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Dwyane Wade's legendary NBA title run, as remembered by the Heat 20 years later
Gary Payton knew Miami needed Dwyane Wade to take over to win — a title Pat Riley still says is "one of the best that I’ve been part of."
Twenty years ago, Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade took Miami somewhere the Heat franchise had never been before. Robert Sullivan / AFP via Getty Images
Before the Miami Heat became NBA champions for the first time, Gary Payton needed to school Dwyane Wade on the bigger picture during the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs against the Chicago Bulls.
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