Meet
Perfect Free Throw Record
Posted by: Jared Jardine on March 1st, 2012
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.After yesterday’s blowout win over the Rockets I wanted to go back and see what losses would have been wins if the Jazz had shot perfectly from the free throw line like they did tonight. Here they are:
Jan 11th vs. Lakers – Jazz would have won 92-90
Jan 25th vs. Raptors – Jazz would have won 118-111
Feb 1st vs. Clippers – Jazz would have won 115-107
Feb 13th vs. Hornets – Jazz would have won 87-86
Feb 22nd vs. T-Wolves – Jazz would have won 103-100
Feb 28th @ Kings – Jazz would have won 107-103
In addition two of our losses (one to the Mavericks and one to the Spurs) would have ended in ties which would have forced overtime.
We would all be a lot happier with the Jazz if they were sitting at 22-12, and all it would have taken (despite our many flaws) is perfect free throw shooting. I know that perfect free throw shooting is an unreal expectation, but it always makes me sick when we lose a game we could have won by only making our free throws.
Replies: 3
Views: 332
3 Responses
Based on the history of the NBA it might seem unrealistic for a team to shoot 100% from the line, but should it really be that tough to shoot 80+%? They are professionals that are paid a ton of money to perform at the highest level aren’t they?
The most disappointing fact recently is that neither Al or Paul went to the line once against Sacramento and they were being guarded by Cousins who is a foul machine.
If we could just improve our free throw shooting and cut back on turnovers we would have a much better record
Al and Millsap don’t attack the hoop like Favors does. They both settle for jumpshots, often falling away from the basket. You don’t get fouls called that way. Also, you don’t get a lot of fouls on offensive rebound putbacks, even though you get hacked a lot on the way back up. And sadly, Favors isn’t shooting great from the foul line while Al and Millsap do. Can we combine all the good qualities of Al, Millsap and Favors into one player??
@KC– I completely disagree with you.
Jefferson doesn’t do fadeways. He does spins, or takes jumpers if he’s open. He’s huge–doesn’t need to fadeaway.
Millsap fades away from mid range but ALWAYS attacks the basket. He just never gets the whistle because the refs discriminate. Millsap get’s hammered in the paint like no other player in the NBA. It’s unbelievable. He should be going to the line at least 8 times a night.
Favors only attacks the basket if he’s wide open. Other than that, he just runs over planted defenders and gets offensive fouls.