23 YEARS AGO TODAY: SHAQ attempted a playoff record 39 FREE THROWS in GM2 of the 2000

[Lebron23]

Hack a Shaq. Shaq forced the NBA to changed it's rules in the 2000's. The league and David Stern made Zone defense legal at the start of the 2001-02 NBA Season. Nobody can stop Prime Shaq in the No Zone defense era (1947-2001)"



23 YEARS AGO TODAY: SHAQ attempted a playoff record 39 FREE THROWS in GM2 of the 2000 NBA Finals.

Shaq: 40 PTS, 24 REB, 4 AST, 3 BLK
Rik Smits + Sam Perkins + Dale Davis: 19 PTS, 15 REB, 2 BLK, 17 FOULS

[SouBeachTalents]

Sounds like the number of threads you make per day

[RachlNicholsazz]

Sounds like the number of threads you make per day

Or inches

[dankok8]

Interestingly enough they fouled him THAT MUCH because he was a terrible foul shooter. If he shot 70% from the line he might have scored the same number of points which is pretty mindboggling. Of course it is impressive to foul out the entire frontcourt like that.

[Im Still Ballin]

Dwight did this twice:

[FultzNationRISE]

Dwight did this twice:

Not in the finals ;)

[ILLsmak]

40 pts on 39 fts lol dat efficiency. I think they soft outlawed hack a shaq. They said u can do it but don’t shit up the league, cuz dudes could have made it way more miserable. The one thing only pop seemed to figure out is u gotta wait til he’s tired or use it to break his offensive or teams offensive rhythm.

I do think something happened to his hand cuz he was “ok” in hs with a moderately normal form. Fts that hit the rim and go in.

Bonus: they really need to outlaw zone again. There is enough talent now. Every team has a one on one guy now, practically.

-Smak