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“Mario Motherf—ing Chalmers!” Dwyane Wade Squealed With Delight, As He Headed Back To The Locker Room

Yesterday, The Daily published a column by Dan Wolken about how guard Mario Chalmers is the Heat’s whipping boy, and not necessarily fairly. Wolken called the dynamic “uncomfortable,” how everyone seems to unload all their anger and frustration on Chalmers, whether he’s really the one screwing up or not – not to mention that playing alongside LeBron and Wade is a tough standard for anyone to live up to. Teammates even acknowledged that Chalmers indeed takes a lot of abuse, but were quick to add he can take it. Shane Battier even said of Chalmers: “He has amazing stones.”

Wolken followed up that quote by writing, “At some point in this series, the Heat will need Chalmers to show them.” And as you know if you watched last night’s Game 4, the timing for all this couldn’t have been better – the Heat won 104-98 to take a 3-1 series lead… thanks in large part to contributions from Chalmers, who scored 25 points – 12 in the fourth quarter – and salted the game away when LeBron had to sit out the final minute with leg cramps. He was sensational.

Good as he was, though, Chalmers still had a teammate yelling and cursing in his direction when it was all over. But this time, the tone was a little different (some NSFW language, so watch this one with headphones in):

Mario motherfucking Chalmers is right. If you’re going to pick apart his every flaw, you better praise him when he comes through, too. Last night, he did in a big way, and Heat are one win from a title because of it.

[Video via @Joses3030]