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On March 26th, after a game against the Orlando Magic, Dwyane Wade said that “it’s just a bruise” and that he had injured his knee on March 3rd in another game against the Magic, and then re-aggravated it two weeks later in a game against the Boston Celtics.

It turns out, it’s not “just a bruise” and that Dwyane Wade actually has three bone bruises on his right knee.  In fact, he has to move his kneecap in order to be comfortable during a game.

I’m taping it. When you have a [bone] bruise, you try to move the kneecap over so it won’t rub. When you get into game sweat you have to re-tape it a bit.

If moving kneecaps sounds uncomfortable, playing with bone bruises sounds even more uncomfortable.  According to MD-Health, a bone bruise is

a traumatic injury one sustains from a forceful impact during sports, accidents or a direct hit. It is characterized by severe pain that can last for weeks or months, and the best way to help the healing process is to rest, support, and protect the bone or joint involved and to apply conventional treatments for trauma.

Unfortunately for Dwyane Wade, he has three bone bruises and he has been doing anything but resting, supporting, or protecting them, re-aggravating his injury again in Game 4 of the Heat-Bulls series.

Even more unfortunate for Dwyane Wade is that the Miami Heat will face the very physical Indiana Pacers (the Chicago Bulls 2.0)  in the Eastern Conference Finals.  The Pacers don’t shy away from contact, and remembering the hard fouls from last year’s playoff series, might even seek it out — and that’s bad news for a hobbled Dwyane Wade.

Dwyane Wade accepted a You-Tube prom invitation from a local high-school teen while the Miami Heat wait for the eventual winner of the New York Knicks/ Indiana Pacer’s series.

According to a local Miami T.V. network, Nicole Muxo, made an earlier video request for her homecoming dance earlier this year, but Wade was a little busy at the time — embarking on a 27-game winning streak.

Perhaps, Dwyane Wade needed extra treatment on his sore right knee (I wonder what Gabby had to say about this?).

While Wade did forget to wear his fashion statement capri suit (I’m sooooo disappointed) he still came dressed for the occasion.

via Instagram

Switching to basketball, LeBron James is holding down the ship right now, but I’m hoping Wade will be ready for the Eastern Conference Finals. Yes, I still believe the Miami Heat are the favorites with or without Wade, however he has been in the news quite a bit this postseason — and unfortunately it hasn’t been due to his great play (Wade’s averaging a career low 13.0 points per game).

I’m predicting D-Wade will return to similar fashion next series, now that his knee has loosened up a little after a fun night of dancing and partying. The Miami Heat are poised to win another championship this year and a fully healthy squad will certainly guarantee we’ll be the last team standing in June.

Eric N. Ellington covers the Miami Heat for Fansided.com. You can follow him @EricNEllington