Instead of stealing a victory in Chicago, the Heat must recover from a deflating loss.

Notre Dame was at its overpowering best, having had two weeks to prepare after a deflating loss to Ohio State.

The boos accompanying a deflating loss made the Knicks wince.

It was a deflating loss for the Knicks in more ways than one.

Last night at the Garden, however, it sounded about as routine as another deflating loss.

Amid the aftermath of another deflating loss, someone offered this blunt assessment: "No intensity.

The Lions, after Henne's last-second touchdown pass, left with their most deflating loss of the decade.

In the end, the Knicks found themselves on the short end of one of their most deflating losses of the season.

As a whole, the Knicks were fairly loose the day after a deflating loss.

But the night ended as most of them recently have, with a deflating loss and a sense that their season will soon be over.