Ben Taylor Breaks Down Dwyane Wade’s 2005 Eastern Conference Finals Game 2| Thinking Basketball

Ben Taylor of “Thinking Basketball” gives a breakdown analysis of DWade’s 4th quarter performance in Game 2 of the 2005 East Finals, Heat vs Pistons!
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[@MosheXX]

What made Wade my favorite is that he played like he been there before. He was locked in

[@yulintsai562]

More Ben breaking down full quarters please. It is such an awesome resource to learning more about basketball

[@jonathancastillo7625]

People forgot DWade pre-shoulder injury was up there with Kobe and LeBron.

[@sergioa.9695]

During the 00's Wade was just under Kobe but better than Lebron.

[@SonsOfLibertyWorldWide]

Personally I believe he was the best player in the world in the 08/09 season at his peak

[@redpillrich]

He was there post shoulder injury, I’ll take it a step further. Wade was even better post shoulder injury.

[@moneyball647]

Zo was a great shot blocker. No body really talks about how he was one of the greatest shot blockers ever.

[@chagatainouveau]

My all-time favorite player. He was so electric.

[@moneyball647]

Wade was smart , no excessive moves. He just knows how to use space and take what the defense gives him. Reminds me of the '91 MJ actually but still raw. But you knew he was special. His IQ was advanec even just his second year. It's like intuitively he knew how to play the right way. Compare that to Kobe who's a chucker and forces shots, using moves going nowhere sometimes. That's when I felt Wade would be better than Kobe. ANd actually he proved that in 2006 finals and even here. Kobe struggled vs elite perimeter defenses like the Pistons Sixers and Boston. Compare Wade's series against those guys, Wade was so efficient while Kobe shoots usually around 40% from the field. While I give the nod to Kobe due only to his longevity, if Wade didnt get injured I believe he'd surpass Kobe in the all-time list. He was on his way. He was just a natural talent.

[@moneyball647]

@@johnimegi5483 That's why you have to watch the game buddy. The Heat was awful first two games but check out his last 4 games. It's better than shooting 39% in the 04 finals. lol.

[@duk3335]

Stop it wade couldn’t shoot

[@TonyBandzz]

Congrats Ben well deserved !

[@Mektek19]

Crazy to see this in such HD quality. I was just watching highlights of this the other day and it was blurry as hell. Didn’t know 05 was so old school lol.

[@247JesusFreek]

People Forget just how good young dwade was. People always talk about lebron playing the pistons but always forget that dwade went thru them first and he made them pay. He shot 62% fg against the pistons in the 2006 playoffs. I really appreciate this video. We need more young dwade video break downs like this 🔥

[@yayoLUIS]

Love ben doing these with high quality film straight from the nba

[@jonathanbolger6173]

These are great videos. Please, please do more of these.. you really get the context of the games and the era. I've thought about finding old games and watching them but this is even better because you get your great insight and it's condensed. Great stuff.

[@cauezimmermann538]

Awesome video breakdown, need more of these. Ben has always excellent takes and approaches to the game!

[@dimelo58]

Crazy speed and controlled the whole time even in the air.

[@momame8258]

I wish he didn’t get injured in game 6, flash Wade vs Spurs would’ve been special

[@user-jw5qj8kv2y]

Dwayne Wade and Paul Pierce were my favorite NBA players when I was a kid. The video of the match between the two during their active career is still really interesting to watch.

[@iquanwilliams4905]

Which video/game are you referring to?

[@silewis9396]

First two jerseys I bought as a new NBA fan during this time. Only other one I have is the blue cavs Lebron one

[@kpaukeaho6180]

Wade will always be my favorite player. He just had such an amazing improvisational quality to his game… just beautiful stuff. Watching him growing up made me love basketball.

[@rafaelaizpun7842]

Love this ben taylor breakdowns

[@fguanilo27]

Loved seeing this now. So happy to see my fave player in the HOF. LET'S GO HEAT!!!!

[@bruhvard4619]

Notice no crying after every call man I miss those days 😢

[@MosheXX]

Even if they made it to the finals I think Wade would’ve burnt out against the Spurs. He was bringing up the ball and initiating the offense way too much

[@ChicagoVeryOwn12]

Shaq told Dwayne wade that this was wade team . Shaq got injured in 05-06 playoffs. This was Shaq first season with the heat and Dwayne wade had signed his first shoe contract

[@melvynsngltn27]

Shaq never got hurt in the 2006 playoffs. You mean 2005 end of the season

[@davidvillela7476]

Amazing videos keep going

[@aukalender]

love the content! do nash suns next!!

[@user-tp4ui4in6t]

Shaq had already established that this was D Wade's team when he arrived in Miami. He told him you be you and just give me the ball when i call for it

[@enegue1101]

Playing Shaq and Mourning together is wild.

[@kb4231]

Great stuff

[@Dominicankareem]

How do they get this 1080P from this era??? Very rarely do you see good quality this good from NBA videos from around this time

[@chearoyewun1186]

bro its 2005

[@Dominicankareem]

@@chearoyewun1186 yeah but try finding HD quality NBA broadcasts from before 2008 in this quality that’s not a finals game. It’s almost always looks like it was filmed with a potato

[@silewis9396]

Yes this is a real treat. The quality is normally terrible.

[@kpaukeaho6180]

Video sourced from the NBA’s own vault

[@dilex2870]

Its the first time a See you face, have watched your Videos for YEARS! Love the since Day one. Could you tell me, what Programm you use to play the games forward and backwards. Thank you🎉

[@PoserBallin]

Iconic game

[@mattsteele489]

More of this!

[@superman200331]

Great breakdown! Never really appreciated DWade like I should have back then. I always thought he was great, but now after rewatching this I feel he doesn’t get the love he deserves. He’s gotta be a top 5 SG all time.

[@iquanwilliams4905]

He is known as the 3rd best of all time

[@pipohemm8726]

I think the game that really put the league on notice was the following year. The pistons were nearly unbeatable halfway through the year when Wade lit them up for 37, scoring the last 17 for Miami incl the gamewinner. From that point on, Wade was batman and Shaq was the co-star. And the Pistons probably knew that a healthy Wade (as opposed to 2005) was about to beat them in the ecf.

[@vangil7697]

nicknames are earned. this man is THE FLASH fr

[@henryzhao4622]

Nice! I counted only 165 ads on this one!

[@johhharley5487]

I aint gonna cap but i never heard the name DWade until the Final Four, and seen some Highlights. Dwade should come out with some Marquette 11s.i could be wrong but making to the final 4 is probably harder than going to the NBA Finals.

[@kuunami]

For some reason I had it in my mind that Shaq and Wade won the first year they were together. I didn't realize they had gone to the 2005 ECF and lost prior to that.

[@folkscrazyouthere3076]

This is the team that made me a Miami heat Fan . I was 11/12 years old .

[@plasnoid]

good series!

[@Mac2Mon]

It was a rib injury for Wade in this ECF

[@kaksmirknight5318]

Wade was responsible for Heats EC emergance. He did provide them their 1st taste of semis in 2004 since 2000. Shaq was not there in 2004. In 2005 game 7 where they loss to the Pistons 88-82 Shaq Should haven't not choked. But he was Shaq who back then. Wade was in his 2nd yr at that time. Now when the 1st semi super team was bulit by the heat in 2005 when they Got Shaq, Wade, Walker, GP, Zo, J will, Posey. That team should have not been down 0-2 in the finals. A mavs team who got Dirk and Josh that barely made it to the west finals. It took GP's jumper in game and Wade and true heat colour to sweep those 3 hime games in the finals. Before escaping the Mavs in game 6. Mavs should have only won 1 game that series.

[@aidanklobuchar1798]

If Wade wasn't hobbled, they win the ship that year. Indiana and Miami were the two best teams that year, with Det and SA competing for 3rd.

[@joeb588]

It’s kind of a shame he teamed up with Lebron. I used to love to watch Wade as the star of his own team. Would have been fun to see where he finished his career without him. I think if just Wade and Bosh teamed up and Lebron was on a different team, the nba would have been even more entertaining in those years. Granted, winning only twice in four years was a big disappointment and meant the nba stayed competitive, but it just would have been more fun with more good teams and individual stars matching up.

[@benhenderson8952]

🔥

[@kevine-anaba4348]

where was Richard Hamilton during this game ?

[@harlemromeo]

how many season alonzo had playing wit young wade before he retire

[@kb4231]

He blew out his quad in the 07-08 season. He intended to come back but decided to retire the next year.

[@fluffyninja28]

Damn he was sayin ball dont lie in 05 lmao

[@BloomsArchitect]

Shaq and Mourning on the court at the same time. Yup this is early 2000's basketball

[@dbestonly]

Great fts Shaq 😂😂

[@ericpeters0n]

"I think Rasheed disagrees." :)

[@JDOGFTW]

I was in apartment I couldn't even watch nba like I wanted.

[@addypack1546]

REPENT WNE BE READY GOD BLESS

[@zennihilator3724]

The talent (or lack thereof) on that Heat squad is actually staggering to look at in hindsight through the lens of how basketball evolved just 10 years later... A team that almost went to the Finals playing Damon Jones and Keyon Dooling as their backcourt rotation aside from Wade. Undersized guards with poor defense and minimal scoring/playmaking ability. So much so the Heat just let 2nd year Wade bring up the ball and spam pick n roll... Two Center closing lineups of which none of the Bigs could do anything outside clogging the paint on offense. Really nothing off the bench outside an occasional spot up three by Rasual Butler and Zo coming to screen on offense and block shots on defense... Even Shaq was vastly overrated at this stage of his career, imo. I guess his ability to generate some isolation baskets from the post was better than nothing on a team like this, but man, it didn't look pretty... And the Heat didn't even need Shaq for more than 60 minutes to sweep the Wizards in the 2nd round... There's no way in hell you give any superstar in today's league that limited of a supporting cast and they get to the Finals with it... And this isn't me saying Wade was better than every superstar today, it's just the talent and offensive strategy (on top of favorable rules) is so much better... Even if you are a Top 5 player in the league, you need another all-start at minimum, and a string of strong role players to have a prayer at winning a title.

[@pipohemm8726]

You underestimate this Heat team quite a bit. Wade was a top 5 player by the playoffs. Shaq was 2nd in mvp voting and couldnt really be guarded 1vs1. Eddie Jones was an elite 3-D guy. Damon Jones was a sniper. Haslem was a quality player on both ends. Mourning was the best backup center in the league. Dooling was one of the best backup pgs in the league. Butler could really shoot. Laettner and Anderson were solid vets who rounded out the rotation. Of course there is more talent in todays league due to the world wide influx of talent. But let me tell you both of these teams would have represented the east in the finals in 2023. No way the current Heat team is better and no way the flawed philly and boston teams would win more than 2 games against either one of these teams.

[@Kaiissigma]

MEATBMALL

[@brodeciifkajewel703]

Charlotte Rookie season coming out party

[@jmd11185]

The fix was in.

[@GloryBoa]

This was 2005 and they lost clown lmao

[@jmd11185]

@@GloryBoa 2006 still haunts me

[@tonycrosby913]

NBA ruins these videos with all the ADs

[@tomdrake3787]

Should've shown highlights of the officials. I'm not even a Mavs fan, but they got screwed.

[@johnjkelly2012]

Who tf is Ben Taylor and why is he the one the nba has doing this

[@narz7573]

He has an excellent KZbin channel called " Thinking Basketball " they proly doing this because Wade has just been enshrined to the hall of fame

[@frz_-]

Very good basketball analyst! Check out his channel: Thinking Basketball

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