Canadian fans upset with Dwyane Wade for shooting during ‘Oh, Canada!’

The Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors are in the middle of a great series for a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals and last night’s game was no different. However, before the game tipped off Dwyane Wade surely put some heat on his own back.

Since the Raptors were in town, the Heat had both “The Star Spangled Banner” and “Oh, Canada!” sang before the tipoff. However, Wade took it upon himself to get some extra practice shots in during the latter national anthem.

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Of course, this video has been shared multiple times and there were a number of Canadian fans in attendance in South Beach. This lead to some pretty crass comments towards the Heat superstar on social media.

I understand the whole notion of “This is America!” but it was still pretty rude of Dwyane Wade to not stop shooting for a minute to give some respect to the anthem, even if it wasn’t his native country’s. Take into account what Ryan Wolstat of the Toronto Sun tweeted after seeing the video.

Point made.

You also have to remember what happened to former player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, who was suspended for a game in 1996 for failing to “stand and line up in a dignified posture” during the national anthem. Hopefully, Wade’s actions don’t come back to bite his team big time.

I guess they actually did, at least for last night. The Raptors won Game 3 95-91, taking a 2-1 lead in the series.

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