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The decision ends a string of 10 consecutive All-Star Game
appearances for Wade, who will also sit out Miami's road game
against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday.
"I could play (tomorrow) but it would not be the smart thing to
do," Wade, who was named the most valuable player of the 2010
NBA All-Star Game, told reporters on Tuesday. "We have a run to
make after the All Star break to solidify a playoff seed."
The three-time NBA champion is averaging 21.4 points and 5.4
assists in 35 games this season for a Heat team that are hanging
onto the eighth and final playoff seed in the Eastern
Conference.
The decision to sit out the All-Star Game means the soonest the
33-year-old guard can return to action is Miami's Feb. 20 game
at the New York Knicks.
The 2015 All-Star Game matching the top players from the Eastern
Conference against their counterparts from the Western
Conference will be played at the Barclays Center in New York.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by
Frank Pingue)
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