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703 | WASHINGTON | +650 | 704 | MIAMI | -1050 |
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All Games | 0-2 | -6 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 102.0 | 48.5 | 43.6% | 48.5 | 111.0 | 49.5 | 50.6% | 56.5 | Road Games | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 102.0 | 43.0 | 43.6% | 44.0 | 113.0 | 55.0 | 50.0% | 54.0 | Last 5 Games | 0-2 | -6 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 102.0 | 48.5 | 43.6% | 48.5 | 111.0 | 49.5 | 50.6% | 56.5 | Division Games | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 102.0 | 48.5 | 37-86 | 43.6% | 9-25 | 37.3% | 17-24 | 71.4% | 48 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 4 | vs opponents surrendering | 105.9 | 50.3 | 39-84 | 46.8% | 9-24 | 36.0% | 19-24 | 78.5% | 48 | 11 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 18 | 4 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 102.0 | 43.0 | 34-78 | 43.6% | 10-25 | 40.0% | 24-32 | 75.0% | 44 | 13 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 16 | 3 | Stats Against (All Games) | 111.0 | 49.5 | 43-86 | 50.6% | 7-23 | 31.9% | 16-23 | 70.2% | 56 | 10 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 18 | 5 | vs opponents averaging | 110.2 | 48 | 42-85 | 49.9% | 8-22 | 36.7% | 17-24 | 73.1% | 51 | 11 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 18 | 5 | Stats Against (Road Games) | 113.0 | 55.0 | 39-78 | 50.0% | 9-24 | 37.5% | 26-33 | 78.8% | 54 | 12 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 18 | 4 |
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All Games | 1-2 | -5.8 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 105.7 | 50.0 | 49.6% | 40.3 | 103.3 | 43.7 | 48.1% | 50.0 | Home Games | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 107.0 | 54.0 | 51.4% | 48.0 | 95.0 | 33.0 | 42.2% | 47.0 | Last 5 Games | 1-2 | -5.8 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 105.7 | 50.0 | 49.6% | 40.3 | 103.3 | 43.7 | 48.1% | 50.0 | Division Games | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 105.7 | 50.0 | 37-75 | 49.6% | 11-25 | 45.9% | 20-26 | 78.2% | 40 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 3 | vs opponents surrendering | 100.9 | 50.2 | 37-82 | 45.2% | 9-21 | 40.6% | 18-24 | 74.4% | 49 | 11 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 4 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 107.0 | 54.0 | 37-72 | 51.4% | 11-20 | 55.0% | 22-29 | 75.9% | 48 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 18 | 7 | Stats Against (All Games) | 103.3 | 43.7 | 37-77 | 48.1% | 8-21 | 36.5% | 22-29 | 75.6% | 50 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 3 | vs opponents averaging | 100.4 | 47.4 | 38-82 | 46.1% | 7-20 | 34.9% | 18-24 | 75.7% | 52 | 10 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 17 | 5 | Stats Against (Home Games) | 95.0 | 33.0 | 35-83 | 42.2% | 7-26 | 26.9% | 18-23 | 78.3% | 47 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 18 | 4 |
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| Average power rating of opponents played: WASHINGTON 93, MIAMI 95 |
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10/30/2013 | @ DETROIT | 102-113 | L | 2.5 | L | 189 | O | 34-78 | 43.6% | 44 | 16 | 39-78 | 50.0% | 54 | 18 | 11/1/2013 | PHILADELPHIA | 102-109 | L | -9.5 | L | 201 | O | 41-94 | 43.6% | 53 | 17 | 48-94 | 51.1% | 59 | 19 | 11/3/2013 | @ MIAMI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/6/2013 | @ PHILADELPHIA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/8/2013 | BROOKLYN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/10/2013 | @ OKLAHOMA CITY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/12/2013 | @ DALLAS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/13/2013 | @ SAN ANTONIO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/16/2013 | CLEVELAND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/19/2013 | MINNESOTA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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10/29/2013 | CHICAGO | 107-95 | W | -5 | W | 188.5 | O | 37-72 | 51.4% | 48 | 18 | 35-83 | 42.2% | 47 | 18 | 10/30/2013 | @ PHILADELPHIA | 110-114 | L | -9.5 | L | 195.5 | O | 42-85 | 49.4% | 38 | 19 | 43-80 | 53.7% | 49 | 18 | 11/1/2013 | @ BROOKLYN | 100-101 | L | -4 | L | 195 | O | 32-67 | 47.8% | 35 | 15 | 33-68 | 48.5% | 54 | 18 | 11/3/2013 | WASHINGTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/5/2013 | @ TORONTO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/7/2013 | LA CLIPPERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/9/2013 | BOSTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/12/2013 | MILWAUKEE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/15/2013 | DALLAS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/16/2013 | @ CHARLOTTE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/19/2013 | ATLANTA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | WASHINGTON: GUARDS: Late last year, JOHN WALL finally started to fulfill his promising talent. He got wherever he wanted on the court, and the Wizards were very tough to guard with all the shooters surrounding him . . . BRADLEY BEAL and Wall should mesh beautifully. Beal is a potentially elite shooter, and he rebounds very well for a guard . . . ERIC MAYNOR is fully healthy again after tearing his ACL two seasons ago. He can play some alongside Wall, but mostly he'll be the league's best back-up point guard again . . . GLEN RICE JR. doesn't shoot it nearly as well as his father, but he's an athlete who could break into the rotation down the line . . . GARRETT TEMPLE is insurance in case Wall or Maynor goes down. FORWARDS: The Wizards need NENÊ’S low post offense. It seems inevitable that they'll have to cap his minutes . . . OTTO PORTER is likely to step into the starting lineup early on. They need his defense, as he can guard twos through fours . . . MARTELL WEBSTER will platoon with Porter, providing another outstanding shooter for Wall to feed . . . TREVOR ARIZA is playing out the string on an untradeable deal . . . TREVOR BOOKER has some use as a screener and low-post banger, but not much else . . . AL HARRINGTON may be inefficient, but he can score points in a hurry and is a decent defender'JAN VESELY is still trying to figure out the NBA, though it's too early to give up on his athleticism . . . CHRIS SINGLETON can defend, but he's no more than a garbage-time player due to his atrocious offense. CENTERS: EMEKA OKAFOR may be absurdly overpaid, but he's settled in as a passable starter who helps defensively and doesn't hurt on offense. He'll also miss the beginning of the season with a herniated disc . . . With Okafor's deal expiring at the end of the year, KEVIN SERAPHIN is auditioning to be Washington's center of the future. After showing promise two seasons ago, he was a disaster last season. | | MIAMI: GUARDS: DWYANE WADE will continue to take a smaller role during the regular season, as the Heat try desperately to keep him fresh for the playoffs. He's attacking the rim far less than he used to . . . MARIO CHALMERS will continue to start, playing off the ball more than any other point guard . . . RAY ALLEN will once again serve as sixth man, providing long-range shooting off the bench. He didn't start a single game last year, and at age 38, he'll rarely play full-time minutes as Miami looks toward the postseason . . . NORRIS COLE continues to inch up on Chalmers' starting role, improving nicely between his first and second seasons. But as long as Chalmers is the superior shooter, Cole will play behind him. FORWARDS: LEBRON JAMES is the best player in the league by a wide margin. There's no reason he shouldn't win his third straight MVP award . . . SHANE BATTIER is back as a glue guy, flopper and corner-three shooter. He'll play part-time minutes, often coming off the bench . . . UDONIS HASLEM will likely start, but he rarely stays on the floor for even half of a game. The Heat will continue to rotate big men alongside Chris Bosh . . . MICHAEL BEASLEY provides this team with an athlete who can put the ball in the basket coming off the bench. He must prove he can stay focused and out of trouble . . . RASHARD LEWIS may step into a slightly bigger role now that Mike Miller is gone. His troublesome knees won't allow him to play a lot of minutes, but he still shoots it well enough to help for a few minutes a night . . . JAMES JONES might have to do more than enjoy a courtside seat now that Miller is gone. CENTERS: CHRIS BOSH plays center in the Heat's small-ball lineup. He'll do his thing in the high post, and he's one of Miami's rotating rim protectors . . . CHRIS ANDERSEN did enough last postseason to earn a part-time role this year . . . The Heat hope GREG ODEN and Birdman will stagger their injuries. Oden should be part of a rotation alongside Bosh . . . JOEL ANTHONY is a half-step above team mascot. |
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*Wizards-Heat Preview* ======================
By ALAN FERGUSON STATS Writer
Washington (0-2) at Miami (1-2), 6:00 p.m. EDT
The Miami Heat endured a total of two three-game losing streaks in their back-to-back championship seasons and one during the regular season. A visit from the winless Washington Wizards could help the Heat avoid another such skid Sunday night.
Miami is below .500 for the first time since losing its first game with LeBron James and Chris Bosh in 2010-11. The Heat (1-2) came up empty on a two-game road trip, with their rally from a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter falling short in Friday's finale, a 101-100 loss to Brooklyn.
"What you've done in the past doesn't mean you can make it happen in the present, so we've just got to have a little more sense of urgency," said James, who had a team-best 26 points. "It's not doomsday right now. We're good, but we understand what we need to fix and correct."
Dwyane Wade scored 21 points after sitting out a 114-110 defeat in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said the team was trying to be "proactive" by giving some rest to their veteran guard, who had knee problems last season.
There are no indications that Miami will sit Wade for its attempt to avoid its first three-game slide since dropping three straight to Boston in the 2012 Eastern Conference finals. The Heat's last string of three consecutive regular-season defeats was Jan. 10-13, 2012, with all of those defeats on the road.
Miami will play five of its next six at home, where it opened the season with a 107-95 victory over Chicago on Tuesday. The Heat won by a combined 58 points in two visits from Washington (0-2) last season.
They've won three in a row overall against the Wizards, who are hoping to avoid another extended losing streak to open a season. Washington broke a franchise record last season by dropping its first 12 games after going 0-8 to begin 2011-12.
The Wizards have given up an average of 111.0 points this season and allowed both opponents to shoot at least 50.0 percent. Washington had a 12-point lead early in the second half Friday against Philadelphia but gave up 65 points in the final two quarters of a 109-102 loss.
"Commitment to ... playing defense. That's what it is. ... The thing they haven't learned, and I got to figure out a way," coach Randy Wittman said. "You could see it coming out of the locker room. You've got to respect the game, your opponent. ... Everything you get is `No, we're OK.' We're not OK. We're 0-2. We're not OK."
With 26 points, John Wall was the only Washington player with more than 13 on Friday. The Wizards point guard went 10 of 19 after going 8 for 21 in a 113-102 defeat to Detroit on Wednesday.
Wall missed the first 33 games and the initial three matchups with Miami last season because of an ailing knee. He had 17 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds in his only meeting with the Heat in 2012-13, a 103-98 loss April 10.
The Heat's Michael Beasley and Greg Oden are listed as day-to-day for this matchup.
The status of Wizards big man Nene is uncertain after he sat out Friday with a strained left calf.
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