The games were almost exact mirror images of one another. On November 3 Miami shot 52.8% against Houston. Houston shot 39.2%. Miami won by 29 points. On November 5 Denver shot 52.3%, Miami 36.4%. Denver won by 20.
An "off night" is when shots don't fall. Letting the other guys shoot 52% is free fall. You can always play defense when you're having an off night shooting. That is what the "Heat" preach. Defense is mostly effort. When you can't shoot straight and are allowing the other guys to shoot 52% you're just not trying. Houston did not in Miami Sunday night. Stevie Wonder could see that. Miami did not try in Denver last night. I do not understand it.
There is one constant in those polar opposite games. Nunn and Herro became NunnHero. Nunn was 2/10 Sunday, Herro 3/10. They were the only two "Heat" players to shoot under 50%. Last night Nunn was 4/14, Herro 1/4.That's two "off nights," if nothing else. But there is something else. There has to be when similarly woeful shooting occurs in two different--way different!--games in two days. Did the film just arrive? Did the other guys just start watching it? In his first five games Kendrick Nunn scored more points than any undrafted player in NBA history! Scored the most points through five of any rookie since Kevin Durant in 2007! Now, he is shooting like an undrafted rookie.
Something special-ed is happening here.
