Players who have attempted 25+ free throws in a game this season: Bam Adebayo, SGA x2
Bam: 43 vs Heat
SGA: 26 vs Pacers
SGA: 25 vs Pistons
Skilled players
both of those games sga had it went to OT
seems like a pretty important thing to include
Both of those games he got intentionally fouled multiple times at the end also
And Detroit was quite literally trying not to do it, but OKC got him the ball so they had to
JB seemed mad at the refs for that final call on Holland but imo he should’ve been mad the refs didn’t call a foul sooner. It looked like they intentionally fouled Shai and then Ajay but the clock ran out instead
They were intentionally fouling Bam as well. If you don’t like volume scores with volume FTAs, you don’t like NBA basketball buddy.
Come join the club we’re getting shirts.
Are you implying other games don’t have OT or intentional fouls?
Bruh what 💀, it just a fact that they included no one said other games dont
Literally only intentionally fouled him once
Also intentionally fouled late in both. So, like, yeah. Can’t let the facts get in the way of the narrative though.
To be fair he only shot 4 intentional foul FTs. He still had 21 attempts before it even got to that point. Even diehard Thunder stans should be able to admit that is a ludicrous amount of FT attempts for a single player in a close game like this. I think if you have 1 player shooting more FTs than the entire opposing team something is fundamentally wrong somewhere.
Which foul was a wrong call?
Something something Caruso something something Dort something something 50th in education /thread
Detroit statistically is the most foul heavy team and they have the most opponent free throws per game in the league. It’s a lot of free throws but with the game going to overtime and the amount of pressure and physicality the Pistons were sending at Shai it’s really not that crazy
Isn’t OKC known for playing with lots of physicality too? And getting away with it without a whistle?
The Pistons defense was incredibly physical. SGA was the only person driving for the Thunder outside of Ajay Mitchell for a bit.
The rest of the team shot 7 FTs and the Pistons give up 27 on average (I think?). So with OT, it comes out to somewhat average.
It’s a ridiculous amount of FTs, but there weren’t very many phantom calls until that fall down (which Ajay Mitchell was fouled prior to that).
I hate that the FTs are what people focus on when he took over that game at the end. But that’s what it is now.
Your defense is incredibly physical and we shot 23 free throws as a team.
28 fouls on Pistons players to 24 fouls on the Thunder, 23 to 32 in free throws. That’s not some insane outlier on its own.
Throw in the context of the Pistons intentionally fouling a few times and it’s just not a big disparity imo
And pistons shooting a lot more 3s
We have Shai, who you guys sent body after body against, yall don’t. Simple.
Shai played a game against the Knicks to where he shot 7 free throws and the discourse about the game was those 7 free throws. You’re just kidding yourself if you think they are going to stop or they wouldn’t be talking about Shai if he shot 10. Guess what they would still talk about it. Wether he shoots 1 or a 100 the discourse or the narrative want change don’t let them gasliyhpu into thinking that if he shot less they wouldn’t talk about it they wouldn’t be bitching and complaining. Teams have doubled the amount of free throws in games against the Thunder and this sub has bitched that the Thunder have an unfair whistle
What calls shouldn’t have been made? The play where Huerter got him on the hand during his shot? The layup where Ausar raked down across both his arms? The middy where the defender was tugging on his left arm?
Blame Scott Foster
Bro y’all bitched when Shai had 7 free throws against the Knicks. You talk about ludicrous that’s ludicrous. Don’t gaslight us into thinking that this is absurd, when this whole free throw narrative is ludicrous in itself and the amount of posts about Shaiwehter he shoots 2 or 20 gets the same attention. That’s fundamentally wrong. What’s fundamentally wrong is that Detroit kept on fouling him while he was shooting the ball that led to those free attempts.
What’s ludicrous is that NBA players don’t play fundamental defense and always reach in or hit him while his jump shooting or driving for a layup. Another ludicrous thing is that fans, media, and podcasters don’t know the rules and when a player violated the rules they are surprised a foul is called. That’s a you problem.
Idk what you want from me, tbh. I’m not gonna go back and look at every call. He does a good job of generating contact. Sometimes they call it, sometimes they don’t. It happens. I’m not gonna pretend I don’t turn a blind eye when there’s barely anything there and they whistle, but I don’t have the desire to sit there and get mad. I’m a grown adult man. I wouldn’t care if Luka or Wemby or Jokic shot an average of 20 FTs a season.
Lol “cant let facts get in the way of the narrative” then you get presented with facts and say idk what you want from me. 🤡
Yeah cool he shot a lot of FTs in a game that went to OT against a physical defence that plays like ours. Wow I am shocked.
He shot a lot of FTs BEFORE OT. weird that other teams dont get that many free throws against your physical defense though huh? yall are ridiculous with the deflecting on this shit.
Again bro idk what you want from me. You want a confession? Do you want ME to ask the nba to give more fouls against us?
Redditors are very bitch made. They want us to be like that commercial from the 90s where the kid says I touched the ball last coach or whatever. Just absolutely stupid people on the other side of the screens
That idiot doesnt want to face facts but wants to talk about it like we are the ones ignoring the facts. He is an absolute moron.
“defense that plays like ours” as sga has more fta than the entire pistons teams combined. But yes, you’re certainly an objective observer 🤡
He’s better at it. Again idk what anyone wants me to say. Tell me what you want me to say lmao.
Lol more clown take from you because you don’t want to let the facts get in the way of your narrative.
Okay cool response man really backed your argument up with worthwhile talking points
Its tough to back anything up when talking to you because you ignore facts and come back with idiotic replies like “what do you want from me” after somebody corrected you. Or the the cool response of “ooh he shot a lot of free throws” while you completely ignore all context of the conversation. Good try buddy, you suck at trolling though (typical of people with your intellect)
He did shoot a lot of FTs. Okay cool. In a game that went to OT, against a physical defense, where they intentionally fouled him a bunch. Like, what? What are we doing here? Go find me clips of all the fouls that shouldn’t have been, then. Do something rather than just saying nothing of value. Show me all the wrong calls. Or are you saying they should just ignore fouls on him for some reason?
Do team not intentionally foul in other close games too? It’s definitely very weird that Shai is not only in the company of a man that went on a 83 point campaign but he exceeds him in number of games. In fact he exceeded the entire Pistons team and had less free throw than the Knicks yesterday.
He just gets calls. He moves into a defender’s space.. Pushes them off while death staring and goes to the line. Refs just go with it.
He was regularly double and triple teamed by a very physical defence. We only shot 9 more FTs than them. Only three players on the team shot FTs. Mitchell shot 6. He basically shot the entire team’s contingent because he had the ball all game. He does get calls. Players put their hands in and he reacts quicker than them. Sometimes the calls are phony, sometimes they miss them, sometimes they’re spot on. Idk man I just lost total interest halfway through typing this because it doesn’t matter what I say you’ll call me a dickhead and downvote me lmao
The narrative is there for a reason. Everyone except tunder fans acknowledge it
“fans that are upset about the thunder beating their teams agree with me that the thunder are stinky and bad so it’s true idiot”
What foul did you have a problem with?
Last night we had Knicks fans crying. Back to back!
“We” lmao
Don’t do that. Think of something, at least
He clearly baits fouls, he’s just not the only player who does it. The narrative just gets blown up because of the attention that they have.
No one else has ever played an overtime game this season in order to get to 25, important thing to include.
no one else drives to the hoop more
the pistons rank first in fouls committed across the entire league
only 4 other games against the pistons have went to OT this season, where 3 of those were against tanking teams with no superstars
important things to add
Other games go into OT my guy
Context is not important on reddit when you’re trying to argue your preferred side of the argument
Fr that game was wild dude legit feels like he was at the line all night
No, no. That’s not the narrative for the box score watchers!
If other teams just played overtime then they’d get 25 ft too. The overtime couldn’t be less relevant to this stat unless you can prove no other team has played overtime.
There are plenty of good points made in this specific thread as to why he shot so many FTs. Read through those for context to the box score.
tbf he almost shot more fts than everyone else combined on both teams
Happened last game too. Guess people are just used to it now 🤷♂️
This reminds me of the start of the season where he had some high FTA games and you all lost your minds. Then pretty quite for a loooong time. Now you’re getting salty again?
13 players have had 20+ FTA and SGA is still just 2 of them
People have been hating on the Thunder and the refs all season
People have been awfully quiet for a whole lot of the season. You lille chaps get all rilled up here and there but just can’t keep it going all season. Too low energy.
“just” 2⁄13?
Yes? Do you think that’s unusual? You think if you go back in history that the highest scorers with the highest shot volume wouldn’t be the guys you see at the top of those lists more than once?
Don’t like it? Don’t foul him.
theyre not fouling him, thats the fucking problem genius
He’s never fouled? That would be very strange, a real outlier considering his play style (emphasis on driving) and usage rate.
No way you’re this dense. Nobody said he’s never fouled, just that he’s not fouled enough to justify the number of free throws. He jumped into Ausar, fell, Ausar got fouled out.
Maybe Ausar should be more mindful of his body positioning, so he doesn’t foul next time.
It’s cause the whole Thunder is allowed to foul while if you breathe on shai he gets the call 9⁄10. Y’all call him consistent (as he should be) but that’s because no one can touch him or else he shoots 25 fts
One was OT the other was double OT. Bam did that shit in regulation.
Don’t matter. Any NBA player shouldn’t be getting that many calls.
Oooo baby! It’s going to be a good night for /r/nba tears. They starting right on schedule.
SGA getting to the line like that is gonna have the game thread in shambles by halftime.
Lmao I like how any criticism at all is now crying/coping/seething
This cherry picked ass stat is just rage bait. Luka averaging way more FT’s on less drives. Austin Reaves has had a 22FT game. No logic here so it’s troll time baby!
Which are also valid criticisms, not “tears”
Brother this is the fucking internet after an OKC game. We don’t have time for definitions!
shit happens after every okc win dude i don’t think there’s any other way to describe it, it’s not criticism it’s just sports fans not liking the current dominant team in the respective sport unless it’s their own, i get it i hated the patriots for like 8 years lmao
What’s the criticism? Can you point out the calls that were wrong?
It’s how they cope. If they admit it then they understand it’s not actually impressive. Time will tell though either way
It’s just fitting that the most hated player in the NBA during the last month is right there, and SGA
There is this thing called “foul” and if you don’t do it your opponent won’t get FT hope this helps
pistons just slapped another jumpshooters arm while this was typed
Worth noting that both of SGA’s games here were overtime games with some intentional fouls in there.
That first one had like 8 intentional fouls and a tech or two iirc.
Do ppl know how players get free throws??? Especially in close ot games?
Do people know other games have gone into OT and usually games that go into OT are close… even tied a surprising amount of the time! Haha
Damn that’s awesome for SGA’s name to be right up there with a prolific scorer like Bam
It goes Wilt. Bam. Kobe
they were getting fouled.
Ya know maybe it’s somewhat easier to score 30 a game when it’s illegal to play defense on you
#Feed me the tears
I love being the best team on the nba
I’m hear to remind everyone that I’m having the time of my life watching Shai and to be basked in downvotes with my brothers.
It makes sense why they hold a prayer before all your home games. You are all fucking weird as hell down there.
Your star players made homophobic comments and you still cheer him on..
Pathetic
Ah yes, your entire franchise embraces a religion that has been terrorizing the LGTBQ+ community for ages. Bet more of your fans agreed with Ants dumbass comment than any of our fans.
Close your mouth, I can smell your breath from here. Pathetic.
Awww, don’t start a protest over my words..
:)
Started with cheer him on, now moved to worship. Nice idiom though, learn that one today?
How’s the fraud investigations going there in Minnesota?
I love watching 29 other fanbases cry like bitches!
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the fact lakers fan can even talk about FT is a joke and tells you about the privilege luka and lakers have
“Lol”
They literally called off his buzzer beater for a push off.
It’s hilarious that so many of you mouth breathers don’t even watch games.
I mean both games were OT with tons of intentional fouls
SGA is just the perfect build for getting FTs. Small size, so given the benefit of doubt in close contact, extremely agile so he can change momentum at any time to sell the flop and a high FG% from 2pt range.
Shai is pretty big/strong for a point guard though…
In the last 30 hours:
SGA: 41 fts
Opponents: 40 fts
But even Bam had more FG Pts than free throws
2 goats
SGA IS RUINING BASKETBALL AND MY LOVE LIFE!!!!
Imagine Wemby with Shai’s whistle, lord have mercy
He would have to have that skill which he obviously doesn’t
Skill to flop? You’re right wemby doesn’t have that flopping skill
players who have won MVP: SGA x2
Bam vs the Heat Got all those fts cause his own team were fouling him
Very unethical bucket getters
SGA plays bitch ball
SGA is just too good. People who hate him are jealous.
he’s good but he also foul baits, people don’t like that
Either get with the program or just be left behind.
True losers are the viewers like us who have to watch this “program” of disgusting basketball.
Then don’t watch? There are more important things going on in the world.
I watch every single Pistons game being a diehard pistons fan. I’m forced to watch this atrocity of a playstyle.
The country has many issues and you’re complaining about a basketball game.
Oh so I should be pondering about the country’s issues right now instead of watching basketball? LMFAOOOO
Ur responding on reddit to him complaining so aren’t you in the same boat? Lol. Get off reddit and go worry about the problems in the world.
What? Same boat as what? I don’t think your reading comprehension makes sense here.
Yes.
Sometimes I’m not a snowflake.
When SGA gave you 48 last season on some of the most diabolical shot making, was it atrocious then too? Lmfao
I think probably coming to the subreddit to cry makes it even worse
Pretty sure SGA just got fouled as you typed this.
Here’s a tissue
Damn why you passing me a SGA’s cum stain tissue bro. Just keep it.
Dude are you going to be okay?
On my way to the court to shoot some FTs to be like my hero Shai.
People don’t care as long as you’re not winning and not a threat. Do that and suddenly the tune changes and narratives form.
F Scott Foster
Shai should have gone for 84
Its insane to me how OKC fans can’t comprehend why people hate on shai
When you can’t read it’s not surprising
SGA couldn’t even score 50 with 25 ft??
Imagine wemby with this whistle
Then you guys will be hating on him too, guy already is learning how to flop he just has insane PR. I’m just excited for the heel turn he’s gonna get
He averages like 6.8 fts hacked every game scars all over his arms just dropped 41 on 4 fts his whistle is terrible
sga got hacked a bunch in this game too, narratives do not care wemby will be hated in 2 months if he does anything in the playoffs
41 on 4 fts
he’s a 7’5 center my guy
also shit didn’t even address my point, even you specifically will probably not like him in 2 months
When driving, I feel like his whistle is pretty (bumps) solid.
It’s when he is at the elbow or wing and smalls get underneath him that his whistle is buns.
I mean on a slow down a lot of those show him getting slapped on the arm too though
Wemby or Shai?
Shai, but wembai is so tall I don’t see how people don’t foul him trying to get the ball. No comment about his wing shooting I haven’t watched enough spurs ball to comment. Edit and I didn’t notice your response was about wemby from my app it didnt appear underneath his right so I’m just inserting myself where I shouldn’t have lol
Oh yeah most of the fouls Shai gets are actually fouls.
He already has the whistle
No he doesnt hes hacked every game and only averages 6.8 lol
He takes 16 shots a game. Wemby’s Ftr is over 41% which is alltime great territory. Even MJ only has a 35.8 Ftr.
And it needs to be higher you clearly dont watch him get hacked every single play. Big guys have horrible whistles
Nope. I’ve seen Wemby play and he flops more than Shai but no one cares because he is the golden boy. Same thing happened with Jokic.
Sga literally has a 46 percent ft rate on TOUCH FOULS like what are you even saying
Yes. Doesn’t mean wemby is also an elite foulbaiter.
Ragebait
Ok you are out of your mind theres no point arguing
Yep as usual y’all have no argument so you decide to go that route. Objectively they flop more but no one cares
Objectively sga flops more according to FTA and free throw rate so you are wrong out my mentions
Wait I did the math. Doesn’t that mean Sagas Ftr >45% this season then??
He gets 9.2 attempts on 19.6 shots
Yes. What does Shai have to do with Wemby having a historic whistle? My point is Wemby also has an elite whistle like Shai.
What would Wemby look like with this whistle?
id imagine not much would change tbh
Ya he’s the best player in the nba you can’t guard him
Shai in Bam conversations the guy who is 2nd in most points scored in a game. Elite company
Funny how the sga fans are defending him for it being close and in ot but I sure as shit don’t hear that when Luka gets some extras. Gotta love it
Why are so many people so prideless? Knowing a man is living rent free in their minds and they don’t give a fuck lol…
You guys are fucking weird lol
Op your post says bam got those fts against the heat
Bam had 43 FT against his own team? Now that’s a performance.
How close did Luka get?
FTA
Detroit should’ve stopped fouling
learn how to defend them maybe
Foul baiting that turns into rage baiting, keep taking about free throws it’s such a fascinating discussion topic.
SGA is skilled no denying that haters gon hate
Still not enough gimme more baby
Luka has had 20 twice, Joker 23, Flagg and Harden 20, JB 21, AR 22…etc etc etc