Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors suffered a heartbreaking loss at the hands of the Miami Heat and their farewell hero Dwyane Wade, who banked in the game-winning 3-pointer as the clock expired.

The Warriors had come back from a 24-point deficit on the road, only to see their efforts go to waste when Wade tossed up a last-second prayer, one that was answered as the clock hit zero.

It was a slight moment of disbelief by Wade, who had gotten his 3-point attempt blocked by Jordan Bell milliseconds before launching the game-winning prayer. Curry, who watched it all unfold

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“Moments like tonight just remind you of how great he is,” said Curry of Wade. “It just sucks that it was against us.”

The Warriors struggled from the onset against a hot-shooting Heat team that was firing from beyond the arc, while the Warriors struggled to connect from long-range.

A late second-quarter rally cut the lead to 15 heading into the half, cutting it to eight by the end of the third quarter. Golden State grabbed a four-point lead into the final minutes of the fourth quarter, but a late Curry turnover and a Kevin Durant missed free-throw opened the window for Wade's heroics — likely to remain the highlight of his 16th and last season in the league, doing so in front of his adoring home fans at the American Airlines Arena.