The Miami Heat made history in more ways than one last season.
Reserve guard Wayne Ellington drilled a franchise record number of 3’s. And, unforgettably, the Heat scored a league-high 149 points in a double-overtime game against the Denver Nuggets last March.
While getting so many buckets is worthy of praise (or critique), it pales in comparison to one number in particular: 53.
53 is the number of games that entered the NBA’s definition of “the clutch”; in other words, when the game clock ticks under five minutes and the score is within 5 points.