Whether they’re playing in high school, college or the NBA, basketball players always are told that making free throws is important.
Well, maybe that’s all a bunch of rubbish.
The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Indiana Pacers 99-86 Friday night, despite “breaking” a truly dismal NBA record. The Lakers shot a woeful 2-14 (14.3 percent) from the charity stripe, thus setting the mark for the worst team free-throw percentage in a single game in NBA history.
Check out this ugly box score:
Gross. Props to Jordan Clarkson for knocking down a pair, though.
Los Angeles set the record despite being without the services of rookie point guard Lonzo Ball, who sat out with a knee sprain. Ball, whose jump shot is a total eyesore, is shooting just 48 percent from the free-throw line this season.
So, aspiring ballers: When your coach tells you to work on your free throws, you now have a legitimate rebuttal.
