Dwyane Wade, recovered from offseason shoulder and knee surgeries, played for the first time this season Wednesday night, but the Heat still lost, 104-95 to the previously winless Seattle SuperSonics.

Wade scored 15 points in 25 minutes on 5-for-9 shooting for Miami (1-7), which is 0-4 at home for the second time in franchise history.

Wade entered the game with 4:49 left in the first quarter, replacing Penny Hardaway. His home crowd began shouting as soon as Wade removed his warm-ups and stood and gave a long cheer when he took the floor.

"We have been as diligent and as careful, and he has been as diligent and as careful, as I think anybody could be with your primary asset," Heat Coach Pat Riley said. "This isn't something that we haven't really thought long and hard about ... but there's got to be a time when you go out there."

Wade could rejoin the starting lineup as early as Friday night when the Heat visit Boston.