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Anthony out for Knicks; Wade returns for Heat

MIAMI (AP) – Carmelo Anthony is hurting. Dwyane Wade no longer is.

Anthony sat out the New York Knicks’ game at Miami on Friday night, a contest where Wade made his return to the starting lineup after a six-game absence to recover from a sprained right ankle.

Anthony is dealing with an array of thumb, wrist and ankle problems.

“I’ve just got to be smart,” Anthony said Friday morning.

“I think I was trying to be a superhero and trying to prove to my teammates that I can play hurt, trying to hide it. But at the end of the day me doing that, it wasn’t really doing nothing but hurting the team. … Me being limited out there on the court, it wasn’t doing anything for me, for my psyche, for my body. It was just making it worse.”

In other words, perhaps Anthony is taking his cue from how Wade dealt with his most recent injury.

Wade was injured in Denver two weeks ago and was listed day to day throughout his absence. He returned to on-court conditioning several days ago, went through a hard pregame workout in Detroit on Wednesday night, then did more work in Miami on Thursday and participated in the team’s shootaround practice Friday morning.

“He’s healthy,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of Wade. “He’s ready to go. … We were very, very patient with this.”

The Heat are 8-1 without Wade this season. After seeing Wade work Friday morning, Heat teammate LeBron James seemed impressed.

“He looks good,” James said. “He looks like he’s about ready to play.”

Anthony hasn’t looked his best for a while.

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By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer

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