The Miami Heat are holding Dwyane Wade out of Wednesday's game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Heat played last night in Miami and may continue to hold Wade out of back-to-backs until December.

"That's really part of the plan," Erik Spoelstra said of Wednesday's decision. "It's not necessarily our rule that he won't play back-to-backs. It's just been a long week in terms of our preparations. His knee is a little bit sore, but nothing dramatic of a major concern. We're just going to be proactive with it."

Spoelstra said the decision to sit Wade was made at the midday walkthrough at the team hotel.

"We'll continue to evaluate not only Dwyane, but the rest of our guys each day," Spoelstra said. "But we do have specific plans for everybody. Every day it might be something different."