madskillz8 wrote:That's why you have to combine analytics with some sense. Everyone knows, unless your mechanics are broken (e.g., Dwight, or Shaq) FTs are often about rhythm, it is very possible that you can shoot 55% when you are shooting 1.5 per game, and 70+% when you are shooting 10 in a single game. Lively clearly has good mechanics.RunOKC wrote:Weird timing to do it considering he was 3/4 right before.I guess coach felt Lively was 'due' to miss, sort of like how you're due for a win at the blackjack table after 3 straight losses.
Great point.
I bet this is the suggestion of their analytics team who are likely very good at maths (read as "extracting the truth out of numbers") but know little about basketball, though...
I shot 76% from three as a high school freshman, shooting about 3-4 per game.
My free throw percentage was somewhere in the 60's, because I shot less than one per game. If I'd shot like four per game, I bet I would've been around 80%.
Rhythm/flow is huge for shooting.