Dwyane Wade, back on the Miami Heat, knew exactly what he was doing Tuesday night when he hit the game winning shot against the Philadelphia 76ers in front of a crowd of more than 20,000.
Wade scored 15 of Miami's final 17 points and finished with a season-high 27 and his jumper with 5.9 seconds remaining lifted the Heat to a 102-101 victory.
But what was even better than the win was the honor Wade paid to one of the Parkland high school shooting victims and his family.
Wade was playing for himself, his team and Joaquin Oliver – one of the Parkland victims who was buried in a jersey bearing Wade's name. Oliver was one of the many who was super excited for Wade's return to South Florida.
Wade is trying to meet the family, hoping to thank them, comfort them, listen to them, help them, hug them, and almost certainly cry with them.
"That they thought of me in that process, as something that he would have wanted, is mindboggling," the Heat guard said.
On the side of one of his sneaker heels, he scrawled Oliver's name.
"Some due respect to him and his family," Wade said.
Wade dedicated his season to Joaquin Oliver and his family.