re: Thunder start Hack-a-shack and leads to a loss

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I’ve watched a lot of Maverick games this year and Lively hasn’t missed critical free throws all year especially considering the Mavs have the best close game record in the league…(google that you bunch of a-holes).

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Well it’s funny, I did google to see that Lively is also a 50 percent FT shooter (2/4) in “clutch” situations this season

That’s with the broadest definition of clutch available (game within 5 points, game within 5 minutes, and in the 4th/OT.

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Seems like he’s a 50% FT percent shooter no matter how you slice it outside of what seems to be 1-2 anecdotal recollections you have of him hitting big free throws. Certainly it’s a small sample size. Most likely because the Mavs don’t want a FT liability on the floor in close games


ETA I see someone already pulled the full 4th Quarter FT % as well that are lower