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Covering the Front and Back Pages of the Newspaper
March 19, 2004
BASKETBALL: Charity Stripe Trivia
A pair of trivia questions for all you NBA-heads: 1. Only three players in NBA/ABA history have attempted 500 three-pointers and 500 free throws in the same season - and a fourth will join the club with his next free throw attempt. Name 'em. 2. A player has shot 90% or better at the line in 400 or more free throw attempts in one season 17 times in NBA history; the feat has been accomplished by ten different players. Name 'em. Give yourself credit if you get nine; you won't get the hardest one unless you're a real early-fifties history buff. There's also an eleventh who should be added to this list before season's end. Answers below: Answer to #1:
What's amazing is that Adams did it in just 66 games . . . a tribute to Paul Westhead's bizarre experiment running his Loyola-Marymount offense in the NBA, since Adams shot just .296 from downtown. This also helps explain how Paul Pierce is generally a good percentage offensive player despite a career shooting percentage below 44% (although he's stretching it this season). McGrady's numbers updated through last night's action. 2.
#11 should be Predrag Stojakovic, who's 348 for 377 (a .923 clip) thus far this season. Comments
Stojakovic has an outside chance (slim, but it's still there) to make the 500 FTA/3FGA club this season. For his sake, I hope he doesn't get the refs from the Kings/Lakers series from a few years back... Posted by: Ricky at March 19, 2004 10:17 AMPost a comment
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