If numbers are any indication, the Miami Heat should skip their first 41 games of the season and count only the second half results. For the last three seasons they have shown progressive gains in the advanced statistics.
Final 41 Games of Season
YEAR 2015 2016 2017 YEAR 2015 2016 2017 GAMES 41 41 41 WON 19 25 30 LOST 22 16 11 MIN 1978 1983 1973 OFFRTG 100.6 106.2 109.7 DEFRTG 102.4 103.4 103.3 NETRTG -1.8 2.8 6.4 AST% 54.0 53.7 52.6 AST/TO 1.3 1.5 1.6 AST% 15.7 16.6 16.3 OREB% 24.5 25.8 24.9 DREB% 73.3 78.3 76.5 REB% 49.5 52.8 50.8 TOV% 15.7 14.4 13.9 EFG% 49.1 51.3 53.6 TS% 53.1 55.0 56.6 PACE 94.8 97.0 98.1 PIE 49.5 52.9 52.9 Oddly the Heat have incrementally improved each of the last…
