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Wade's Heroics Not Enough

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What a game. What a night. What a basketball show by Dwyane Wade doing Dallas on Thursday night, and by Dallas doing it right back to deliver magic in an NBA Finals.

This one had everything you'd want -- drama, emotion, stars being stars - except the one thing South Florida wanted most.

It didn't have the happy ending this Heat team needed, the one a hobbled Wade willed, the one Dallas ripped away in the final minutes with a 112-103 victory in Game 5.

This wasn't a story of the Heat looking bad. It was of Dallas looking great. It outscored the Heat 17-4 in the final minutes after Wade put the Heat on the verge of victory.

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