Dwyane Wade will miss Miami's practice on Wednesday as he remains in Chicago for the custody trial for his two young sons.

Unless Miami's schedule changes, Wade's next practice with the Heat may not be until Sunday. The team will open the season on Tuesday night in Boston against the Celtics.

"Hopefully, by the end of the week, we're in the zone where all we've got to do is just place the last piece of the puzzle in, instead of taking all the pieces out and then trying to re-do the whole puzzle again," Heat forward LeBron James said.

"It's up to us, the guys that are in here, to make sure that when D-Wade comes back it's the last piece, we plug him in and the puzzle's finished."