Shaq says Heat must fill in the gaps for Wade.(Shaquille O'Neal on Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade)

Byline: Helene St. James

MIAMI _ Dwyane Wade largely has kept quiet since suffering a rib injury four days ago, and teammates largely have kept to the same refrain in those same four days.

"When you're on the team and one of your guys is out, someone, or two or three people, has to step up," Shaquille O'Neal said after the Heat failed to do so in Game 6, setting up Monday night's Game 7.

Wade didn't play in Game 6 and afterward left the Palace without talking to reporters. The Heat did not practice Sunday, which will have given Wade three days of rest leading up to Monday night's game. A Heat spokesman said late Sunday that Wade's treatment for the …