Compared to last season's 23.0 clip, Josh Richardson's playing time has surged this season to 27.3 minutes per game.With respect to shots from behind the three-point arc, the Heat's remarkable 40.9% rate of converted threes when playing on the road rates 2nd-highest in the NBA this year.This matchup is a hard one for shot attempts from beyond the arc; when the Cleveland Cavaliers have the home court advantage, the other team has averaged the 8th-fewest three attempts per game in the league against them this year (33.2).The Heat have played at the 9th-most up-tempo tempo in the NBA over the last 5 games playing at home.Josh Richardson stands to get a boost in production in all facets of the game as a result of owning the home court advantage in this game.
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