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06-02-2013, 10:50 PM
"We have to do a good job of getting opportunities for me and Chris to succeed," Wade said Saturday night. "It's something we're going to have to look at as a team. ..."
"We've got to figure it out in this locker room," he continued. "And not leave it to an individual to self-will it."
-CBS Sports
Wade looks like a completely different player, in a bad way. Especially in the past 3 games. They are 1-2, had Lebron not had a monster 3rd quarter they may have lost game 5 (he scored or assisted on 24 of the teams 30 points, more than half of Indiana's points in that quarter). When Wade isn't able to get to rim or get to the free throw line, he becomes much less valuable. That has been especially true in this series. Miami has been forced to stay with two bigs (Bosh & Haslem) Indiana can help off of Haslem and recover since his range is only about 15-18 ft instead of 23 feet. Wade's lack of perimeter shooting allows for players like Stephenson to sag off of him and play the passing lanes or play Wade assuming he is going to drive to the basket.
Wade has played 112 minutes in the past 3 games (Games:4,5, & 6). In those games he's only attempted 34 shots (11 per game down from 16 in the regular season) and has made only 11 field goals (averaged 8 FGM per game during the regular season) hitting just 32.3% of his shots. He's taking one shot approximate every three minutes 1/2 minutes he plays during the regular season his scored roughly every 90 seconds he was on the floor at a 52% clip.
His efficiency numbers have free fallen since the regular season. Despite a week off he is clearly struggling. He'll only have 3 days off and before another grueling series.
Eastern Conference Stats (Regular season in parenthesis)
Minutes-38.2 (34.6)
Points-14.5 (21.2, 6.7 pts lower)
Field Goal Percent-44.2 (52.1)
Anyone watching the last few games probably noticed just how uncomfortable he looks out there. He isn't healthy enough to attack the rim and can't shoot well enough from outside to properly space the floor making Miami's offense struggle at times.
"We've got to figure it out in this locker room," he continued. "And not leave it to an individual to self-will it."
-CBS Sports
Wade looks like a completely different player, in a bad way. Especially in the past 3 games. They are 1-2, had Lebron not had a monster 3rd quarter they may have lost game 5 (he scored or assisted on 24 of the teams 30 points, more than half of Indiana's points in that quarter). When Wade isn't able to get to rim or get to the free throw line, he becomes much less valuable. That has been especially true in this series. Miami has been forced to stay with two bigs (Bosh & Haslem) Indiana can help off of Haslem and recover since his range is only about 15-18 ft instead of 23 feet. Wade's lack of perimeter shooting allows for players like Stephenson to sag off of him and play the passing lanes or play Wade assuming he is going to drive to the basket.
Wade has played 112 minutes in the past 3 games (Games:4,5, & 6). In those games he's only attempted 34 shots (11 per game down from 16 in the regular season) and has made only 11 field goals (averaged 8 FGM per game during the regular season) hitting just 32.3% of his shots. He's taking one shot approximate every three minutes 1/2 minutes he plays during the regular season his scored roughly every 90 seconds he was on the floor at a 52% clip.
His efficiency numbers have free fallen since the regular season. Despite a week off he is clearly struggling. He'll only have 3 days off and before another grueling series.
Eastern Conference Stats (Regular season in parenthesis)
Minutes-38.2 (34.6)
Points-14.5 (21.2, 6.7 pts lower)
Field Goal Percent-44.2 (52.1)
Anyone watching the last few games probably noticed just how uncomfortable he looks out there. He isn't healthy enough to attack the rim and can't shoot well enough from outside to properly space the floor making Miami's offense struggle at times.