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Them Nikkas Had a Parade!!!.Official Season Thread Of The World Champion Miami Heat
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We gonna troll now or what?
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Since when weren't you about that life breh?
I've had my rep disabled for a little while now brother
hey brehs
MIAMI -- Remember that pass that LeBron James made to Udonis Haslem in the closing seconds against Utah in March last season? The one that didn't end up going the Heat's way?
Ray Allen brought up that play after Saturday's win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in which James passed to Allen for the game-winning 3-pointer. Haslem missed that controversial shot last March and the Heat ended up losing the game.
But after Saturday's win, Allen revealed that he and his former teammates in Boston agreed with James' decision to pass.
"And he got criticized over it," Allen said. "People were talking about, Should he have made that pass? Everybody where I was [in Boston], we all said he made the right play. That was the play, if you had it again, you make that play again. Thats what being a team is. You rely on your guys."
That play keeps up coming up in the Heat locker room these days, because James is still making that play. But this time around it's netting winning results. In fact, going by the NBA's standard of clutch time when the score is within five points in the final five minutes of a game, the Heat haven't been beaten when it gets to that point.
The Heat are 8-0 in games that go into clutch time this season and they're the only unbeaten team left in such situations. The question is: How are they doing it? The short answer: by playing nothing like they did two seasons ago.
Casual observers may have noticed that the Heat have been strong down the stretch, but it might not be obvious unless you take a deep look at the numbers. And the numbers are stunning. The Heat have played 36 minutes of clutch situations so far this season according to NBA.com's stats tool.
The score during that time?
Heat 97, Opponents 53.
That's a 44-point advantage. To put that in perspective, over a course of 48 minutes, that translates to a margin of 59 points. It makes Monday's Thunder-Bobcats game look like a nail-biter by comparison.
The Allen-James tandem has been virtually unstoppable in the clutch so far this season. When the defense has collapsed on James in the closing seconds, he has found Allen for three separate game-icing or game-winning shots. All in all, James has assisted on four of Allen's seven made field goals in crunchtime.
Heat players in the clutch
Player Mins Pts Reb Ast PER
James 35 29 10 10 44.4
Bosh 36 22 10 1 33.7
Allen 36 22 7 0 26.3
Wade 23 13 5 2 26.0
Chalmers 18 5 1 3 10.5
Data courtesy of NBA.com
The results have been extraordinary in the early going and that's a big reason why the Heat pursued Allen, one of the best corner three-point shooters in NBA history. We've gone over before how James driving with Allen in the corner is a devastating pick-your-poison dilemma for the opposition. The goal for any offense is to force the defense to make difficult decisions in an instant and the Heat have succeeded so far in that endeavor with James and Allen.
But this isn't just a two-man game. Chris Bosh has been showing renewed aggressiveness during crunchtime, shooting 6-for-7 from the floor in those situations and getting to the line more than any other Heat player. Not only that, he's shooting a perfect 10-for-10 at the charity stripe in crunchtime. Bosh might be the biggest beneficiary with Allen and Mario Chalmers spreading the floor. Bosh's defenders have little choice but to foul in most cases because help defenders have shown a distinct reluctance to shade off of their own man.
As a result of the stretchy floor-spacing, the Heat's offense has scored at a rate of 138.2 points per 100 possessions, which is tops for the league among teams that have played at least 12 minutes of clutch ball and over 20 points better than they did two seasons ago.
Heats record the clutch
Season W-L Wpct Rank
2012-13 8-0 1.000 1st
2011-12 18-11 .621 7th
2010-11 22-20 .524 13th
Data courtesy of NBA.com
But even more impressive is how the Heat have gone away from the isolation-heavy style of basketball in the debut season of the Big Three. While the Heat were consumed by the incessant "Who takes the last shot?" talk, the Heat tended to play "me-first" basketball in late-game situations.
But that's not the case anymore. To illustrate the growth in this area consider that the 2010-11 Heat ranked dead-last with only 36.2 percent of their field goals assisted on. Last season, that percentage rose to 48.4 percent. This season? It's an above-average 56.3 percent. Almost double what they were two seasons ago.
James, who has posted a 44.4 player efficiency rating and tallied a triple-double in 35 minutes of clutch time this season, has new perimeter weapons around him, making it easier to make the right play. Back in 2010-11 when James received the most scrutiny for his play down the stretch, Erik Spoelstra usually paired the Big Three with a conventional big man such as Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Joel Anthony or Haslem in clutch situations. The extra big man congested the paint and killed passing lanes for James and Wade to work with.
Nowadays, Spoelstra opens up the floor during crunchtime and surrounds the Big Three with capable 3-point shooters such as Allen and Chalmers. The personnel has played a central role in the lack of James criticism: perimeter players are finding open areas and the team is taking advantage of the spacing.
The results so far have been nearly perfect, but James insists he doesn't play by the short-term results.
"It doesn't matter, I make the right play," James said at Monday's practice. "That's how I've always played growing up. That's what we have teammates for. This isn't an individual game. It's a team game and that's how I approach it."
The Heat won't be undefeated down the stretch all season. Bad luck will bite them at some point in crunchtime and it's not a good bet that they'll continue to effectively shoot a torrid 66 percent from the floor after accounting for the added value of a 3-pointer. Furthermore, the Heat's defense has been suffocating in these late-and-close situations and it's not likely they'll hold opponents to a paltry 79.2 points per 100 possessions all season long.
That said, the Heat are starting to play the way we imagined when they joined forces back in July 2010. With better-fitting personnel and a strong emphasis on floor-spacing, the Heat have maximized the unselfish talents of James as the primary playmaker. Just two seasons after being one of the most disappointing crunchtime performers in the NBA, they have been nearly flawless with Allen.
And as scary as they've been in crunchtime, Allen and James are just getting started.
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@OG_StankBrefs who is that in your avi breh?
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OG_StankBrefs
Da Spice...
nikka dat's da one and only bawse seed of Duke Leto Atreides breh.
Paul Atredies A.K.A. First son of da Caladan throne A.K.A. Crusher of House Harkonnen A.K.A. Fearless Leader of da Fremen A.K.A. Gawd of da Sand Worm Rider set A.K.A. Based Lord Muad'dib
C'mon fam.
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nikka dat's da one and only bawse seed of Duke Leto Atreides breh.
Paul Atredies A.K.A. First son of da Caladan throne A.K.A. Crusher of House Harkonnen A.K.A. Fearless Leader of da Fremen A.K.A. Gawd of da Sand Worm Rider set A.K.A. Based Lord Muad'dib
C'mon fam.
sorry I asked breh.still have no idea who that is
OG_StankBrefs
Da Spice...
I'm going all the way IN on these fukk nikkas tonight brehs 