Heat Streak: How Many Games Can the Miami Heat Win in a Row?

October 30th, 2010 by Reservoir God Leave a reply »
After beating the snot out of the Orlando Magic 96-70, the Miami Heat have their first winning streak of the season.  This summer, Jeff Van Gundy made the following prediction about the Miami Heat:

"They will break the single-season win record [of 72]," Jeff Van Gundy said. "And I think they have a legit shot at the Lakers' 33-game [winning] streak [in 1971-72], as well."

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I've already covered whether or not the Heat can win 72 games, so the next question is—how many games can they win in a row?  I really didn't care about the 33-game winning streak record set by Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain, but a post at Hot Hot Hoops on various gambling options for the Miami Heat available from Bodog got me interested.

One of the prop bets you can make is, "What will be the Miami Heat’s Longest Win Streak of the Regular Season?"  The over/under for that bet is 12.5.  I'm not a gambler, but that number appeared to be too low and I decided to investigate. Thanks to Arturo Galletti, the James Brown of WoW Journalists, I have a handy tool to help me with this investigation.  Arturo came up with a formula ...

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