MIAMI — Budweiser released a four-minute commercial Tuesday on NBA superstar Dwyane Wade's off-court impact.
The TV advertisement comes ahead of the 16-year veteran's final regular season home game as a member of the Miami Heat.
The commercial begins with Wade's final season jersey swapping ritual. It puts Wade face-to-face with people he's impacted the most through his career, including his mother, Jolinda.
The advertisement also features a woman who lost her brother in the Parkland shooting, a woman whose college tuition was paid for by Wade, a woman Wade took shopping after she lost her house to a fire and a young man from a poor neighborhood near Miami.
The Miami Herald reports the commercial is scheduled to air on Fox Sports Sun and at the AmericanAirlines Arena during the Heat’s home regular-season finale against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Tipoff between the Heat and 76ers is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET Tuesday. Wade's final regular season game of his career is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET Wednesday against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center.
Wednesday night will likely be Wade's last NBA game.
The Heat are 10th in the Eastern Conference standings as of Tuesday morning. The only way for the Heat to make the playoffs is to win its final two games; the Detroit Pistons must lose their final two games and the Charlotte Hornets must lose one of their two final games.
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