Is a healthy Dwyane Wade disrupting the Heat offense that has caused them to lose five of their last six games?
As Ethan Skolnick of BleacherReport writes, the Heat have struggled late in games because a healthy Wade has been given the playmaking chores once more that used to be exclusively the role of four-time MVP LeBron James.
James acknowledged that the return of an in-form Wade has presented a challenge to the Heat offense. "As his health has gotten better, it's gonna be better for the team, but it's kind of gotten me out of rhythm right now as an individual," James said. "But it's not like it's our first year playing together. It's something that we figured out on year one. But you can't take it for granted. You still got to try to figure it back out, and it's something I'm going through right now."
He also expressed his desire to get the ball more late in games, adding: "In the fourth quarter, second half, the game has presented different challenges and I haven't had the ball in my hand as much. It's something I'll be more conscious about, either demand the ball or just put myself in a position where I get it."
Wade, however, was quick to dismiss any rumors surrounding his relationship with James on the court. "We're fine as far as our relationship. One thing is that he's happy that I'm healthy and able to be there in the fourth quarter to run offense. And the whole burden isn't on him. And it's just about finding the right combination. I thought last night we got ourselves in a big hole, but we had the right combination."
The third Heat All-Star, Chris Bosh, emphasized that in the end, it does not matter who facilitates the offense late in the fourth quarter. It's how the Heat play as a team. " There's only one ball. We just got to not learn how to share it, but learn what works for us, but if a guy has got it going, we're talented enough to just kind of rely on that and have our playmakers make plays and our shooters make shots."
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