At least once during this series Dwyane Wade was going to have a game that made everyone think it was 2006.
Wade’s 28-point performance on Monday night was predictable, but he was aided by a perfect storm of missed Sixers’ shots and untimely turnovers as the Heat evened the round one series, 1-1, with a 113-103 victory on Monday.
While lineup and coverage changes were made by both coaches — Ersan Ilyasova starting in place of Amir Johnson for the Sixers, the Heat’s Hassan Whiteside sliding over to cover Dario Saric, and double-teams chasing Ben Simmons — Wade took advantage of the attention the front court and Simmons were being paid.