Miami Heat: This dangerously weird stat coincides with team success

Miami Heat: Yes, shark attack data has had an inverse correlation with wins

Maybe it is all a crazy coincidence. Perhaps it is the sharks smelling the success from the cool waters of the murky deep.

So what does all this have to do with the Heat?

Could it be a divine entity speaking through the patterns of shark violence? Or perhaps, fewer shark attacks means more beachgoers, making a little sand time more appealing for out-of-state visitors (according to a WRAL article, most shark attacks occur on the Atlantic side of the state).

Visitors like opposing basketball teams and their coaching staffs. Maybe the many vices of Miami Beach become a little more tempting when multi-toothed behemoths are not lurking just beyond the shoreline.

Who knows, perhaps it is a creepily sound predictor of the future. Could it just be wicked chance and coincidence?

Is this a surefire sign of insanity and drowning in the dark despair of the offseason? Who can say?

But if using the demented path of shark attack averages as a predictive algorithm for Miami Heat wins, which has merit, then get ready for another deep playoff run Miami Heat faithful.