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The Cavaliers too irregular and clumsy at free throws | NBA

The Cavaliers lost 11 points to the Rockets and, in that same game, Cleveland players missed 12 free throws (15/27). It’s obviously always reductive and too simplistic to say it like this, but with more success, the outcome of the meeting might have been different.

In any case, this anecdote reflects a real evil in Cleveland. JB Bickerstaff’s troops tend to have rough nights on the free throw line. And this 55% success in the defeat in Houston confirms it.

“We have to put the free throws”, provides the coach to the Plain Dealer. “There is no ‘if’, ‘but’, ‘or’… We have players who are able to put in who are clumsy at the moment. We are focused on that. “

The Cavs’ irregularity is obvious when you look at a few games here and there. A 90% success rate against the Nets in mid-January turns into 68% two days later against the Bulls. Three days later, they fell to 56% against the Thunder, before a 52% against the Knicks. Then, in the victory against the Bucks, it goes back to 82%, before a very average 64% in the backhand against the Pistons.

24th in the ranking of free throw success

How to explain such clumsiness and such variations, almost from one match to another?

“I speak for Evan Mobley: how many free throws have you made in-and-out? “recalls Kevin Love. “It’s the same with Jarrett Allen, I see him shoot in training, in shootarounds. I missed free throws myself. It’s up to us to get back in the right direction, because it could make a difference in the matches we lost. “

With 75% success in this area, the Cavaliers are indeed the 24th most accurate team in the NBA on the throw line. Despite their very good season so far (fifth in the East), Ohio players can still do better to catch up with the Sixers, Bulls, Heat, Celtics or Nets, the only franchises in the league to exceed 80% success for the moment.

“It’s about repetition, and good repetition”says JB Bickerstaff. “You can’t show up on the line, in training, and do anything, or chat during your pre-game routine. You have to be disciplined, focused, disregard the rest and not think about the one you just missed. Obviously we need to work harder. “

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Players GM Minimum Shots 3 points LF Off Def Early pd bp Int CT party Points
Darius Garland 44 34.7 46.7 36.9 90.7 0.5 2.8 3.3 8.2 3.6 1.2 0.1 1.7 19.8
Collin Sexton 11 28.8 45.0 24.4 74.4 1.2 2.1 3.3 2.1 2.8 0.9 0.0 2.3 16.0
Jarrett Allen 44 32.6 67.8 11.1 69.0 3.4 7.4 10.7 1.9 1.8 0.8 1.4 1.9 16.0
Evan Mobley 44 34.2 50.8 28.6 65.6 1.9 6.3 8.2 2.6 2.0 0.7 1.7 2.1 15.2
Kevin Love 44 21.9 43.5 39.4 87.1 1.1 6.3 7.5 2.2 1.3 0.3 0.2 1.0 14.2
Lauri Markkanen 38 30.2 43.6 34.2 86.3 1.1 4.2 5.3 1.5 0.8 0.8 0.6 1.8 13.6
Ricky Rubio 35 28.3 36.0 33.5 85.4 0.4 3.7 4.1 6.6 2.7 1.4 0.2 2.2 12.9
Cedi Osman 40 23.3 41.9 35.4 63.0 0.4 1.9 2.4 1.9 0.9 0.9 0.2 2.0 10.8
isaac okoro 37 28.6 46.9 30.7 74.7 1.1 2.2 3.3 1.8 1.1 0.8 0.3 2.5 9.2
Malik Newman 1 7.7 60.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0
Rajon Rondo 8 19.5 35.3 36.7 87.5 0.1 3.0 3.1 4.2 2.1 1.0 0.0 1.5 6.8
Brandon Goodwin 12 16.4 42.6 36.4 50.0 0.5 1.9 2.4 3.2 0.8 0.9 0.0 1.4 6.1
lamar stevens 36 15.3 47.9 31.0 63.6 0.8 1.6 2.4 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.2 1.5 5.4
Dean Wade 37 18.8 44.8 36.3 60.0 0.7 2.4 3.1 1.1 0.4 0.6 0.1 1.6 5.1
justin anderson 3 15.5 50.0 33.3 75.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 1.3 4.3
Tre Scott 2 5.7 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 3.0
Denzel Valentine 22 9.3 37.1 40.9 0.0 0.4 1.3 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.8 2.9
Dylan Windler 35 9.7 42.9 38.9 77.8 0.4 1.4 1.8 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 1.1 2.7
Luke Kornet 2 7.4 20.0 0.0 66.7 1.0 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 2.0
Rj Nembhard 6 7.0 45.5 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.8
Kevin Pangos 22 7.4 33.3 23.1 75.0 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.8
Ed Davis 16 8.5 64.3 0.0 37.5 0.4 2.2 2.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.6 1.3
Tacko Fall 11 5.3 41.7 0.0 28.6 0.6 1.5 2.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.1

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