His numbers down, Dwyane Wade hopes to break out of slump against Boston

Thursday, May 03 2012

Heat guard Dwyane Wade has missed two of his last four games due to minor injuries and his averages have been down recently.

A 49.9 percent shooter this season, Wade is 45.8 percent from the field in his last five outings. With the Heat's most difficult stretch (not to mention the most important) of the season here, Wade spent some extra time in the practice gym on Monday working on his shot. The Heat plays the Celtics at 7 p.m. on Tuesday before flying to Chicago on Wednesday. From there, the Heat plays eight games in 11 days.

Cursed with a "flat shot" (Wade's words), the Heat's shooting guard is constantly monitoring the arc of his shot's trajectory. He uses various drills (such as shooting over a net, as in this video) for maintenance.

?Sometimes when you?re shooting shots and missing shots, you feel and you know why you?re missing them," Wade said. "My shot has been flat my whole life. I?m not blessed with some of the things the other guys are blessed...
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