<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">MIAMI -- How 'do you know when the kids really grow up? Friday would be a good start for the Bulls. That's because the defending NBA champion Miami Heat gave the Bulls everything they had left, including 28 points from Dwyane Wade and 23 points from Shaquille O'Neal. The Heat took a 12-point lead, found Antoine Walker and James Posey off the bench for double figures and had the home crowd, Ben Gordon in foul trouble and turning the ball over and the all the reasons for an opponent to fold. But this time the Bulls' players were stronger. They moved to the verge of knocking off the defending champions with a 104-96 victory and 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven first-round playoff series. No team in NBA history ever has won a playoff series with that kind of deficit. Cowboy up? Not likely for what appears to be a beaten champion. "Obviously, we've dug a deep home for ourselves," Heat coach Pat Riley said. "This is my take on the whole thing: We can't be indifferent and, obviously, history says certain things. I've been in this position before, and the most important thing is to believe last year there may have been great play.</div> more
Riley is subtly trying to pump the Heat up, and swell the Bulls head up. Everyone knows what happens when our heads swell up, we get laxed and lose.
