Heat return home, seeking any way to stop Bulls in playoff seriesPublished: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 | 4:07 PM ETCanadian Press: TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) - From Pat Riley's perspective, the biggest reason why his Miami Heat have dropped the first two games of their series with the Chicago Bulls is not Luol Deng's scoring or Ben Gordon's rhythm.Instead, Riley blames the New Jersey Nets. To secure the No. 2 seed for these Eastern Conference playoffs - plus get to the 50-win mark, a goal Chicago talked about all season - the Bulls needed only a win in New Jersey last week in their regular-season finale. But the Nets won that night, dropping Chicago to the No. 5 seed."Usually, born out of that kind of adversity comes something else," Riley said. "And I think you saw that in the first two games."Now, it's time for the Heat to respond to some big-time adversity.The Bulls will fly to Miami on Thursday with a 2-0 lead in the first-round matchup against the defending NBA champions, who need home
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