OT: Watch The Warriors Kill The Magic Tonight (TNT)

[ABM]

That's just the way it works in the N.B.A., baby.

 

[KingSpeed]

No, it doesn't, but boy, it was an exciting game. Dwight Howard shot a record 38 or 40 free throws, I lost count. It was insane.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

No, it doesn't, but boy, it was an exciting game. Dwight Howard shot a record 38 or 40 free throws, I lost count. It was insane.

39, apparently, more than any other player ever. Which kind of annoys me, because the only reason he shot that many is that he's a really shitty free-throw shooter, so Jackson had his players foul him intentionally. I guess it is a sign that Howard's good enough that he's on the floor despite being such a shitty free throw shooter, and thus available to be fouled, but still, not exactly something he deserves recognition for.

 

[Nikolokolus]

The funny thing is that it almost worked for Mark Jackson. The Warriors sort of just ran out of fouls at the end.

 

[ABM]

Ya don't tug on Superman's cape....

Wowsers.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Ya don't tug on Superman's cape....

Wowsers.

If he's only going to shoot 50% from the charity stripe, then tug, tug, tug

 

[3RA1N1AC]

tug, tug, tug

 

[magnifier661]

If he's only going to shoot 50% from the charity stripe, then tug, tug, tug

But still 50% is good when you collectively give him 37 opportunities. I don't like it at all. You are giving the team an easy 50% shooting. I like it late in the 4th; when the game is really close; but to do it for the entire game is stupid. Howard will eventually make his average. But late in the 4th, he has a good possibility of missing 5-6 in a row.