Tracy McGrady

2004–05 · HOU · heat-check telemetry

heat_check_tendency

Mid-range furnace. Ranks #1 of 196 qualifying seasons in 2004–05, #30 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 = 17.1 ft season ambient

Hot jumpers

177

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

947

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

7 makes

Season ambient

17.1 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

49%

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