It's not an exaggeration to say that 70-80% of the run has been against him lmao
You just can't be having this in a crucial game the Knicks' whole adjustment was just "go at Harden"
Nothing fancy here just their rate of drawing fouls relative to their shots attempted
Obviously there's some context to this such that teams don't mind fouling Giannis at times
| Free throw rate | |
|---|---|
| 1. 2023 Embiid | 0.581 |
| 2. 2019 Giannis | 0.550 |
| 3. 2020 Giannis | 0.508 |
| 4. 2010 LeBron | 0.506 |
| 5. 2018 Harden | 0.503 |
| 6. 2014 Durant | 0.477 |
| 7. 2026 SGA | 0.465 |
| 8. 2017 Westbrook | 0.433 |
| 9. 2012 LeBron | 0.429 |
| 10. 2025 SGA | 0.404 |
| 11. 2013 LeBron | 0.395 |
| 12. 2022 Jokic | 0.357 |
| 13. 2011 Rose | 0.344 |
| 14. 2024 Jokic | 0.310 |
| 15. 2021 Jokic | 0.305 |
| 16. 2015 Curry | 0.251 |
| 17. 2016 Curry | 0.250 |
There's been a lot of discourse about who's getting the most free throws so I thought this would be interesting to look at (free throw rate is just free throw attempts per FGA)
| Free throw rate | |
|---|---|
| 1. Austin Reaves | 0.49 |
| 2. James Harden | 0.47 |
| 3. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 0.46 |
| 4. Luka Doncic | 0.44 |
| 5. Devin Booker | 0.43 |
| 6. Keyonte George | 0.43 |
| 7. Norman Powell | 0.36 |
| 8. Anthony Edwards | 0.35 |
| 9. Cade Cunningham | 0.32 |
| 10. Donovan Mitchell | 0.31 |
| 11. Desmond Bane | 0.29 |
| 12. Jamal Murray | 0.29 |
| 13. Jalen Brunson | 0.29 |
| 14. Tyrese Maxey | 0.28 |
| 15. Stephen Curry | 0.28 |
| 16. Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 0.26 |
| 17. Shaedon Sharpe | 0.23 |
| 18. Tyler Herro | 0.21 |
| 19. LaMelo Ball | 0.14 |
Notably these averages don't really represent how he played in any individual game
Normally this is exaggerated but his best games can win you games by itself while his worst games can lose you games by itself
He’s either LeBron or Cam Thomas from game to game nothing in between
This series alone he’s had multiple insanely good games and multiple vomit inducing games
It feels like somehow this is going under the radar because they started off the series strong but IMO relative to expectations this would be worse than the Pistons
Everyone was talking about how Boston are the clear most complete team in the East and maybe even the only threat to OKC/Spurs if they lose this that's legit terrible given how high the bar was for them
Against all odds this trend may continue after all of the Wolves' injuries
Not sure how common it is to be so rarely on either end of an upset lol
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/player/jalen-johnson-10333/career-stats
Not going to be good enough if you want to be the main guy
Murray continued to struggle to find his shot today despite Denver's win
SGA beats the first round troll allegations as OKC cruise to the second round
Both are young and athletic teams that can crush the typical load managers
But when you really need a bucket they just don't have the juice at all
Blazers' offense in general went ice cold down the stretch and this didn't help