James scored 39 points on only 18 shots, Wade's night included a career-best eight steals, and the Heat held off the Dallas Mavericks 110-104 Friday night.
''You give me 37 shots in a game, I'll have 60, 70,'' James said. ''I had 40 tonight on 18 shots. If I get 37 shots in a game, I'm going to put up 60. Easy.''
Thing is, the odds of seeing James shoot 37 times in a game - like Rudy Gay did earlier this week in setting the NBA high so far this season - are quite slim. His career-high is 36. He's only taken 30 or more shots twice since joining the Heat; both of those came in regular-season losses.
Rudy is clearly suffering from Alan Andersontitis and the only cure is Casey telling him to correct it or else restrict his minutes but for some reason Ross gets the blame.
Rudy's ineptitude got a lot of national pub this week. Probably more than the Raptors have gotten in a couple years, unfortunately. I listen to a lot of American sports podcasts and more than one referenced Gay's "historic" night.
the reporter brought up the 37 shots when asking the question. A lot of people noticed the awfulness that was rudy gay that night.
Oh ok, I was wondering this myself but couldn't find it. Still... I think he's very clearly trying to make a statement about his game, and also that of his 'peers'.
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