Derrick Rose slumped at the podium after the game trying to comprehend how his team blew a 12-point fourth-quarter lead with 3:14 remaining.

"It was me," Rose said. "Turnovers. I guess fouls, if you call it that. If anything, just learn from it and just try to do better next year.

"Everything is a learning experience. We're definitely sad that we lost, but we'll take a lot from it. We'll get closer as a team. We'll get better. The only thing we can do now is work on our games this summer and just try to get it next year."

Rose probably was as shocked as anyone by his fourth-quarter struggles in the series. In the previous three games, he averaged just four points in fourth quarters on 2-for-11 shooting. Thursday, Rose wasn't much better, shooting 2-for-9 from the field in the fourth — 1-for-4 from 3-point range — for six points with three fouls, including the crucial one against Wade.

"At the end, I told you, it's on me,'' Rose said. "Everything, it's on me.''