Most Telling Statistic...

locomagicfan · Post #1 » by **locomagicfan** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 10:43 pm

Dont know if many of you know this... but I saw this on a broadcast recently.

THE MAGIC ARE SOMETHING LIKE 0-7 WHEN DWIGHT HOWARD SHOOTS LESS THAN 40% AT THE LINE.

Thats all I could think about against NJ midway through the 3rd, and look what happened.

OMPunk · Post #2 » by **OMPunk** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 10:48 pm

I think it's less than 50%......still it makes sense.

Sharper · Post #3 » by **Sharper** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 11:28 pm

He shot 30% against NJ. And Magic lost the game by 1 point. Pretty sad.

MagicStarwipe · Post #4 » by **MagicStarwipe** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 11:37 pm

On the other hand, we'd be the worst team in the league without him.

I agree though. He must improve his free throw shooting. Even if it only 70%. He is capable.

JigenDaisuke · Post #5 » by **JigenDaisuke** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 11:54 pm

Thats Dwight's biggest need. He should spend all of the next off season becoming a good free throw shooter. If he just got it to 70% that would be huge.

Post #6 » by **SD2042** » Sat Jan 5, 2008 12:40 am

Sharper wrote:He shot 30% against NJ. And Magic lost the game by 1 point. Pretty sad.

Really depressing. Overall, D-12 didn't played a solid game offensively going 5-11 from the field and going 3-10 from the line. Some of these games are determine by the FT shooting. The last game was no expection. D-12 has to get better from the FT line.

Post #7 » by **UCFJayBird** » Sat Jan 5, 2008 1:23 am

Personally I think it's because he spends so much time in the weight room. Dwight is constantly trying to get bigger and stronger, and at this point I think he needs to stop. Get a regiment that maintains his strength and size, but not to increase strength.

FTs are form, consistency, and feel. Dwight's strength effects two of these. He can't get a consistent feel going, because as his strength increases, he has to adjust how much strength he uses to flick the ball towards the rim.

I think Dwight's form is fine for the most part, it could use a few adjustments, but overall that's not the problem. The problem is half the time he gets up there, and he's so worked up that he throws it a little strong and it clinks off the back of the rim, if he flicked it softer it might bounce inwards instead.

Dwight needs to get up to 66-70% quickly, and then try and get up in the 75% range.

Pancho_Pantera · Post #8 » by **Pancho_Pantera** » Sat Jan 5, 2008 2:14 am

He needs to learn the crossover