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Shaquille O’Neal recounts an inappropriate disagreement they had years ago, and Dwyane Wade responds.
The legendary Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade answered on X following the revelation by his old teammate Shaquille O’Neal that they had a falling out during the 2006 NBA Finals.
The Heat’s hopes of winning the 2006 NBA Championship were seriously damaged when Wade and O’Neal engaged in the disputed argument. Miami’s NBA Finals losses to the Dallas Mavericks in Games 1 and 2 were also double-digit losses, and O’Neal was a shadow of his former self when facing Dirk Nowitzki and company.
The big man scored just five points on 2-of-5 shooting from the floor in Miami’s 14-point defeat in Game 2 of the championship series, after averaging just 11.0 points per game in the previous two games.
Wade had to become an unstoppable scoring threat if the Heat were to mount a comeback and win the best-of-seven series, and he succeeded in doing so.
In the final four games of the series, he scored at least 36 points in each, setting a series best with 43 in Miami’s one-point win in Game 5. In the pivotal Game 5, Wade only shot 11 of 28 from the field, but he took advantage of his chances to score points at the free-throw line, making 21 of his 25 tries.
He dropped 36 points in the decisive Game 6 to cap off an incredible performance in which he had scorched the Mavericks for 43 points in Game 5.
Wade shot 47.8 percent from the field and 77.3 percent from the free-throw line for an average of 34.7 points per game during the series. In addition, he averaged 2.7 steals, 3.8 assists, and 7.8 rebounds per game.
Unsurprisingly, Wade—who, aside from him, was the only Heat player to average more than 13.8 points per game during the NBA Finals—won the MVP award for the Finals after guiding Miami to its first-ever championship.
Wade was pushed by O’Neal to step up his game when the Heat needed it most, and the former Marquette University star answered by dominating Miami for the rest of the
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