Dwyane Wade hopes to play against Indiana Pacers

Dwyane Wade has said that he is optimistic of playing against the Indiana Pacers later today.

The Miami Heat guard has sat out the team's last two games with a sore Achilles and knee, but practised with the two-time defending champions yesterday.

He told ESPN: "I feel good. I came in today to test it out, and it felt pretty good. So now, hopefully, [today] it's not as sore and I can continue to progress and get back on the court.

"I tried to take two or three days off to let it calm down. I wanted to go on the court and play the way I can and not feel the way I did in the Memphis game."

Wade has averaged 19.3 points in the 50 games in which he has featured for the Heat this season.