"Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade will miss his third consecutive game Saturday against the Philadelphia 76ers due to a sprained right ankle. With the Heat 5-0 in his absence this season, it has come to this:

A Twitter hashtag #withoutwade.

"The more I hear something like that it just becomes officially the theatre of the absurd," coach Erik Spoelstra said.

Wade jokingly joined the movement Friday. He tweeted one of his young sons missed jump shots while the elder Wade was watching, but made shots when he left.

Wade officially remains day-to-day. The ankle injury follows a bruised left foot and a strained right calf."