Minott’s improved shot may have far reaching effects. I’d love to see him get more minutes this year, and improved shooting may be what he needs to earn them. https://t.co/uHYwt1lSvV
Fun stat:
Shai has to take 21 freethrows in game 6 to reach Kobe's 72 freethrows
Shai has to take 24 freethrows in game 6 to reach Melo's 75 freethrows
The referees were correct in denying Mitch Johnson that challenge. The rule is very specific: he needs to first call timeout, then challenge. He never signaled for the timeout before signaling for the challenge.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has played 35 playoff games over the last 2 seasons, shooting 334 FT attempts in that span.
His 334 attempts rank outside of the top 1,000 for most FT Attempts in any 35-game playoff span in NBA History.
He remains the Finals MVP Favorite on Kalshi.
Maybe SGA is unethical.
Maybe SGA is destroying the game.
Maybe SGA is only a free throw merchant.
Or maybe, you're just making excuses.
Nobody complained when Kobe had 3 seasons with more free throw attempts than SGA this year.
Nobody complained when MJ had 4 seasons with more free throw attempts than SGA this year.
Nobody complained when Bron had 4 seasons with more free throw attempts than SGA this year.
Maybe SGA is just unguardable.
Mitch Johnson talks about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander:
"You talking about Shai's free throws ???? I think probably half of them were from us being undisciplined first off the floor. He got us out of position and took advantage of it. Those 12 free throws helped out a lot and I can remember at least a few in my head right now that were undisciplined on our end"
Spurs have shot more free throws than OKC so far in this series.
Wemby and SGA have taken the same number of free throws in this series.
Spurs are #6 in free throws in the playoffs. OKC is #14 in free throws in the playoffs.
So the discourse has moved to SGA falling.