Hassan Whiteside fell a rebound shy of his 16th consecutive double-double.
And he could not care less.
Whiteside’s ninth rebound Tuesday night my have been the biggest of his career as he tapped in a loose ball off Goran Dragic’s shot off the iron as the buzzer sounded lifting his Heat to a 97-96 victory over the desperate Detroit Pistons.
The last player to hit a shot as time expired to win a Heat game: LeBron James in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals against Indiana.
Whiteside’s big tap with his left hand — the one that isn’t stitched and bandaged up — may help get Miami into the postseason.