By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer
MIAMI (AP) -- Dwyane Wade had a brief message for Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Friday afternoon.
"I'm playing," Wade said.
Turns out, that was merely wishful thinking.
Wade sat out with a sprained right wrist when the Heat hosted the Detroit Pistons, the second time a malady kept him sidelined in the past week. He missed Miami's game against Toronto with a migraine headache last Saturday, then banged the wrist during a loss to the New York Knicks on Thursday night.
He is listed as day-to-day, and the team said the decision to keep him out Friday was only "precautionary."
Wade went through a walkthrough session Friday afternoon without problems, even having the goggles -- his eyes are still sensitive to light, thanks to the migraine -- that he wore in the game against New York atop his head instead of over his eyes.
The team said Wade's wrist got stiffer as the game drew closer. The announcement that he would not play was made about 15 minutes before tip-off and apparently caught everyone off-guard. Not only did Miami already have him listed in the starting lineup, but Spoelstra said only that Wade's wrist was "a little bit sore."
Wade made 14 of his first 15 shots on Thursday, including 13 straight, the longest run of consecutive makes in his career. He missed his final seven shots.
Wade was not available before the game for comment. He was named to his seventh All-Star team on Thursday, one of four players to collect over 2 million votes in fan balloting.
There was some promising injury news for the Heat before the game, when Spoelstra did not rule power forward Chris Bosh out for Sunday's game at Oklahoma City.
Including Friday, Bosh has now missed four games with a sprained left ankle, but he was able to take part in what Spoelstra said was "an extensive workout" before the Pistons game.
"We've said he's our crutch," Spoelstra said. "Our game looks a lot different in terms of ball movement and getting people involved when Chris plays."
Mike Miller started Friday in Wade's place. LeBron James again started at power forward in Bosh's absence.
Received 01/28/11 07:27 pm ET
