Upon reading the Miami Herald’s Ethan Skolnick’s post (strongly recommend that quick read) on the amount of open shots the Miami Heat create, I decided to go more in depth and find more numbers behind Miami’s apparent shot making problem.
To start, here are some of Skolnick’s findings:
Miami has had more uncontested shots in five of the games, including nine more in Saturday’s loss at Utah.
The teams have had the same number in two of the games, the ones between the Heat and Memphis/Brooklyn.
And two opponents — Orlando and Phoenix — has more uncontested shots, though both lost to Miami.