after this shot was incredible, the crowd was electric, Head Coach Erik Spoelstra was hyperventilating, and Pat Riley was probably grinning from ear to ear. After an odd day of watching Riley interviews with Jason Jackson about how he believes the Heat will be back in an NBA championship in the next few years with this young core, I was a little in disbelief of how much like fate this game truly felt.
I’ve already noted the important aspects of this game, but the most surprising part of this outing could’ve just been the absence of Hassan Whiteside. Without the big man taking up a ton of room in the restricted zone under the basket, the Heat were able to drive smoother and kick out quicker, if need be. Albeit, the Warriors were without their All-Star big, DeMarcus Cousins too, which could’ve been a reason for their loss.
In conclusion, I’m in no way a spiritual person, but this felt like a natural occurrence after Riley’s quotes earlier that day, and I think we’ll be able to tell where this Heat team is going to go in these upcoming playoffs if they can pull another surreal win out tonight against the Houston Rockets.