Jazz: The Jazz have shot 81 less FTs than their opponents over the last 10 games.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I don't think FT differential fully captures officiating bias.

You also have to look at 3 second calls, offensive fouls of all sorts (illegal screens and charges drawn), and how quickly the other team got into the bonus.

And who gets them. Two quick ticky tack fouls on a team's leading scorer can knock a team out of rhythm from the start and put them in a hole they never really bounce back from.

FWIW I'm surprised their season FT differential isn't much bigger because of two built in factors. Fouling is a dirty word in D'Antoni's SSOL world. Slows the game down. Probably not as much as the TOSB Mamba playing 53 minutes a night, but still. Then you have the Hack-a-Howard issue, where you'd expect even the least foul prone teams to go over their average numbers unless he's having one of those nights where he's looking like Dirk from the line.

[Girasuck]

6 of the 10 games were at home. So much for that home court advantage we claim to have. Oh well, I guess we'll just deflate the balls a little more.

[noob cake]

I can't believe I'm cheering for the over the Lakers.

[irishock]

Someone post this to RealGM. My account got banned for trolling

[noob cake]

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/view...?f=6&t=1243868

[whitemamba]

lakers are the worst free throw shooting team in the league, and half of the freethrows are dwights anyway, where he doesnt even make half of them, so sterns "plan" isnt working anyway, OP needs to get the over it

[Jacob1983]

Damn Mormons. Gotta go to the basket.

[Latarian Milton]

^ irony is a mavs fan said that tbh :

[Danny.Zhu]

Just saw BSPN's Playoff promo. You can see Kobe/Howard but not a single Jazz.

[racm]

Just saw BSPN's Playoff promo. You can see Kobe/Howard but not a single Jazz.

Does the average casual think about Al Jefferson anyway?

I doubt they could name a SINGLE current Jazz player.

[Jacob1983]

Casual NBA fans suck. Case closed.