[Brooke interviewing Hart after his game winner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9PfJZlcS8)
[\\”I got you, bro…\\” \(-Dame to Hart’s Shoulder to Brooke’s Mic\)](https://preview.redd.it/r9jmnte5qsy91.png?width=1082&format=png&auto=webp&s=e9f67aa77640d9263d247275ddf4dad87bde6200)
Last night was also “**Dame Time**” with extra hot sauce by Josh Hart with the dagger three FTW.
I mentioned it in reply earlier today, and it bears repeating. Dame is already an elder statesman and marquee playmaker, and this season has given him many fellow sharpshooters to trust to put games away, especially at the end.
Last night, he broke down the hesitating defense of the Heat in the last few seconds by pushing the ball up the floor with a few seconds on the clock. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Josh Hart for the corner three. Hart literally put up his arms to indicate he was ready to shoot, and did he ever. The Heat never saw it coming, standing around and expecting Chauncey to call a timeout to set up a final play. Instead, Chauncey waved Dame on down the court, and just three seconds later he threw a bullet pass to the waiting Josh Hart for the win. Make no mistake, Dame Time doesn’t just mean he scores the Big Shot. It means he was involved in the final Big Play with court vision and a trusted cast of thousands.
He did the same earlier in the season at home against Phoenix. He had the ball and trusted Ant, and threw it into him for a mini-hook buzzer beater.
These are not lucky shots. Simons practiced this exact same play in prior months preparing for that precise moment. And last night? Well, Josh Hart shot 58% from that exact same spot on the floor the previous season. He wanted the ball, and knew he would most likely make it.
It’s a beautiful thing to see Dame ruin entire NBA organizations with last-second Big Shots. It’s even more beautiful watching him trust his fellow teammates by passing it off to them and trusting them to seal the win. This new development literally makes him the most dangerous last-moment player in the entire NBA, and it’s all due to trusting each other. Beautiful.
by Smilechurch
