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LeBron James has a simple method to kill time between shootaround and tonight's game.

"Eat and sleep," James said. "I'll go to the hotel, get something to eat and then sleep and get ready for the bus."

James said he doesn't fall into the hysteria of fans, who swing wildly with each game. For the first two games, it appeared that the Celtics were hopeless. After the Celtics win in Game 3, suddenly the Heat should scrap everything and go back to the drawing board. That's the attitude on the outside, but James doesn't get caught up in it.

"In the playoffs, you never get too high or too low," James said. "We feel good about controlling home. We got here and we didn't play well, but we haven't gotten too high or too low in this whole series. It's the same attitude."

The other two main topics for the Heat since Game 3 has been defending Kevin Garnett and getting Dwyane Wade more involved offensively. You have to imagine Spoelstra will devise a wrinkle to prevent Garnett from getting the ball in such deep post position, but Miami is limited because of the personnel it has up front. They simply don't have a player with Garnett's mix of length and skill. As for Wade, he's done a good job of not forcing the action in the face of traps and double-teams. At the same time, he's one of the teams most dangerous weapons so the Heat can't be content for Wade to fill a passive role. They're determined to get him going early tonight, with transition opportunities an easy way to do so.

Once again, Chris Bosh is out tonight and the timetable for his return from a strained abdominal muscle remains indefinite, according to Spoelstra. There was some speculation that the Heat are holding Bosh out until they really need him, but considering the magnitude of this game it seems like he simply isn't ready to play.


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