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It might take some work for Miami Heat fans to have a concern about a team that has won 41 of its past 43 games. If anything is to be found, it’s the health of guard Dwyane Wade. But center Chris Bosh said Tuesday that Heat fans should not worry about Wade, who has been bothered by a sore right knee. “I don’t think it’s anything to be concerned about,’’ Bosh said. “I think we’ve been in positions like this before. We’re very comfortable playing with making sure he’s getting where he needs to be, to be as close to 100 percent. We just have to keep playing. And he has to get healthy.’’ FOXSports Florida

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Ethan J. Skolnick: Spoelstra says Wade did some conditioning, continues to call him day to day. Twitter @EthanJSkolnick

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Metta World Peace: If Dwayne Wade is hurt I see the Clippers winning a Championship in 2013. Twitter @MettaWorldPeace

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Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade will miss Sunday's playoff game against the Milwaukee Bucks as he continues to recover from soreness in his bruised right knee. Wade worked out on the Bradley Center court for 20 minutes with the Heat's assistant coaches before the start of Game 4 against the Bucks, but was later ruled out. ESPN.com

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Joseph Goodman: SPOELSTRA on Wade: "He is making progress. Big picture is in the last three weeks, a month he's made tremendous progress." Twitter @JoeGoodmanJr

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Ira Winderman: Erik Spoelstra says Dwyane Wade will be a game time decision today against the Bucks. Twitter @IraHeatBeat

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Signs are pointing to Dwyane Wade sitting out Game of the Heat's first-round playoff series against the Bucks on Sunday. Wade did not participate in the Heat's full-court practice drills on Saturday at Marquette and Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Wade's status was day to day. The Heat plays the Bucks at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, meaning Wade will not have a full day to receive treatment on his knee before tipoff. Spoelstra said that Wade "is improving" and that the Heat's training staff will evaluate his injuries before game time and then make a decision. Miami Herald

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Of course, the Heat does not need one of the league's best players to finish off the Bucks, but it wasn't like Wade didn't take a beating Thursday night in Game 3. On one play alone, he got smacked in the kisser, the elbow and the sore knee that caused him to miss six games near the end of the season. So on Friday, Wade retired to the treatment room in an Al McGuire Center on which he helped break ground a decade ago. "He's fighting through it," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Some days are better than others, depending on the collisions he has from the night before." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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The knee has changed, from surgical left to tender right. The worry remains. "I'm not where I want to be. I'm not even close," Wade said, words that, in the big picture, meant far more than Thursday's result. "I'm still able to push through certain things." Thursday, the push was muted, especially after he went down early in the second quarter when fouled by the always clumsy Samuel Dalembert on the Euro-step that was as awkward as the ensuing fall. South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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Dwyane Wade said his knee was sore tonight. That’s one reason why he shot 1-of-12 for four points. "I wasn’t feeling as great tonight, but I’m not a one-dimensional player,’’ Wade said. “I had a lot of shots around the basket tonight that I didn’t make. But I’ve got to do other things. I shot the ball terrible tonight, but we played a good game.’’ Sulia

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Norris Cole joked today during the Heat's shootaround at Marquette that you can't go inside a room at Al McGuire Center without seeing at least three pictures or references to Dwyane Wade. For example, Wade has four different pictures or plaques hanging on the walls of Marquette's practice gym. In fact, each wall inside the gym as a reference to Wade. Miami Herald

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An interview Monta Ellis did in December has taken on a life of its own during the Bucks-Heat playoff series. That's the way it is in the playoffs. But Wade told the Miami Herald that he "chuckled in a sense" when he heard Ellis had said he was as good as Wade, just without the wins and the championships. "But if I'm a bar for somebody, I don't mind that," Wade said. "Monta is a talented, talented guard. But obviously I feel my game is a little bit different. I'm not just a scorer. I do everything on the floor; my whole career I've done it. That's where I separate myself from others ... "I look at what Kobe Bryant does. I know I need championships to be where he's at, to even be in the category with him as a player." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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Ethan J. Skolnick: Wade on film session: "I don't think we watched one play where we did something good." Twitter @EthanJSkolnick

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Ethan J. Skolnick: Wade says knee feels fine: "Ready to go, ready to play." Twitter @EthanJSkolnick

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Dwyane Wade talks about Brandon Jennings predicting the Bucks will win in six games. "We don’t need any motivation from headlines or what a guy says,'' Wade said. "A guy is supposed to have confidence in his team. If you come out and say they’re (the Heat) going to beat us in six then you all think something is wrong with him.'' Sulia

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Wade echoed Riley's message Wednesday as the Heat looked forward to finalizing their playoff preparation. “A lot of people always said the hardest thing is to win your first championship,” said Wade, who was named Finals MVP when he led the Heat to the 2006 title. “I think the hardest thing is to win another one, and then another one. You can get that first one. You can give it your all for that first one, because it's something you worked so hard [for] and you dreamed of. But after you get to that mountaintop, now what do you pull from? I think the hardest thing is for teams to come back with that same intensity.” ESPN.com

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But the Heat looked at the big picture, how another energy-and-effort guy with size and strength would clearly help their chances of winning a second straight title. With that in mind, they offered him a deal, Andersen accepted, and he's made the Heat look like geniuses for the move ever since. "He's perfect. Perfect," Heat guard Dwyane Wade said. "When you see his production, you get it. When you look at everything that Birdman is, what people say he is and even what he is to a certain extent, it doesn't match. But when you look at how he plays and the production on the court and what we need, it's a perfect fit." Oklahoman

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Kamenetzky Brothers: The book mentions how Wade consciously held back his game in 2012 to get the most of LeBron James and for the sake of the bigger picture. He also recently told USA Today he knows he’s still a top 5 player and could put up bigger numbers if he cared. How rare is such a concession for a Cleaner? Tim Grover: You don’t have to be the top player on a team to be the Cleaner of the team. You just have to be able to produce in all situations. Dwyane, in order to get that second championship and get the most out of (James), knew he had to pull back a bit and let LeBron take this pressure on and take this team where he wasn’t able to in the Cleveland situation. Dwyane knew if he was able to do this, the end result is going to be obtainable, which is a championship. And that’s all that matters to a cleaner. It is the end result. Land O'Lakers

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Ira Winderman: Wade/ESPN Magazine interview: Q: What question are you asked most by fans? A: “Where is LeBron?" Twitter @IraHeatBeat

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What is your most irrational fear? Dwayne Wade: Birds. I’m petrified of birds. I got attacked by some once when I was in college. ESPN.com

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