Dwiane Wade slams Mavs fans for complaining about 2006 Finals officiating
The The Miami Heat had a rough season in 2025-26, currently sitting at 29-27 after a recent run win over the New Orleans Pelicans. Heat fans would be forgiven for remembering the team’s championship years, which began in 2006 when the young superstar Dwiane Wade he led the team to victory in the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks.
That series win was not without controversy, as Wade appeared to be the beneficiary of several confusing calls at several points in the matchup, which the Heat eventually won in six games.
However, now it is Wade himself correct record about his version of how things went 20 years ago against Dallas.
“I averaged 35 in the Finals!!! Let me say that again. I averaged 35 in the Finals! I averaged 40 in four games, but I averaged 35 in the Finals…you got some Dallas fans like, ‘Yeah, but you averaged 20 free throws!’ Yeah, I got to the line too… the greats get to the line,” Wade said, per We Network by Dwiane Wade on X, formerly Twitter.
Indeed, a big part of being a great shooter in the NBA is finding a way to get to the line consistently, a trend that continues today, with MVP-level players like Shai Giljus-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers among the league leaders in free-throw attempts, and drawing from similar fans in free-throw attempts.
Wade certainly knew how to get to the line in his day, winning two more championships with the Heat after LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined the mix in 2010.
The Heat returned to the Finals in both 2020 and 2023, but have fallen off significantly since then, with many fans calling for a rebuild.
For now, though, all Miami fans can do is look back on the glory days.
2026-02-12 23:59:00
