11-19-13 Heat Vs Hawks

Dwayne Wade's knee is still recovering from minor knee surgery he had this past offseason.Miami's plan was to rest Wade on the second night of a back to back until mid December. But this plan was altered by Wade when the Heat faced the Bobcats Saturday undermanned after the Mario Chalmers suspension,Udonis Haslem(back spasms) and Ray Allen's flu. Dwayne Wade felt he needed to be their for his teammates to earn the win.

Wade scored a modest 4 points in the game,and mysteriously disappeared on the Heat bench sometime in the third quarter. Wade's attempt to play on a back to back was cut short do to his knee not responding well after getting playing time against the Bobcats.Due to setback Dwayne had after the previous game, the Miami Heat are taking a careful approach by resting him for tonight's game against the Hawks.On the bright side both Ray Allen and Udonis Haslm are expected to play tonight after missing the last couple games.Without Wade playing tonight the Heat will need to go deep into their stacked bench.The Atlanta Hawks are currently 5th in the East with a 6-4 record, they are also ranked #1 in assists in the entire association. Recently the Hawks have signed Elton Brand from the 76ers and received Paul Milsap from the Utah Jazz.Surely Lebron James and Chris Bosh need step up to lead Miami to a victory over the Hawks.

Atlanta Hawks Inactive's:

NAME	STATUS	DATE
Paul Millsap	Day-To-Day	Nov 19
Comment: Millsap did not travel with the team to Miami because he is dealing with right elbow tendinitis.

Miami Heat Inactive's: Dwayne Wade(knee) and Greg Oden(knee)

Miami Heat Starting Lineup: 

PG:Mario Chalmers

SG:James Jones

SF:Lebron James

PF:Shane Battier

C: Chris Bosh

Atlanta Hawks Staring Lineup:

PG:Jeff Teague

SG:Kyle Korver

SF:DeMarre Carroll

PF:Gustavo Ayon

C:Al Horford