Hey everyone, welcome into another edition of the WogePod.

I'm here with Victor Oladipo of the Miami Heat coming off of, I think, a night that Victor has been waiting a long time for.

Closeout Eastern Conference playoff game, and Victor was right in the middle of it. Close out Eastern Conference playoff game and Victor was right in the middle of it

for the heat closing out the Atlanta Hawks 23 points great game across the board Victor

let me start with this what did it feel like again to be needed, to be needed by a team in a

playoff game this time of year and not just to be needed but to deliver?

Honestly, felt good. You know, as human beings, we always want to feel needed.

It's when all of us are at our best.

When I say that, it means, you know, you either rise to the occasion or,

unfortunately it doesn't work out for you.

And unfortunately, it worked off of me.

So I'm grateful, thankful.

You know, they asked me to come in and start and help our team win and I was ready to go.

So, but overall, it was just a great team win.

A lot of guys stepped up and played really well.

Guys off the bench, starters, everyone.

It was a collective team when you needed everybody.

So it was huge for us.

And we understand, you know, that's just, you know, one stepping stone.

We're getting ready for round two.

Victor, twice in essentially three, four years, quad tendon surgery. There had not been many

basketball players, NBA players who had had this injury. It was a little more of a football

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