MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade simply needed it.
Yes, even a future Hall of Famer with three championship rings, nearly 19,000 career points and a dozen All-Star appearances has those kick-the-tire moments at this stage of his career. Through their first 10 games this season, the Miami Heat were a team that largely operated by committee.
Wade led the way through the first five. Then he gradually faded and deferred.
On Thursday night, he was determined to dictate again.
"When the opportunity presents itself," Wade said after a 116-109 win against the short-handed Sacramento Kings, "go ahead and seize it.