Sub 50% FT performces in the Finals:

[CavaliersFTW]

Bill Russell:

1957 NBA Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1957_finals.html
49.2 FT% Reg season
50.8 FT% Playoffs
48.8 FT% Finals

1959 NBA Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1959_finals.html
59.8 FT% Reg season
61.2 FT% Playoffs
44.8 FT% Finals

1961 Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1961_finals.html
55.0 FT% Reg season
52.3 FT% Playoffs
44.9 FT% Finals

1964 Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1964_finals.html
55.0 FT% Reg season
55.2 FT% Playoffs
48.0 FT% Finals

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Wilt Chamberlain:

1964 NBA Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1964_finals.html
53.1 FT% Reg season
47.5 FT% Playoffs
41.5 FT% Finals

1967 NBA Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1967_finals.html
44.1 FT% Reg season
38.8 FT% Playoffs
30.6 FT% Finals

1969 NBA Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1969_finals.html
44.6 FT% Reg season
39.2 FT% Playoffs
37.5 FT% Finals

1970 NBA Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1970_finals.html
44.6 FT% Reg season
40.6 FT% Playoffs
34.3 FT% Finals

1973 NBA Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1973_finals.html
51.0 FT% Reg season
50.0 FT% Playoffs
36.8 FT% Finals

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Shaq:

2000 NBA Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_2000_finals.html
52.4 FT% Reg season
45.6 FT% Playoffs
38.7 FT% Finals

2004 NBA Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_2004_finals.html
49.0 FT% Reg season
42.9 FT% Playoffs
49.1 FT% Finals

2006 NBA Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_2006_finals.html
46.9 FT% Reg season
37.4 FT% Playoffs
29.2 FT% Finals

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Ben Wallace:

2004 NBA Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_2004_finals.html
49.0 FT% Reg season
42.7 FT% Playoffs
29.4 FT% Finals

2005 NBA Finals:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_2005_finals.html
42.8 FT% Reg season
46.1 FT% Playoffs
42.9 FT% Finals


Let's be transparent about this. You can harp on Wilt Chamberlain all you like for his FT%, he was monumental, the best ever perhaps at a wide variety of facets of the game to the point that he shattered records, but free throws are the one thing in basketball he was not only not great at, but he literally sucked at them. There are four great players all-time that also share this attribute though. It isn't just Wilt. You can call it choking if you'd like, but the fact is terrible FT shooters are terrible FT shooters and they go through many peaks and valleys they don't just always shoot 50% even if that is their career percentage they are hot and cold throughout entire seasons, going on streaks of making them and streaks of being way below even their own averages. Sometimes they're in a valley in the Playoffs/Finals, other times they are not (for example Wilt in 72 shot over 54% from the line that Finals, better than his season/playoffs that year, Russell and Shaq have examples of this too).

Feel free to nominate any other players in this group if I left them out.

[ISHGoat]

tldr

[aj1987]

Why don't you post their PPG?

I'll do Wilt's:


Chamberlains ppg in regular season: 30.1
Chamberlains ppg in playoffs: 22.5
Chamberlain's ppg in the Finals: 18

You do the rest.

[Eric Cartman]

Wilt was a great player, I'll leave it at that.

[plowking]

Damn aj really struck a nerve in that other thread for you to make this. :oldlol:

[dubeta]

Cavsftw meltdown :oldlol:

Even he realized how pathetic Wilt is.

[navy]

Yeah, I never call bad free throw shooters especially in the clutch as choking. A bad free throw shooter will simply miss free throws whether the game is on the line or not.

[Jameerthefear]

Why don't you post their PPG?

I'll do Wilt's:


Chamberlains ppg in regular season: 30.1
Chamberlains ppg in playoffs: 22.5
Chamberlain's ppg in the Finals: 18

You do the rest.
DAMN. :roll:
CavsFTW holding Ls left and right

[JohnFreeman]

Hold this W, Jam.

[sd3035]

feelings have been caught

[aj1987]

Wilt attempted 472 shots in his 6 Finals appearances. Jordan took 466 during his first 3peat alone.

[Marchesk]

Wilt attempted 472 shots in his 6 Finals appearances. Jordan took 466 during his first 3peat alone.

I believe only one of those happened when Wilt was in the primary scorer role. His final averages would look a lot different if the Warriors could have gotten past the Celtics earlier on in his career when he was scoring tons of points. Particularly if he was going up the Lakers, who had no Russell or Thurmond to guard Wilt with.