To say that Chris Bosh is merely enjoying his best stretch with the Heat would be to over simply the significance of his recent development.

The guy is shooting 71.1 percent over his past two games and hasn’t missed a three-pointer or a free throw.

Bosh made his first seven shots on Wednesday against Detroit, finishing with 27 points on 12-of-15 shooting. He was 1 of 1 from three-point range (2 of 2 in his past two games) and 2 of 2 from the free-throw line (16 of 16 in his past two games). He scored 62 points in the Heat’s back-to-back games against the Cavaliers and Pistons and is averaging 26.7 points since Dwyane Wade went down with a sprained ankle.

“He’s just being aggressive — not thinking, taking the game on his shoulders and being the player that he’s capable of being,” forward Udonis Haslem said. “Sometimes I think when Dwyane is in or all the Big 3 guys are together, he has a tendency to be a little passive, and I think he’s just being aggressive now.”

Bosh’s development goes beyond the numbers, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. The Heat’s power forward has emerged as a bona fide team leader in the six games without Wade.

“The most powerful thing that he did [Tuesday] — and everyone looks at the 35 points and the 17 points he scored in the fourth quarter — but the thing I noticed the most is his disposition and his voice to start the second half,” Spoelstra said after the Heat’s victory over the Cavaliers on Tuesday night. “We needed a spark, and he was very loud with all the defensive rotations.

“Anytime anything good happened, he was the one that was communicating that to all the players, and I think everyone fed off that energy.”

This is the player the Heat imagined when Miami convinced Bosh during the 2010 free agency period that he didn’t have to play third fiddle to LeBron James and Wade. Finally, it appears Bosh is coming into his own since joining the Heat. It only took an injury to Wade for it to happen.

“We told [Bosh], he’s a two-way player,” Spoelstra said Wednesday. “He has to prove it. That’s one of the reasons we went after him in free agency. It’s because he has the ability to do it on both ends.”

Bosh turned in a strong defensive performance in the fourth quarter against the Pistons. In denying Greg Monroe in a one-on-one situation with the game on the line, Bosh received specific praise from Spoelstra.

The trick now is keeping Bosh involved when Wade returns, which could be as early as Friday’s game against the New York Knicks. Wade had an intense workout before Wednesday’s game at The Palace of Auburn Hills and appears ready to return.

“You see a lot of good come out of some injuries,” James said. “You never want any injury to our team, but we’ve seen what C.B. has done since the injury, and he’s back to playing like he was and getting the ball and just attacking.”

James credits Bosh’s sudden surge to his increased confidence level.

“It’s who he was,” James said. “I think he made the biggest adjustment with this whole situation.”

Bosh is expecting fewer attempts when Wade returns, but he doesn’t want to cut down on his jump shots, which has complemented James’ post presence since Wade went down. Bosh is averaging 25.7 points in games without Wade compared with 19.9 points per game with Wade on the court. For the season, Bosh is averaging 21.7 points per game compared with an average of 20 points per game for his career.

“He sees everything ahead of him, and he’s a smart player,” Spoelstra said. “He’s able to communicate a lot of our schemes to everybody out on the court. So he’s getting better with it. The better he plays, the more responsibility he has because we become dependent on it.”