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Dwyane Wade's Renaissance: How it Affects the Playoff Hopes of the Miami Heat
After years of being a second and sometimes third option, Wade is once again the man in Miami. Can he drag the Heat into the playoffs?

Remember what it was like before the Miami Heat had a "Big Three"? Back when

Then, Wade turned it up in the second half, going 8 for 13, including 5 for 8 in the last seven minutes, while hitting all 5 of his free throws.

As you can see, he basically owned the left block, but he put his official stamp on it with this clutch shot with 13.6 seconds remaining in the game to take the 106-104 lead.

Yes, you've seen that shot before. Perhaps a hundred times. LeBron, being Wade's old teammate, even saw it before it happened.

And although Wade's opponents, the Blazers, had likely seen that shot a hundred times before as well, and they had defensive specialists like the easiest remaining schedule of the teams left in the hunt could facilitate). Considering the now-underdog Heat have won two of the three matches that have taken place so far in the season series between the two teams, it's safe to assume that this battle of old buddies would be entertaining as all hell.

It's up to whatever version of Dwyane Wade we get down the stretch and his Miami Heat to make it happen. It's certainly starting to look like they might.

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