never was a magic fan. just pointing out that last year they won in spite of wade (all the numbers show it, especially how much better the offense was when he sat). He was better in 2012, but they were winning on the strength of lebron first and foremost.
first and foremost wade doesn't just provide scoring for us.
he is literally our only good perimeter defender outside of lebron, Chalmers, and Battier.
when he is out we have to depend on james jones and allen to stop transition baskets, disrupt pass lanes and cause turnovers.
our defense takes a hit every time he sits out a game because at the 2 we have nothing but liabilities on defense.
we don't even have an average defender for the shooting guard spot out side of wade.
Secondly even when he isn't scoring he take pressure off lebron. he gives us an extra ball handler that doesn't turn the ball over and attracts attention from the other teams premier defenders. How would tony allen guard lebron like he did tonight if wade was in the game?