Most of the concern prior to this season was how Dwyane Wade would handle back-to-backs.

And while Wade missed both ends of the most recent one -- including Saturday's 110-93 blitzing by the Blazers -- he has participated in the back end of 11 sets. His shooting, predictably, has suffered some; he's at 40 percent in those 11 games, compared to 47 percent on one day rest, and 49 percent on two days rest.

His backcourt partner, Goran Dragic, wasn't projected to have the same problems.

But after an uneven performance in Portland, a trend has clearly developed.

Dragic has shot 48.3 percent on one day rest and 50.5 percent on two days rest, but just 43.6 percent without a day's rest.

His turnovers also spike from 2.4 in the first two situations, to 3.3 on the back end of back-to-back's.

He often has taken longer to get to his game, and then had more trouble staying with it.

The good news for Miami is there are only two such sets left -- which means you'll need to see what happens Friday in Orlando and the following Wednesday in Boston, which is the final game of the regular season.

And then, there aren't any back-to-back sets in the playoffs.

The backcourt will get the rest it needs then, even as the pressure mounts.