By Ira Winderman
MIAMI -- Heat guard Dwyane Wade had two wisdom teeth extracted Tuesday and will miss Wednesday's nationally televised home game against Phoenix.
"He's been playing in great pain," coach Pat Riley said after Tuesday's practice at AmericanAirlines Arena. "That will take care of it. Probably by this weekend, we hope he'll be ready."
After Wednesday's game, the Heat is off until a back-to-back set Friday at Washington and Saturday at home against Memphis.
"They think by then he'll be ready to play," Riley said.Riley said there was hope of a less invasive treatment than the removal of the upper and lower left wisdom teeth.
"We actually felt we could get through the season with it and that maybe it would subside and go away," he said. "But it's been constant since it's cropped up on the road. He's been in pain. He can't sleep. We actually numbed it up (Monday) night.
"I guess he had a pretty bad abscess on the bone and we didn't want it to get any worse."Wade played through the pain to match his season high of 37 points in Monday's 99-77 home victory over Toronto.
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