The 76ers topped the visiting Heat 104-91. Asked about his future postgame, Wade said, “One thing I ain’t worried about right now is that. That’s not my focus fresh off this NBA season, my 15th year. I’ll sit back and think about that. I’ll dive in and throw myself into my family. They are next on my bucket list of making sure I am there for them. And when it comes to the basketball side of it, which is a long time away from now, then I’ll think about that. But right now, I ain’t concerned with it.”
If his wife has any say in the matter, Wade might continue playing. Actress Gabrielle Union tweeted, “I hope this isn’t the end, but my God...@DwyaneWade has a career most people dream of. He is a damn legend. An icon. And he is cute #HeatNation”
She then retweeted a post that pointed out only two players in NBA history — Michael Jordan and LeBron James — have equaled or surpassed his career totals in games, points, assists, rebounds, steals, blocked shots, All-Star selections (12) and NBA championships (three).
Wade began this season with the Cleveland Cavaliers before he was dealt to the Heat in February for a protected 2024 second-round draft pick. He wound up averaging 11.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists in a combined 67 games for Cleveland and Miami in 2017-18.
In the postseason series against Philadelphia, Wade averaged 18 points, four rebounds and 3.3 assists.
Wade holds career marks of 22.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game.
Westbrook fined after Gobert skirmish
Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook has been fined $10,000 and handed a retrospective technical foul after a clash with Utah’s Rudy Gobert, the NBA said on Tuesday. A statement from NBA basketball operations executive Kiki VanDeWeghe said Westbrook had been sanctioned after an incident in the fourth quarter of Monday’s stormy playoff duel.
The Jazz won the game 113-96 to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series and leave Oklahoma City at the brink of elimination. Westbrook was investigated after he appeared to enter the court from the substitutes bench illegally to confront Gobert after he clashed with Raymond Felton.
Westbrook later said he believed he had been cleared to go onto court, insisting he had “heard a horn” allowing him to come off the bench. The NBA has strict rules regarding altercations, with any player joining a skirmish from the bench subject to a one-game suspension.