THOSE THINGS MONEY CAN (?) BUY

Sure, everybody knew it. Except for the owners of the Miami Hee-Heat and the three Hee-Heaters named James, Bosh, and Wade.

In Saturday night's loss to Dallas, James Bosh Wade played 115 of the team's total of 240 minutes (48 minutes x five players on the floor). Among them, the others played 115 minutes.

Here are the statistics:

Hee-Heat; Rest of the team
Shots/Shots made 56/22; 19/9
Threes/Threes Made 6/0; 8/5
Rebounds 25; 18
Assists 11; 6
Steals 3; 5
Turnovers 13; 1
Blocks 2; 3
Points scored 67; 28

For most of the game, the Hee-Heat seem to have tried to play by themselves.

Dallas, on the other hand, played as a team. They took 87 shots--and five different players took more than shots each--and made 40 of them. 6 players scored morer than 10 points each, Five players took a total of 17 threes, and made five of them.They had 46 rebounds, 25 assists, and made 8 steals. And six players committed a total of only 11 turn-overs--whereas James Bosh Wade among them gave the ball away 13 times.

This wasn't simply a bad night for the Hee-Heat. It was their usual night. Maybe if they were in a three-on-three league they would be pretty good. But maybe not. Maybe they would be better as three entries in a one-on-one league.