The Hot Hand

I’m watching the Golden State Warriors. Klay Thompson got hot and now the entire team is going out of the way to do everything they can to get him the ball and set him up for a shot.

Golden State does this more extremely for hot Klay than any team for any player save the Lakers in Kobe Bryant’s final game.

I’m trying to think about relevant analogies in other areas. When does someone have the equivalent of the hot hand? How can a team go out if it’s way to feed the heat?