Hidden Advantages the Miami Heat Have in the 2015 NBA Playoffs

March 31st, 2015 by Luke Petkac Leave a reply »

If the Miami Heat make the playoffs (which is looking more and more likely with the team currently positioned alone as the No. 7 seed), they aren't exactly going to be favored in their first-round series.

Regardless of whom the Heat end up taking on in their first playoff matchup, they're going to be underdogs—especially if they have the misfortune of landing the Cleveland Cavaliers or Atlanta Hawks, both of whom are mowing through the rest of the league at the moment.

With all that being said, it would be a mistake to completely disregard Miami in the postseason. The team is certainly not a favorite, but it does have a few small advantages that, at the very least, could make it a dangerous opponent when the playoffs roll around. Let's take a look.

 

Dwyane Wade's Resurgence

In the first two months of 2015, a banged-up Wade played some of the worst basketball of his career. In those two months, he averaged 16.9 points, 4.7 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game on just 47.5 percent true shooting, looking nowhere near himself physically.

Wade's usage rate is 34.7 percent, the h ...

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