Miami Heat beaten by the 3-ball from both sides Friday against Mavericks

Just a game after one of their most complete performances of the year, the Miami Heat came out on Friday night and laid a stinker. Facing off against the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas, the Miami Heat were unable to overcome the Dallas Mavericks’ proficiency from the outside.

But on top of the fact that they weren’t able to stop the Dallas Mavericks’ three-point shooting exhibition, the Miami Heat were totally inept from the outside themselves. It’s worth a slightly deeper look.

Looking at the Dallas Mavericks, almost half of their field-goal attempts were three-pointers, taking 80 shots total while 38 of them were from beyond the three-point line. And of those nearly 40 attempts, the Dallas Mavericks would hit 18 of them.

That’s nearly half of the threes that they shot.

The Miami Heat couldn’t get right Friday when it came to the three-ball. They couldn’t hit any, while they couldn’t get Dallas to miss many either.

Now, on the other side for the Miami Heat, not only would they take only half the attempts from outside the three-point arc when compared to Dallas, but they totally stunk with those attempts.

Making only four of the 20 three-point shots they attempted on Friday night, the Miami Heat were doomed just based on this set of figures alone. Think about it.

The Dallas Mavericks took twice the amount of three-pointers and managed to sink half of them. The Mavericks made 50 percent of the 100 percent more threes they took.

And this is all while the Miami Heat only managed to make 1/5 of the threes they took, which was only half the attempts of the Mavericks in the first place. Yes, it sounds like a number and word soup but the fact of the matter is this.

Quality always matters, meaning you want to hit most of those you take. However, when the quantity just isn’t there in the first place, you have to be especially precise in your marksmanship, and neither went right for the Miami Heat Friday night on their side while the Dallas Mavericks were practically—elite.

It was a “perfect storm” against the Miami Heat and those things happen. They’ll look to bounce back Sunday against the same Pelicans they dominated a game ago.