More Answers to Come in Game 3

This is the game where the answers will become manifest.

You can talk all you want about the Bulls first two wins in the first two games of this series, but that is what they were supposed to do. Miami couldn't overachieve at that point and take a game in Chicago, which is what they were attempting to do.

Now, it's Miami's turn to serve.

The real reason Miami couldn't steal a game in Chicago? There are a myriad of reasons; officiating, hot shooting, poor defense, bad rebounding, worse defense, horrible shot selection, UFOs, zombies, David Stern. It doesn't matter, it simply comes down to this: as good as Chicago shot in Game 2 (55%), Miami was playing so far below their level that Mickey Arison should have filed a report with the police. On a scale of 1-10, Chicago was hitting 8 and 9 in both games while Miami was fluctuating between 5 and 6. The first game, Miami almost won despite not having a right to be in that game while in the second, they couldn't get over the hump despite having a shot to win that game as well.

Still, at this point it's all speculation, too. Maybe Miami is too old and too slow and too injured to take out the Bulls for the second postseason in a row. For certain, we will know more after Game 3, Miami's first home playoff game of the 2006-2007 season.

There are more questions that will be answered:

Will the Heat find a way to contain Luol Deng?

Is the real Wade going to show up? Or will he allow his injury to be his excuse and his eventual downfall?

Can Shaq elevate his game and stay out of foul trouble and prove, once again, that this game has not passed him by?

Will Udonis Haslem and Jason Williams show up for the game?

Who will start at small forward, Eddie Jones, James Posey or Jason Kapono?

Can Miami, realistically win this series?

This is why they play the games. Miami is confident that they can win this series and they understand that a series can change momentum literally overnight. Yet Chicago just might be prepared to overtake the Heat.

Game 3 will reveal all.