Wade needs to come off the bench, He ruins the Heat spacing when hes in the game. The stats from different Lineup combinations back this up -The Heat have scored 131.7 points per 100 possessions when James is on the floor without Wade - Just 100.8 with James and Wade sharing the floor -James–Mike Miller–Ray Allen (3pt shooting creates spacing) plus +50 in just 68 minutes -The James-Miller-Chalmers trio is plus +43 in just 80 minutes -The combination of those four players is a stunning plus-49 in just 29 total minutes - With Bosh/Anderson on the floor with those combinations the Heat are +26 - The Heat simply can not call Plays for Wade in late game possessions. Wade is 6-of-27 on post-ups during the playoffs, per Synergy Sports. He has drawn exactly zero fouls on those 27 shots. He has turned the ball over on 16 percent of his post-up possessions - As soon as Wade entered the game late in the 4th you can see the floor spacing and ball movement disappear. Lebron and Chalmers late game turnovers the almost cost the heat down the stretch were due to the spurs being able to abandon Wade and pack the paint. Compare the floor spacing in these two videos with Wade on and off the floor. Both Gary Neal and Green are able to abandon the 3pt line to pack the pack the paint on chalmers turnover compared to the first video with Lebron driving past Splitter with the floor properly spaced due to 3pt shooting. youtube/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NFYMXmSMzN4 (3pt spacing youtube/watch?v=4awFB1vSI_g&feature=player_embedded (Chalmers Turnover)
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:49:36 +0000
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