ok turned on the radio this afternoon and I heard Wade did not practice and has had 3 massage treatments on that calf. Looks like it''s more than a cramp. Also, the status of Haslem, Mourning, and Derik Anderson is still unknown.
still d-wade always is getting hurt in the post season. i really hope he gets better so they can beat the pistons.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">MIAMI — There's no disguising the pain. Dwyane Wade walked stiff-legged down two steps exiting a stage. He used one hand to brace himself against a railing and the other hand to brace himself against a wall, got to the floor and limped out of the room. That was Sunday afternoon in AmericanAirlines Arena. Which means it's either a very, very nasty cramp continuing to bother Wade or he and the Heat don't really know what's making his left calf so sore or they do know and are telling a fib. But whatever the case — and my guess is it's the one about the fib — it isn't good for Miami entering tonight's Game 2 of the first-round Eastern Conference playoff series against Chicago. "I hope it's just a cramp," Wade said. "My muscle is still pretty tight." He hopes? He hopes! This, of course, is kinda sorta where the Heat went spinning out of the playoffs last year when Wade was diminished by a tender hip just enough to give Detroit room to squirm to a Game 7 triumph and earn the Eastern Conference championship. Now, this. Wade was fourth-quarter sensational Saturday night leading Miami's desperate salvage project in a 111-106 victory against the Bulls, but in the closing two minutes was hampered by a sore muscle high on his left calf near the knee. He eventually left for the locker room with 8.6 seconds remaining and the game, by the way, hanging in the balance. "I kind of knew when it happened that I didn't have a lot left," Wade said. He does expect to play tonight. But how much can the Heat expect from him? A series of massage sessions, with more scheduled, and the intake of enough liquid to float one of team owner Micky Arison's cruise ships hadn't been enough to make much of a difference in how Wade felt a full 15 hours after he suffered the injury. "Jumping will hurt me a little bit," Wade said. "It's my jumpin' leg." That would be his — and the Heat's — money leg. What comes next for Wade is a full dose of the punishment Chicago doles out to him as standard practice. "It isn't just Dwyane," said Heat coach Pat Riley. "It's (the Bulls') system. They do it to (Cleveland's) LeBron (James) and to (New Jersey's) Vince (Carter) and all the great guards. If you drive, they're going to come and help. They're not going to stop. They're not going to go away." Wade, meanwhile, insists he won't change his aggressive approach — he was hounded and pounded often enough in Game 1 to attempt 16 of Miami's 39 free throws — and promises to again challenge the Bulls as much as possible. "I'm always going to attack," said Wade, who craves and demands the ball on any late-game tightrope. There's no great mystery here. Miami almost certainly can't take down Chicago in a best-of-seven set without Wade, and might not be able to do so without him operating at something very close to peak efficiency. The Heat already is coping with the prolonged absence of reserve center Alonzo Mourning, who's dealing with his own calf problems, and could be without starting power forward Udonis Haslem if he's suspended as a result of a Game 1 ejection for throwing his mouthpiece in the direction of official Joey Crawford. The seventh-seeded Bulls are tenacious and stubborn and don't exude even a glimmer of being intimidated by second-seeded Miami or by Heat superstars Wade and Shaquille O'Neal, who produced big games to begin the series. Miami, in fact, needed almost every drop of the combined excellence of Wade (30 points, 11 assists) and O'Neal (27 points, 16 rebounds) to get things started in its favor. And now Wade's hoping adrenaline and pain medication will get him through tonight's assignment? Riley teased about how much trouble Wade has keeping himself hydrated, because he sweats so profusely and never replenishes with enough fluids. It's worth noting, too, that Wade was in a good mood laughing about all the liquid he had consumed since the conclusion of Saturday's game.</div> <a href="http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/content/sports/epaper/2006/04/24/a1c_stoda_0424.html" target="_blank">Wade's injury could cramp Heat's hopes </a>
That's really bad luck. With Wade out their chances for a championship are pretty slim. I don't really mind though, since I'm not a fan.
