Investigation of Winning Factors of Miami Heat in NBA Playoff Season
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Analyze the data of Miami Heat in the NBA playoff season 2012-2013 from the aspects of team, main force, bench players, and core players to investigate the winning factors. The result shows that: Free throws and turnover of Miami Heat team are more than the opponents, while fouls are less; Two-point shooting number, three-point percentage and score of main forces are higher than the opponents; Penalty shooting numbe is more than the opponents, while the free throw number and foul number are less than the opponents; Total rebounds of the bench players are more than the opponents; the playing time, two-point shots and scores are significantly higher than the regular season.
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