Moments after Kevin Durant tried unsuccessfully to disrupt Dwyane Wade’s improbable game-winning shot at the buzzer, Durant had a revelation.
“I just realized,” the Warriors’ star forward said after Miami’s 126-125 win, “that I won’t ever play against him again, and it’s a crazy feeling. He’s done so much for the game. He’s such an amazing player and person. I’ve been watching him since middle school, and this is one crazy way to go out with an ending like tonight.”
Wade’s final NBA season has been filled with wonderful memories, but nothing will top Wednesday’s game-winning 25-footer, a shot Wade banked off the glass and launched after his initial attempts were disrupted by Durant and blocked by Jordan Bell just a second earlier.