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      05-16-2016, 10:10 PM   #56
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Originally Posted by jgoens View Post
To all you NBA experts I was just wondering something that I have always wondered. Why is it that the players miss free throws so much? I'm really a hockey guy but have been watching basketball more lately since the Warriors are in--I know the game and am into all sports but I have always wondered this and basketball guys I know always say they don't know. Shit, I was out today with a ball taking free throws and I'm 1 for 10..first shots in 10 years....but these guys do this every day. Is it the pressure? I see guys at 60%..what's that? I would bet almost every hockey player can make a shot from the half point on open net at least 90%. Enlighten me.
It's mental pressure.

Derozan shot 88% during the regular season and he was 2nd or third in regular season in FT attempts yet he missed 8 of 16 in game six against Miami. No explanation but pressure...
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