An Example that the Spurs might do well to profit from

[exstatic]

Every time Duncan goes to the line for 2 I think " yea, there's another 1/2 turnover"...

It's GOT to drive Spurs fans crazy...

Not much different from him actually putting up a FGA.

[exstatic]

Game 3 SA 22 of 32 - 68.8%, DAL 39 of 50 - 78%. DAL win by 1 pt.

Oh, and you can stop complaining about Miami anytime. That's the SECOND time Dallas has gotten 50 FTAs in a game in SA and got a win.

[LEONARD]

It's the same with Dampier but at least he doesn't go to the line nearly as much as Duncan. I call Dampier...Mr. One for Two.

Yea, Damp is pretty bad on the line...61% this season while Duncan is hitting 62%...

Hack a Dunc really isn't an effective strategy. That only works if their FT% is LOWER than their FG%, like Shaq. Tim's 62% FTs are better than his 55% FGs, so GO AHEAD. For his career it's 68% FTs and 50% FGs, not even a choice, really.

I wasn't advocating hack-a-Dunc as an effective defensive strategy...but I'd still rather have him on the FT line than making easy buckets...

[Budkin]

Every time Duncan goes to the line for 2 I think " yea, there's another 1/2 turnover"...

It's GOT to drive Spurs fans crazy...

Oh it does. Seeing him get fouled and not make the basket is painful in itself because you know he's usually only going to hit one of them... if that.