<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">MIAMI -- If the troublesome left calf wasn't sending enough signals, the box score from Monday's 115-108 victory over the Bulls reinforced the message. It wasn't until after Dwyane Wade completed his 21-point effort in Game 2 of the best-of-7 opening-round playoff series that the Heat guard truly appreciated that he was not himself. "When I saw one free throw, I was shocked, because I haven't done that in a long time," he said Tuesday. "I guess it just wasn't my night to get on the line." Wade also had only one dunk in his 44 minutes, as he continues to deal with the soreness that sidelined him Saturday late in the Heat's 111-106 Game 1 victory. He closed the regular season second in the NBA at 10.7 free throws per game. He insisted he has been told the ailment is a cramp, albeit one in a difficult spot. "It's in my calf muscle where I'm always flexing. It feels like knots in there," he said. "It's getting better daily, and that's all I can ask for." In addition to extra hydration and massage, Wade continues on pain medicine but said he bypassed muscle relaxers Monday. "The muscle relaxers kind of put me to sleep, and I didn't want that," he said. "I had to get off that. The pain medicine is to get me over the hump." Dr. Michael Reilly, a director at Broward Orthopedic Specialists in Fort Lauderdale, said cramping is unusual so late in a season. "Without examination, it could be a combination of things," he said. "Prolonged cramping is going to be more than likely an injury to a muscle, like a strain. That's probably what the issue is. "If the cramping is due to an actual tear of a muscle, it could be much longer than a few days or a few weeks."</div> Source
