Miami ? Amid all the ramblings about pressure, poise, adjustments and the countless other ways to dissect a playoff series, Dwyane Wade cut right to the point.

“One game to win,” Wade said. “That’s all we’ve got to do.”

Sounds so easy.

By now, the Miami Heat know it’s anything but – especially against the never-say-die Detroit Pistons.

One win separated the Heat from an Eastern Conference crown a year ago against Detroit, but two chances slipped away as the Pistons rallied to defend their title. That one win eluded Miami again Wednesday, when Detroit played perhaps its best game of the series, won 91-78, and forced a Game 6 tonight.

“I think the pressure’s been on them,” Pistons guard Lindsey Hunter said. “They were up 3-1. We’re supposed to be dead right now. So it’s up to them to try to close us out.”

So, it’s back to Miami, where the Heat hopes to celebrate their first trip to the NBA Finals – and the Pistons, who ended the Heat’s season on their home floor a year ago, will fight to force a winner-take-all Game 7 at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich., on Sunday.

If either side is panicking, they’re hiding it well.

“You get three bites of the apple, basically,” Heat coach Pat Riley said Thursday. “Usually on the first one, you want to try to gobble the whole thing if you can. But we didn’t. They came out with a bigger bite than us and sharper and tougher. And we get opportunity No. 2 at home to close it out.”

Given that this is the Heat’s final home game of the series, it’s their best opportunity as well.

“We’ve got a golden opportunity to win Game 6 at home on our home floor,” Wade said after Wednesday’s loss. “And it’s another game. We don’t look at nothing as pressure. They’re the defending Eastern Conference champions. There’s no pressure on us.”