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Game 5 is in Chicago, and if the Wizards prevail, they'll move on in the playoffs for just the third time since the 1970s. But as commanding as their lead is, Drew Gooden knows just how quickly it can go away.

The veteran forward was a rookie with Orlando in 2003 when the Magic went up 3-1 on Detroit, only to drop the next three to the Pistons and bow out in the first round.

"We had a chance to put 'em down and finish them and we didn't -- and then they started a dynasty in the Eastern Conference for the next five, six years," Gooden told the team's website. "That was something I always looked back at. We could've beat that team, being up 3-1, just one (more) game. Who knows? The Pistons would've probably never been the Pistons."

Detroit went on to make the first of six straight trips to the Eastern Conference finals and won the championship in 2004.

Only eight teams have won a series after falling behind 3-1, the most recent being the Suns in the first round against the Lakers in 2006.

Toughness carried the Bulls to the second round last year without Derrick Rose and allowed them to come together this season despite some big obstacles.

Now, they're facing another huge hurdle.

"This team's been up against it for two years," Thibodeau said.

And the Wizards? Well, they're not exactly breathing easy.

"I want our guys desperate," coach Randy Wittman said. "I don't care about Chicago. I want us to be greedy tomorrow."

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