How Stan Van Gundy screwed us

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    In the 10 games before SVG let the cat out of the bag about our free throws, Portland averaged:

    Portland - 20.7 of 26.1 FTs
    Opponents - 15.4 of 20.5 FTs

    Then Stan whines to Adam Silver.

    In the five games since:

    Portland - 14.4 of 18.2 FTs
    Opponents - 20.0 of 24.8 FTs

    That’s a swing of 12 FTAs per game. Yeah Harden and Russ get to the line more, but somehow, coincidentally, we are also shooting 8 FTs fewer than before. Wow.

    Dame’s attempts have dropped nearly 3 per game, from 9.9 to 7.2; his response? Be perfect; his makes have only dropped from 8.5 to 7.2.

    Thanks a lot, Stan. It’s not like us shooting a lot of FTs is going to affect your sorry-ass team. You just wanted to fuck with us out of spite.
     
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    The fact that Dame shot 33 FGs last night and didn't get a FTA until he was intentionally fouled at the end was absurd.
     
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    I believe that actually is statistically significant.
     
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    Our FTA’s have dropped 30.26%
    Opponent FTA’s have grown 20.97%

    Given our two losses have been by 4 and 5 points, less than our sudden drop in FTs made (6.3)...
     
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    So what I'm hearing is, I should hate the Rockets more...
     
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    I choose to hate the corporate league that allows their games to be controlled like this.
     
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    I'd say it's just as likely to be telling of the competition. We played a lot of struggling teams leading up to Detroit, and have since played nothing but quality teams with good defensive reputations and/or guys known for getting to the line.

    LAC
    Houston
    Boston
    OKC
    New Orleans

    A stretch of games like that will distort a lot of stats.
     
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    We didn’t play the 2015 Clippers and 2015 OKC though. And we have a good defense (7th in the league) and got to the line a lot too... so why were we the only ones affected?

    I’m just glad this has only cost us two wins so far. That’s mental toughness right there.
     
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    SVG certainly hasn't affected Dame's averages.

    This season Dame is averaging 7.2 FTA per game.

    Over the past five games Dame is averaging...... 7.2 FTA per game.
     
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    He was getting 9.9 in the ten games before but sure.
     
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    It's weird. Out of his past five games he had:

    9/9

    10/10

    4/4 (Boston)

    11/11

    2/2 (NOP)

    So why was he given so little love against Boston and NOP?
     
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    Overall season averages:

    Portland - 16.9 / 21.1 (+2.5 / +2.9)
    Opponent - 16.7 / 21.9 (-3.3 / -2.9)
    Still a 6FTA swing versus our averages.
     
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    So I'm wondering which players are getting less attempts.
     
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    Al Horford and Anthony Davis apparently just don’t ever foul (2.6 and 2.1 fouls per 36, respectively)
     
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    small sample sizes are really fun to work with
     
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    The amount of FTA that CJ gets is ridiculous.

    His season average is 3.1 and in the past five games he is averaging 1 FTA per game. This is a guy that averages over 20 ppg on the season, but he can't seem to get whistles.
     
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    Apparently the hand.... wrist..... forearm.... and elbow are all part of the ball.
     
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    Nurk is down 1 FTA vs seasonal average, and CJ is down 2.
     
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    I noticed that when Lillard went in for a layup.
     
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