With the NBA on hiatus for at least 30 days, I'll be coping by posting an article every day with 30 random/interesting facts from each of the 30 teams. Hopefully, the season will resume when I hit publish on the Wizards' article.
Day 16:
Miami Heat
Stats are mostly from Cleaning the Glass, but also RotoWire, NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.
- Bam Adebayo is the 12th-ranked fantasy player in eight-category leagues in terms of total production.
- Bam Adebayo's 8.1 win shares rank ninth in the NBA.
- Bam Adebayo takes 40% of his shots from the mid range -- the 91st percentile for bigs.
- Duncan Robinson's 67.8 TS% is the third-highest in the league, and only six percent of his made shots are unassisted. He's made 52% of his corner threes.
- Duncan Robinson has taken just 44 shots at the rim this season, but he's made an impressive 77% of them.
- Duncan Robinson has the best point differential (+13.7) on the Heat, and it's a difference that ranks in the 99th percentile.
- Derrick Jones' 125.0 points per 100 shot attempts is in the 89th percentile for wings, and he has the third-lowest turnover percentage (6.8) in the league. He shoots 73% at the rim -- in the 96th percentile.
- Derrick Jones is fouled on 14.2% of his shot attempts -- the 92nd percentile for wing players.
- Jimmy Butler takes 44% of his shots from the mid range -- in the 96th percentile for wings. However, he's just an average shooter from there, ranking in the 50th percentile with a 38% conversion rate.
- Jimmy Butler is fouled on 24.2% of his shot attempts, and he draws a non-shooting foul on 3.4% of team plays. The former is in the 100th percentile for wing players, and the latter is in the 97th percentile.
- Jimmy Butler's 2.2% steal rate is in the 94th percentile for his position, and he only commits a foul on 1.3% of team plays, which ranks in the 100th percentile.
- Jimmy Butler grabs an offensive rebound on 5.7% of the Heat's missed field goals, which ranks in the 97th percentile for wing players.
- Tyler Herro takes 23% of his shots from the long mid range, which ranks in the 93rd percentile for wings. However, he's just an average shooter from there, ranking in the 53rd percentile with 39% accuracy.
- Tyler Herro has the worst point differential (-8.5) on the Heat of anyone who has seen at least 100 minutes.
- Kelly Olynyk is 45% (67-of-149) on non-corner threes, which ranks in the 100th percentile for bigs.
- Opponents score 4.2 more points per 100 halfcourt plays with Jimmy Butler on the court. That's the lowest mark of his career and the first time he's been a negative in that statistic since 2013-14.
- Opponents scored 5.8 fewer points per 100 halfcourt halfcourt plays with Justise Winslow on the court -- difference that ranked in the 88th percentile.
- Out of all Heat lineups that have seen at least 100 possessions together, the best is +40.9 and contains Goran Dragic, Duncan Robinson, Andre Iguodala, Jae Crowder and Kelly Olynyk. The worst is -4.9 and contains Kendrick Nunn, Derrick Jones, Duncan Robinson, Kelly Olynyk and Bam Adebayo.
- Heat small-ball lineups -- No Meyers Leonard, Bam Adebayo, Chris Silva, Kelly Olynyk, KZ Okpala or Udonis Haslem -- have a -6.2 net rating in 91 possessions.
- On the road against top-10 teams, the Heat have the sixth-worst offense (102.8).
- Miami is the seventh-worst team on the second night of back-to-backs (-8.2 net rating).
- Since the All-Star break, Miami has the fourth-best offense (115.0) but the third-worst spread differential (-3.2).
- The Heat are the second-best defensive rebounding team in the NBA, allowing opponents to get an offensive rebound on just 22.9% of their misses.
- Miami is the fourth-most accurate team at the rim (66.6%) and the most accurate team from three (39.1%).
- Miami allows the fifth-fewest shots at the rim (32.4%) but the most three-pointers (40.5%). Conversely, they allow opponents to shoot the sixth-best percentage at the rim (65.7%) and the fourth-worst from three (34.7%).
- Miami has the fourth-best halfcourt offense in the NBA, scoring 99.1 points per 100 halfcourt plays. However, they're the third-worst putback team in the NBA, scoring just 16.2 points per 100 missed field goals/reboundable free throws.
- The Heat create the fewest transition opportunities off of live rebounds (22.4%) in the league. Meanwhile, they allow the third-most transition opportunities off of live rebounds (30.9%).
- Bam Adebayo has played the fourth-most minutes (2,235) in the NBA.
- Duncan Robinson has hit the third-most threes (243) in the league.
- Jimmy Butler has made the third-most free throws (408) in the NBA.