Views of the same game by two guys who go to way more game than I...


The initial post

Originally posted by HickoryHusker:
That's incredible stat of the night: New Pal shoots 42 FT's to Greenwood's 0 in the Dragons' Sectional Semifinal win. Yep. 42 to ZERO...

Not a good night for me to get back in the gym and just relax, not get uptight, and just enjoy....

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The explanation

Originally posted by El Ace:
Never seen anything quite like that ... New Pal got Greenwood out of its 2-3 zone early and went to the rim early and often from there (and did a great job of getting past the 1st defender & getting to rim). NP played a really odd 1-3-1 zone with the "1" on top chasing Hoopingarner. Greenwood took a lot of outside shots (21 3-point attempts and a number of jumpers from outside the paint ... NP had 2).

Every time I go to a game and think I'm not going to get uptight and going to sit back and enjoy ... it never happens. Ever.




GOt to laugh as I immediately thought of another team that sounds similar. I am sure there was a fan up in the crowd yelling to even up the foul numbers.

With the disparity I'm guessing the team with 42 won handily. If that was the case I'm surprised the refs didn't throw them a bone. We've had teams that have been on both sides of the equation. I don't know the numbers but this year's team has to be challenging for the low number of FTs in the last 20 years or so. Contrast that with the 2005 team where opposing fans consistently complained about the disparity in FT attempts. That team took it to the hole and knew how to draw contact.

Edit: Just looked it up and it's as bad as I thought:

2005 - 802 fta (5 players with 100+ fta)
2015 - 389 fta (1 player - Mo - with 100+ fta, nobody else even close)