Cavs Forward Dean Wade Celebrates With Travis Kelce After Leading Comeback Win
It's not everyday that you get to put on a show for Taylor Swift's boyfriend.
With Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce sitting courtside, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Dean Wade put on a show and provided some fireworks in Tuesday's 105-104 comeback win over the Boston Celtics.
Wade led the charge with 20 points in the fourth quarter – a barrage that included five three pointers – outscoring Boston by himself in the game's final stanza. Fittingly, with Travis and his brother, Jason, in attendance for their bobblehead night, Wade's efforts helped erase a 22-point fourth quarter deficit to earn the win.
Amidst the fanfare of the dramatic win, Wade was able to celebrate the moment with the bother Travis and Jason.
Ironically, Wade is a lifelong fan of the Kansas City Chiefs having grown up in the city's neighboring state of Kansas. In a full circle moment, Wade went from celebrating a Super Bowl run by his favorite football player less than a month ago, to celebrating the greatest performance of his young career with his favorite football player.
"It was cool, it was cool. It really was," Wade said after the game. "My teammates were just giving me crap in there for that. But it was pretty cool."
Wade said Kelce made a recruiting pitch for him to come be a backup tight end if basketball doesn't work out. Tempting as that may be, Wade proved on Monday night that he's pretty good at this basketball thing.
The 27-year-old finished the game tied for his career high of 23 points, 20 of which came in the final nine minutes of the game. During his fourth quarter streak, he knocked down five three pointers and scored the Cavs' eventual game-winning bucket on a dunk with 19 seconds left in regulation.
The comeback effort was largest fourth-quarter comeback across the NBA this season and the largest in Cavaliers franchise history.
What was already a memorable night in Cleveland with the Kelce brothers in town will be one everyone in attendance won't soon be forgetting.
