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Is the Heat’s hot 3-point shooting for real?

The Miami Heat’s recent turnaround includes many impressive statistics, but one in particular stands out as especially remarkable.

At the point when they had an11-30 record, the Heat were 27th in the league in three-point percentage, shooting 33.8 percent. In the 16 games since, their 40.2 percent mark from deep is third to only Golden State and Cleveland.

During that 14-2 stretch, five players shot over 40 percent: Goran Dragic, Dion Waiters, Wayne Ellington Luke Babbitt and Okaro White. Plus Rodney McGruder shot 38.8 percent (and Willie Reed made his one and only three, a buzzer beater).