Even poor Miami Heat defense can’t explain some of opposing shot-making

Head coach Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat looks on against the Philadelphia 76ers (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
Head coach Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat looks on against the Philadelphia 76ers (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
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Tyrese Maxey #0 of the Philadelphia 76ers drives against Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat(Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

Even Poor Miami Heat Defense Can’t Explain Some Of Opposing Shot-Making

Well, that is the focus here, but not just on New York. The focus is on the Miami Heat’s opposition recently and their hot shooting, to be specific.

When you look at most of the Miami Heat games since the All-Star break, against the Bucks, the Hornets, the 76ers on one occasion, and then these New York Knicks— there are a few things that they have in common.

Yes, the Heat have been largely unable to beat these teams. Yes, the Heat have also shot putridly for, at least, one large portion of the game in each of them, if not the entire game all around.

But the last thing is probably the most intriguing of them all. And that is this.

At points in all of these games, if not for the entirety just like the Heat’s poor shooting, the opposing teams have been totally and quite literally, unconscious from range themselves.