MIAMI - As extreme as the Rockets’ average of 57 3-pointers attempted in the preseason heading into Friday’s game might seem, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra was not surprised. He sort of predicted it.
“I remember being in a coaching clinic two years ago and I said there will be a team in about five years that will be a Mike D’Antoni team that will average 50 3s,” Spoelstra said. “Everybody was like, ‘Not a chance.” Of course, in true Mike fashion he sped that up in three years.
“They had five games last year they shot over 50.