NBA icon Dwyane Wade wasn't far from Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs' mind after hitting the game-winning halfcourt shot against the UCLA Bruins Saturday night.
Telling reporters during his postgame comments that he had wanted to emulate the former Miami Heat star and Kobe Bryant by jumping on the scorers' table in celebration after a game-winner, Suggs got out to live out his fantasy in dramatic fashion during the NCAA Final Four.
Turns out, Wade was home reenacting the scene on the kitchen table. We're still wondering why Gabrielle Union didn't get a picture for everyone else to see.
I jumped on my kitchen table after you hit this shot bro 😆 https://t.co/rq6YUo53hI
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) April 4, 2021
While Kobe famously jumped atop the scorers' table following the Los Angeles Lakers' victory against the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the NBA Finals in 2010, Dwyane Wade used the move on multiple occasions throughout his career to celebrate game-winning shots. It was the final time that he did so–or at least attempted to–that became the most (in)famous, however.
Playing in his final NBA game at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Wade attempted to duplicate his signature move by jumping on the table to the packed house's cheers. Unfortunately for Wade, his legs just weren't up to the task the way they once were, with the Heat guard unable to complete the jump before falling off to groans and stifled laughter from fans and teammates alike. As the always good-natured Wade pointed out afterward, there couldn't have been a more apparent sign that it was time to retire.
As for Jalen Suggs, not only did his shot and subsequent leap propel Gonzaga to the championship game on Monday in Indy, but his heroics have boosted his stock heading into the NBA Draft. Something tells us that won't be the last scorers' table we see Suggs stand on top of over the coming years.
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