What It Means:

Wade missed two straight days with a strained quad, but he managed to practice on Thursday, and it doesn't seem like he's likely to be limited at all in his return to the starting lineup tonight. His return will send Paul Zipser back to the bench, and potentially cut into the minutes of point guards Jerian Grant, Rajon Rondo and Cam Payne.

Our models project Wade for 19.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.5 steals in 31.1 minutes of action on Friday.