James/Wade Wins 19th Straight to Top Best Streak for Jordan/Pippen

The Miami Heat made it 19 wins in a row by dominating the Atlanta Hawks 98-81, giving LeBron James supporters another talking point as the streak topped Michael Jordan’s best streak ever. However, with Dwyane Wade continuing his torrid streak with another 23 points Tuesday night, the comparisons of Wade and Scottie Pippen may also emerge. Here are the comparisons of both dynamic duos, projecting out Wade and James over the last quarter of the season.

Player	Age	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Michael Jordan	32	50%	43%	83%	543	352	180	42	2491
LeBron James (82 games)	28	56%	40%	75%	658	577	138	69	2168
Scottie Pippen	30	46%	37%	68%	496	452	133	57	1496
Dwyane Wade (82 games)	31	52%	26%	75%	376	372	136	63	1649

James relied on Wade heavily, and James only scored 15 points Tuesday. The Heat now has the best record in the NBA at 48-14, but will come nowhere close to the 1995-96 Bulls 72-10 mark. However, during the streak the Heat went into Oklahoma City and crushed the defending Western Conference Champ, and defeated the two teams that had been 2-0 against them earlier in the season–the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers.

While no one doubts the Heat will lose more games this year, the question that is being asked is what team can hope to beat them four times in seven games in the playoffs. 

Dec 29 1995-Feb 2 1996		Bulls	Opp	Streak	Feb 3 2013-March 10 2013		Heat	Opp
Indiana Pacers	h	120	93	W 1	Toronto Raptors	a	100	85
Atlanta Hawks	h	95	93	W 2	Charlotte Bobcats	h	99	94
Houston Rockets	h	100	86	W 3	Houston Rockets	h	114	108
Charlotte Hornets	a	117	93	W 4	Los Angeles Clippers	h	111	89
Milwaukee Bucks	h	113	84	W 5	Los Angeles Lakers	h	107	97
Seattle SuperSonics	h	113	87	W 6	Portland Trail Blazers	h	117	104
Philadelphia 76ers	a	120	93	W 7	Oklahoma City Thunder	a	110	100
Washington Bullets	a	116	109	W 8	Atlanta Hawks	a	103	90
Philadelphia 76ers	h	116	104	W 9	Chicago Bulls	a	86	67
Toronto Raptors	a	92	89	W 10	Philadelphia 76ers	a	114	90
Detroit Pistons	a	111	96	W 11	Cleveland Cavaliers	h	109	105
New York Knicks	a	99	79	W 12	Sacramento Kings	h	141	129
Vancouver Grizzlies	h	104	84	W 13	Memphis Grizzlies	h	98	91
Miami Heat	h	102	80	W 14	New York Knicks	a	99	93
Phoenix Suns	h	93	82	W 15	Minnesota Timberwolves	a	97	81
Houston Rockets	a	98	87	W 16	Orlando Magic	h	97	96
Sacramento Kings	a	105	85	W 17	Philadelphia 76ers	h	102	93
Los Angeles Lakers	a	99	84	W 18	Indiana Pacers	h	105	91
Denver	a	99	105	W19	Atlanta Hawks	h	98	91
Average Bulls Score		106	90		Average Heat Score		106	94