NBA Power Outage: Riley can't
generate the Heat
Updated: December 4, 2002, 12:21 PM ET
By By Terry Brown
Forgive us, Pat Riley, for we have sinned.
No team in the entire NBA averages fewer steals per
game than the Miami Heat. No team in the entire NBA
averages fewer blocks per game than the Heat.
Eddie Jones, your maxed-out superstar who made a name
for himself on the defensive end, is averaging a
career-low one spg, less than half of his 2.03 career
average. Only one player on your entire team averages
more than 0.7 blocks per game. There are 29 teams in
the NBA, but the highest you can place a player on the
top steals list is No. 45. The highest you can place a
player on the top blocks list is No. 36.
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