Dwyane Wade seeking turnaround with his turnovers

MIAMI - Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade had drawn recent praise for limiting his turnovers, but his problems have returned.

Wade has committed 20 turnovers during the last three games. The Heat recognizes the problem is because Wade has received the ball in the post more in recent games.

"I've had a chance to see what I'm doing wrong and my turnovers will go back down," he said.

Wade, who is averaging 3.44 turnovers as the Heat looks ahead to Monday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks at AmericanAirlines Arena, has regularly ranked among the league leaders in the stat. In two of the past three seasons, he's averaged more than four turnovers a game. At one point this season, he lowered that number to three, before his recent struggles.

After watching film, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said the issue is teams are constantly doubling Wade in the post.

"It's a little bit of everything," Spoelstra said. "Teams are doubling him there. We just need to work on, one, making fundamental plays in the post, but also recognizing it and getting into our spacing earlier. We just need to recognize these situations as we're getting (the ball) down there more often."

The biggest adjustment for Wade will be making safer passes out of the double-teams. He said he had a tendency of trying to make the big play instead of being patient.

"Now I'm starting to see the double team coming," Wade said. "A lot of times you get into that whole mentality where you're trying to make the pass for the scores, but sometimes you just have to make easy play."

Along with Wade's turnovers, the Heat's other current issue is the playing time of forward Michael Beasley. He is a productive scorer, but continues to struggle defensively. It's why there are certain situations where is not on the court during crucial fourth-quarter moments.

"Sometimes coach has to make adjustments on the fly," Wade said. "Michael has not had enough NBA experience where he understands (defense). He's still growing and learning."

Beasley refuses to let the situation frustrate him, saying he's comfortable in the role at the moment.

"I just take my minutes in stride, whether I play the fourth quarter or not," he said. "I think the lineup coach (uses) is a reliable lineup . . . I'm not upset. Of course I want to be out there, but I'm learning and waiting for my opportunity."