Dwyane Wade played the best game of his postseason career in what might have been his last in a Heat uniform had he not done so.
Wade finished the game with 46 points, 30 in the second half, and Miami survived elimination with a 101-92 victory over the Boston Celtics in game four of their best of seven series.
The Heat now trail 3-1 in the series and head back to the Garden for another elimination game on Tuesday.
In a matchup that had been mostly one-sided until Wade exploded on Sunday with a franchise-record performance, the tides may be turning.
No NBA team has ever come back from an 0-3 deficit to win a playoff series, and while that dream is a long way away, a win in Boston would ignite a serious conversation about it.
The postseason must be played one game at a time, but let's skip ahead just for a moment. If the Heat somehow win game five, do you really think they'd come back to Miami and drop game six in front of a volcanic home crowd?
That's got to be in the back of the minds of everyone in the organization, especially the players; win game five and it's a series again. This Hea ...
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