Why does Ray Allen miss so many clutch free throws?

[Bahku]

He has missed three free-throws since the All-Star break ... horrible, just horrible!!

TP.

[BballTim]

Hes old.

Nash is old to....

  It doesn't work like that. Players on other teams rarely have any faults to their games. I have a theory that people who watch the Celts play more notice the kind of faults in players that don't show up when you only see them on occasion, but it's just a theory.

[Marcus13]

Simple answer...

he doesn't.

However, he does have a higher tendency to miss when he hasn't been used consistantly throughout the game.

This team has a horrible habit of not going to him when he's hot and killing his zones.

[Fafnir]

I'd like to see a breakdown on it, to see what his percentages are in clutch / pressure situations.

The fact is, even a great shooter like Ray misses 1 out of every 10 FTs.  My hypothesis (with nothing to base it on) is that we expect Ray to make every FT, so when he missed one -- especially in crunch time -- it stands out much more.

Yeah thats my take too, selection bias of our memory.

[Prof. Clutch]

I'd like to see a breakdown on it, to see what his percentages are in clutch / pressure situations.

The fact is, even a great shooter like Ray misses 1 out of every 10 FTs.  My hypothesis (with nothing to base it on) is that we expect Ray to make every FT, so when he missed one -- especially in crunch time -- it stands out much more.

And boom goes the dynamite.  Absolutely right.  TP.

[Steve Weinman]

I'd like to see a breakdown on it, to see what his percentages are in clutch / pressure situations.

The fact is, even a great shooter like Ray misses 1 out of every 10 FTs.  My hypothesis (with nothing to base it on) is that we expect Ray to make every FT, so when he missed one -- especially in crunch time -- it stands out much more.

Facts are for nerds.

-sw