Hyde5: Five telling stats of the Heat’s 14-game win streak

Dave Hyde 9:06 a.m. EST, March 4, 2013 1. LeBron James has been spectacular. No surprise there. He averages 28.9 points on 61.6 percent shooting, 8.2 rebounds and 8.2 assists on this 14-game streak. To illustrate what these numbers mean, consider he’s shooting eight percentage points higher than he’s done in any season, has a  [...]

Hyde5: Five telling Heat stats at All-Star break

Dave Hyde 8:45 a.m. EST, February 15, 2013 1. LeBron James is shooting 56.5 percent, Chris Bosh is shooting 55. 5 and Dwyane Wade shooting 50.5. Each is a career high. Talk about great synergy. James ranks sixth in the league and Bosh ranks 10th.  You can get into all the technical reasons why, but [...]

Hyde5: What stats say of Chalmers taking last shot

1. Should Mario Chalmers take the last shot as he did in the loss to Portland? In a perfect ending, no. Going strictly by stats, you’d want LeBron James, Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh, according to percentages on “clutch” shots, according to 82games.com (clutch is defined as fourth quarter or overtime, less than five minutes [...]

LeBron James candidly says blowouts have hurt stats

MIAMI –— LeBron James sort of misses playing in the fourth quarter. With the Miami Heat rolling to six consecutive easy victories, James has played less in the final moments. He candidly said the extra time on the bench has hurt his statistics. “I’m getting tired of sitting down in the fourth quarter, personally,” James [...]

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