MIAMI - To get where they want to ultimately go this season, the Chicago Bulls expect to see the Miami Heat again in the playoffs, and vice versa. And with the final few days of this truncated NBA regular season now here, its still unclear who would host Game 1 of such a series. Or Game 7, more importantly. The Bulls lead the Heat by 1 1/2 games, just one in the loss column, and if tiebreakers decide the top seed the edge swings to Miami because of a better record against likely East playoff teams. Still, even with the reigning MVP in Derrick Rose still ailing as he has been for much of the season, Chicago knows all it needs to do is simply go 3-0 down the stretch to wrap up the No. 1 seed. Should Chicago slip -- certainly a possibility with defending NBA champion Dallas looming Saturday and upstart Indiana ready to host the Bulls on Wednesday -- then things get really interesting. "Got to win, got to win," Bulls guard Richard Hamilton said after Chicagos 83-72 loss at Miami tightened up the standings on Thursday night, and knotted the Miami-Chicago series this season at two wins apiece. "Just take one game at a time. We have Dallas coming up and we have to figure out a way to win that game." Miami has four games left, two with Washington, one with Houston and one with Boston. The first two are the ones at home, a back-to-back starting Saturday against the Wizards and followed by the Rockets, who -- for now -- are hanging on to some hope of grabbing the No. 8 spot in the Western Conference playoffs. If Miami goes 4-0, and the Bulls go something other than 3-0, then the Heat would have the home edge throughout at least the East playoffs. "I say this a lot," Heat forward LeBron James said. "I had the No. 1 overall seed in the NBA playoffs in Cleveland once. We didnt win the finals. So I think its more about how youre playing than anything else." So that does beg the question of what exactly the No. 1 seed is worth, anyway. Chicago held home-court advantage in last years NBA playoffs, with Miami No. 2 in the East. The Bulls opened the East finals with a 21-point rout of Miami. It was their last win of the season, as the Heat swept the final four games of the matchup on the way to the title series against Dallas. And remember, Miami had the home-court edge against the Mavericks, too. Dallas wound up hoisting the champions trophy. "I just feel like you have to win on the road, no matter what, if you want to win a championship," Heat guard Dwyane Wade said. "So it really doesnt matter. When youre playing teams like the Bulls or you get to the finals, stuff like that, the teams are good. They can win anywhere. So its not really as big a deal as people make it. But I understand why you would want it. We had it last year in the finals. Didnt do that much for us." Which is why Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is fond of saying "Its about us" as an answer to any number of questions these days. Its his way of saying that regardless of seed, regardless of matchup, Miami is taking the approach entering the playoffs that if its game is sharp and ready, then the Heat believe they will be fine. For now, theyre still playing for that No. 1 seed. But No. 2 isnt so bad, either. Thats the slot from where Miami went on to win the 2006 title. "Its not coachspeak. It really is about us," Spoelstra said. "We needed to address our consistency, our identity, make sure that were playing at a high level going into the post-season. That is, first and foremost, our priority. Obviously the standings are something that were aware of. And when you have an opportunity to play for it, you do. But in terms of it being bigger than anything ... I think players have the proper perspective about it." After his team was held to its lowest point total of the season on Thursday, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said he wanted to see his team respond. No one seems to know when Roses hurting right foot will allow him to return to the lineup, though there is some speculation that the most likely scenario is that he plays in Chicagos final two regular-season games. Chicago is 30-7 with him on the floor, 17-9 when hes out. Hes missed nearly half the season with an array of injuries, and the Bulls still could have wrapped up the No. 1 seed with a win on Thursday. Even now, theyre still in the drivers seat, hardly panicking that a lead that seemed invincible in the East just a few days ago now looks a bit shaky. "You deal with it like you deal with it all year," Thibodeau said. "We lost, we go home, we study, get ready for Dallas. This game will reveal certain things to us, things that need to be corrected, continue to strive for improvement, and were not going to get caught up in (leads of) 1 1/2 games, 2 1/2 games or whatever. Just keep doing the things we need to do to win, thats all were focusing on." nfl jerseys china . Johnson will now pitch the series finale Sunday against the Rangers. The right-hander pitched five innings against Texas at home on Sunday, when he had a blister on his right middle finger. jerseys from china . Jakub Voracek scored the game winner for Philadelphia and the Flyers closed out their season with a 2-1 win in Ottawa on Saturday, depriving the Senators of gaining ground in the Eastern Conference standings. http://www.jerseyscheapnfl.us.com/ . Shane Hnidy joins me on TSN 1290 for the radio broadcast, while Dennis Beyak, Mike Johnson and Sara Orlesky will describe the action on TSN Jets. Cheap Philadelphia Phillies Jerseys . 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The Lions (4-2) outscored the Browns 24-0 in the second half, sealing their win when Stafford hooked up with rookie tight end Joseph Fauria with 2:01 left. The 6-foot-7 Fauria caught three TD passes for the Lions, who played like a completely different team in the second half after leaving the field down 17-7 and looking listless, lifeless and destined for a second straight loss. "We werent playing our best," Lions coach Jim Schwartz said of his teams first-half struggles. "The players knew it. We came out in the second half and started to hit on all cylinders." The Browns (3-3) had their chances at a comeback end when quarterback Brandon Weedens baffling shovel pass with 4:36 left was intercepted by Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy. "Its a bone-headed play," Weeden said. Lions running back Reggie Bush finished with 135 total yards, 121 in the second half. At halftime, Bush had touched the ball just seven times. But Stafford went to the versatile back whenever he needed a big play and Bush, taking advantage of mismatches against slower Cleveland linebackers, had a 39-yard run in the third and caught an 18-yard TD pass. "Hes not a dual threat or triple threat, hes a quadruple threat," Fauria said of Bush. "He does everything." Stafford finished 25 of 43 for 248 yards. He completed eight passes to Durham, who took over as Detroits primary target with superstar Calvin Johnson not himself because of a balky right knee. Johnson, who missed last weeks loss at Green Bay, had just three catches for 25 yards, but the Browns were forced to keep a watchful eye on "Megatron" at all times. Weeden, making his firsst start since Week 2, finished 26 of 43 for 292 yards, but will be remembered for his ill-advised pass when Cleveland was driving for a possible tying touchdown.dddddddddddd Trailing 24-17 and at Detroits 44 with a first down, Weeden was pressured by defensive tackle C.J. 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The Browns, who had piled up 115 yards rushing in the first, were limited to 6 total yards and no first downs in the third quarter. Cleveland gained 145 total yards after halftime, 72 after the Lions built a 14-point lead. Faurias 23-yard TD in the fourth period gave the Lions a 21-17 lead. Fauria got behind linebacker Craig Robertson and made a leaping catch in traffic before celebrating with a dunk over the goal post. Fauria has seven receptions this season, four for TDs. "First of all, hes tall," Schwartz said of Fauria, an undrafted free agent from UCLA. "But there are a lot of tall guys who arent good football players." Weeden threw two short TD passes and Billy Cundiff kicked a 40-yard field goal as the Browns, using a balanced attack, scored 17 unanswered points in the second quarter to build their halftime lead. cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '