Counting the playoffs, Dwyane Wade has played in 1,139 games in his career and won 671 of them.
All that winning has taught him enough perspective to know his flashback performance Tuesday night against the Philadelphia 76ers – when he scored a season-high 27 points including 15 of the Heat’s final 17 points – was not a 36-year-old future Hall of Famer suddenly discovering the fountain of youth. No, Wade knows what happened Tuesday night was special – maybe something even heaven-sent.
“As I kind of tweeted, it was like I was playing with angels in the outfield,” Wade said Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he played with the name of Joaquin Oliver – a 17-year-old senior who was among the 17 gunned down on Valentine’s Day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland – written in silver marker on his black sneakers.