Tonight is Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Detroit Pistons and the Miami Heat.

The big question mark for tonight's deciding game is whether or not star guard Dwayne Wade, who sat out Game 6 with strained rib muscles, will play.

Wade's father seems to know the answer.

"I don't care if he's not 100 percent; even if he's only 30 percent, he will contribute," Dwyane Wade Sr. said Sunday. "My word on it. He will play."

If Wade does play, he will wear a protective vest.

"With the kind of injury he has it's going to be especially tough because you're dealing with a guy who is a contortionist going to the basket," said Doug Collins, the former NBA coach who is now a TNT analyst.