<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> MIAMI ? Despite his team's 3-4 start, Heat guard Dwyane Wade said there should be more excitement around a team defending a world championship. "We are just trying to get back to our winning ways," Wade said Wednesday. "It is kind of dead around here. There is no excitement. That's not the way basketball should be. Guys aren't upbeat. We are the world champions. A lot of people are cringing and wanting a great start. "The basketball gods say we aren't supposed to have it right now. The basketball gods will tell us when we have to get things right. Right now, it isn't in the books." The Heat didn't get its core lineup together until 21 games into last season, and it has yet to have it on the floor this season. "I know [the players] a lot more now so I'm less patient," coach Pat Riley said. "I'm concerned about our defense. The top of the fourth quarter has been an offensive nightmare. "We turn it over, don't execute well and don't get good shots. Once this team gets down eight to 10 points, we lose heart and don't defend if we don't have all of our horses." It has been similar in three of the four losses. The Heat led Philadelphia and Houston for a half and Denver for three quarters, only to have its offense disappear, followed by its defense. "When our offense isn't clicking," Wade said, "we aren't getting the stops that we need. We are doing all the negative little things instead of the positive little things."</div> Source
