<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">After the Miami Heat had marched into the losing locker room, a silent, sobering march through the corridors of the United Center, Pat Riley would be waiting with that familiar, fabled declaration that originated in the glory days of the Showtime Lakers. The emperor of Miami had little left to lean on but that old, worn playoff premise that a series doesn't start until the home team loses. Riles was reaching. These Heat haven't looked like champions since that parade down Biscayne Boulevard in late June. Now, they're trying to reclaim something that sure looks like it's going, going, gone. As much as they're trying to tell everyone that they can beat these Chicago Bulls down two games to nothing, it sure sounds like they're mostly trying to sell themselves. "We've been here before, know what I'm saying?" Alonzo Mourning insisted later Tuesday night after a humiliating 107-89 Game 2 loss to the Bulls. "We've been here before, and I've got the utmost confidence in this team to pick ourselves back up." </div> more
