Michael Jordan

1996–97 · CHI · heat-check telemetry

heat_check_tendency

Mid-range furnace. Ranks #1 of 175 qualifying seasons in 1996–97, #10 of 5853 all-time (since 1997).

Pyrometer · channel HOT-STATE · units feet from basket

Hot-shot distance distribution vs season ambient

AmbientIncandescent

at/near ambientbold (past ambient)incandescent (deep three on a streak)ember line = 16.5 ft season ambient

Hot jumpers

328

Jump shots taken while hot — on a streak of two-plus made jumpers. Rim attempts are transparent: they neither break nor build the streak.

Boldness

1072

The signal behind the score: how far past the season's average jumper each hot shot is fired, summed over all of them — volume × audacity.

Longest run

12 makes

Season ambient

16.5 ft

The season's average jumper distance — the moving baseline boldness is measured against. It rises with the era and the three-point line.

Deep 3s on streak

Three-share

23%

The share of these hot jumpers fired from three-point range — 22+ ft, corners included.