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| All Games | 50-43 | -9.7 | 49-42 | 48-45 | 99.4 | 50.6 | 45.6% | 50.5 | 98.2 | 49.6 | 45.5% | 50.3 | | Road Games | 27-20 | +15.9 | 32-15 | 27-20 | 100.1 | 50.5 | 45.5% | 51.8 | 98.8 | 49.7 | 45.2% | 50.7 | | Last 5 Games | 1-4 | -5 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 83.8 | 43.6 | 42.7% | 52.6 | 87.6 | 41.0 | 44.3% | 46.2 | | Division Games | 10-6 | +2.1 | 9-6 | 7-9 | 100.7 | 52.1 | 46.8% | 50.4 | 96.0 | 48.2 | 44.6% | 48.4 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 99.4 | 50.6 | 38-84 | 45.6% | 8-20 | 37.5% | 15-21 | 72.6% | 50 | 11 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | vs opponents surrendering | 100 | 50 | 37-82 | 45.2% | 8-21 | 36.0% | 18-23 | 75.6% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 100.1 | 50.5 | 38-85 | 45.5% | 8-21 | 39.3% | 15-21 | 70.3% | 52 | 12 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 98.2 | 49.6 | 37-80 | 45.5% | 7-21 | 34.9% | 18-23 | 76.1% | 50 | 10 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 4 | | vs opponents averaging | 99.5 | 49.6 | 37-82 | 45.0% | 8-21 | 35.6% | 18-24 | 75.7% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | 98.8 | 49.7 | 36-81 | 45.2% | 7-21 | 34.6% | 19-24 | 75.9% | 51 | 10 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
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| All Games | 67-35 | -11.8 | 48-51 | 56-45 | 101.2 | 51.1 | 49.9% | 43.2 | 97.1 | 49.3 | 46.1% | 47.8 | | Home Games | 40-11 | +5.4 | 24-26 | 30-21 | 103.5 | 51.2 | 51.1% | 43.3 | 96.6 | 49.2 | 46.4% | 46.2 | | Last 5 Games | 1-4 | -4.3 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 91.6 | 43.6 | 47.2% | 39.8 | 105.6 | 54.0 | 52.8% | 43.6 | | Division Games | 16-4 | +7 | 10-9 | 13-7 | 104.5 | 52.5 | 49.9% | 44.9 | 98.5 | 52.3 | 45.9% | 46.8 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 101.2 | 51.1 | 38-76 | 49.9% | 8-23 | 37.0% | 17-23 | 76.3% | 43 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 4 | | vs opponents surrendering | 99.8 | 49.8 | 37-82 | 45.2% | 8-21 | 36.0% | 18-23 | 75.8% | 51 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 5 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 103.5 | 51.2 | 39-75 | 51.1% | 8-22 | 37.8% | 18-24 | 76.5% | 43 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 4 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 97.1 | 49.3 | 36-78 | 46.1% | 9-23 | 37.0% | 17-22 | 74.5% | 48 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 3 | | vs opponents averaging | 99.8 | 49.7 | 37-82 | 45.2% | 8-21 | 36.0% | 18-23 | 75.5% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | 96.6 | 49.2 | 36-78 | 46.4% | 9-24 | 36.6% | 15-21 | 74.8% | 46 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
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| |  | WASHINGTON: GUARDS: JOHN WALL has improved tremendously over the past two seasons. His physical skills are off the chart, and now he's significantly cut back on head-scratching mistakes . . . It appears that BRADLEY BEAL is becoming the perfect running mate for Wall in the short and the long term. He continues to develop off-the-dribble skills to go along with his shooting. His broken wrist is expected to fully heal by late November . . . ANDRE MILLER is in more of a mentor role in Washington. He's 38 and averaged less than 17 minutes per night last season . . . GLEN RICE JR. tore up Summer League, but it's unlikely the gunner will become an efficient scorer . . . GARRETT TEMPLE gives them a defense-first option off the bench, but his playing time will be minimal again. FORWARDS: PAUL PIERCE takes Trevor Ariza's spot at the 3. He'll have much more space to work in, not that he's ever needed it . . . The Wizards will likely play it safe with NENE HILARIO's minutes during the regular season again. They'll need him fresh for the playoffs, and they have enough frontcourt depth to do it . . . Back surgery is going to keep MARTELL WEBSTER out for a huge chunk of the season. He's a question mark even after he returns . . . After a lost rookie season, OTTO PORTER should be able to break into this rotation, especially with Webster out . . . KRIS HUMPHRIES will provide some rebounding and energy behind Nen' . . . It's incredible that DREW GOODEN is still employed. CENTERS: MARCIN GORTAT made beautiful pick-and-roll music with Wall last year. There's no reason that shouldn't continue. Gortat is a fringe All-Star . . . DeJUAN BLAIR can mix it up for 20 minutes per night, especially against smaller 5's. |  | MIAMI: GUARDS: He's a shell of his former self, but the Heat will have to squeeze more regular-season minutes out of DWYANE WADE. His effectiveness could depend on whether or not he finally develops a three-point shot . . . The point guard situation is getting muddied, but the Heat dug deep to re-sign MARIO CHALMERS. He'll top the PG depth chart again . . . NORRIS COLE is likely too small and too erratic to ever be a starter, but he'll continue to play solid minutes with the second unit . . . The Heat seemed to grab SHABAZZ NAPIER on draft night because he's a LeBron James favorite. Now that James is gone, the rookie could be the odd man out in the point guard rotation. He'll have to overcome subpar measurables. FORWARDS: LUOL DENG is most certainly not LeBron James, and he won't fill anything resembling James' new role. He does give them a strong role player, a defensive stopper and secondary scorer . . . JOSH McROBERTS will facilitate the offense at times and generally serve as a floor-spacing, stretch-4. Miami is built to go small with him and Chris Bosh up front . . . DANNY GRANGER is trying to reinvent himself after an injury-filled couple of seasons. He can play both forward spots and might fit best as a stretch-4 in head coach Erik Spoelstra's system . . . UDONIS HASLEM is essentially a mascot during the regular season . . . JAMES ENNIS could break into the rotation later this season. He was tremendous in Summer League play. CENTERS: CHRIS BOSH is the best player on this team by a significant margin. He'll be the focal point of the offense most nights and should flirt with the 20-10 numbers he used to put up in Toronto . . . CHRIS ANDERSEN will often pair with Bosh in the frontcourt, taking some of the defensive heat off Bosh against bigger lineups. Because of this information, no power rating or computer score edges are posted for this game. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER PRO BASKETBALL PREVIEW (WASHINGTON-MIAMI) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Wizards-Heat Preview* ======================
By JACK CASSIDY STATS Writer
Washington (0-0) at Miami (0-0), 7:30 p.m. EDT
The Miami Heat have played in four straight NBA Finals and won back-to-back titles in 2012-13, but the excitement and anticipation of reaching another championship series departed along with LeBron James.
The Heat's quest to establish a post-James identity begins Wednesday night when they open the season against the Washington Wizards.
"I think we have some proving to do," forward Chris Bosh said.
Bosh and Dwyane Wade - along with Norris Cole, Udonis Haslem, Chris Andersen and Mario Chalmers - remain from the 'Big 3' years that saw Miami go 224-88 and win 59 postseason games. James, Ray Allen, Shane Battier, Rashard Lewis and James Jones have all moved on.
Wade is once again the face of the franchise as he enters his 12th season, but after logging over 32,000 career minutes and dealing with recurring knee issues, he is no longer the future. That title goes to Bosh, who spurned a max-contract offer from Houston.
Bosh's averages in both points and rebounds have declined each season in Miami, but as the feature player for the first time with the Heat, he hopes to again reach the 24.0 points and 10.8 rebounds he averaged during his final season with Toronto in 2009-10.
"I can't lie to you: I'm excited. I'm excited for the challenge," Bosh said upon signing a five-year, $118 deal. "I want to step up to the challenge. I feel this is a chance to prove to myself and others that I can still do this."
Bosh will be joined by newcomers Josh McRoberts, Danny Granger and Luol Deng, all of whom are expected to see significant playing time. However, McRoberts may miss opening night as he recovers from offseason toe surgery.
Their first challenge comes against a young Washington club that reached the second round of the playoffs and still has plenty to prove in the Eastern Conference.
The Wizards, anchored by John Wall and Bradley Beal, reached the second round for the first time since 2005. Wall and Beal led the team with 19.3 points and 17.1 points per game, respectively, and Wall finished second in the NBA with an average of 8.8 assists.
"I think we're definitely the best backcourt in the league," Beal said. "At the same time, we've got to prove it."
Beal, however, will be absent from Washington's backcourt for the first month of the season after he broke his left wrist Oct. 10. Glen Rice Jr. and Martell Webster are also injured, leaving Garrett Temple as Beal's likely replacement at shooting guard.
The Wizards bolstered their offense by signing veteran Paul Pierce. The 10-time All-Star averaged 13.5 points and 4.6 rebounds with Brooklyn last season, and he will take the forward role from Trevor Ariza (14.4 ppg), who signed with Houston.
"My body feels good, my mind is in the right place," Pierce said. "I still have the hunger, desire to get up every day and want to be in the gym."
Nene and Marcin Gortat also return for the Wizards, who finished with the league's ninth-best defense last season. As with most things in Washington, though, that ranking could rise with the improvement of Wall, who led the NBA with 295 turnovers last season.
"I'm just going to be aggressive and play the right way," Wall told the Wizards' official site. "If somebody's open, I'm still trusting those guys to make open shots. If you lose the game with guys taking open shots and missing them, I'm cool with that.
"But if you try to go in the game and do too much and lose the game because you forced shots and turn the ball over, that's different."
Wall turned the ball over 18 times in four games against Miami last season, but he also dished 39 assists to help Washington split the season series 2-2. Neither James nor Bosh played in the most recent meeting - a 114-93 home win for the Wizards on April 14.
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