"Dwyane Wade made his first start in two weeks Friday night after missing six games with a sprained right ankle.

Wade sprained the ankle in the Heat's loss in Denver on Jan.?13. Two nights earlier, Wade strained his left calf in a loss to the Clippers, and nine days before that, Wade bruised his left foot in a loss to the Hawks.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said part of the reason for Wade's absence was for the team to ensure a complete recovery.

"If it was simply one of the injuries, [Wade] would have been fine," Spoelstra said. "It was the summation of all [of them], and then the sprained ankle we decided to slow everything down and get the body right with rest."

Before Friday's game against the Knicks, the Heat was 5-4 with Wade in the lineup. Without Wade, Miami is 8-1. In nine games this season, Wade is averaging 19.6 points, 5.4 assists and 4.3 rebounds in 35 minutes."