What is a star whistle? Generally speaking, it is a foul that is taken care of, and as a superstar in the league, there are generally some star whistles in the league, which is understandable, and the referees admitted it. Obviously, people's coffee seats are here, and sometimes the free throws that should be given are still given. But there is one star exception, star whistle not to mention that there is a minimum, the cylinder can give him is good, that is Stephen Curry.
As we all know, Curry does not have a cylinder, as for free throws, sorry, casual. In the previous game when Curry cut 50+, Curry cut 41 points in the first three quarters, and these 41 points Curry made 0 free throws, all of which were scored through shooting, and Curry was only whistled and fouled twice in the whole game when he cut 50+, which means that the opponent's defense of Curry is really "mild". Of course, you have to compare the free throw, who to compare, the current Lakers' "big boss" star, Reeves to compare.
In the last ten games, Curry made 43 free throws in the last 10 games, while Reeves made 77 free throws in the same period. Who is Reeves? It's the superstar player who made 17 free throws for the Magic team and 18 for him alone. This directly caused a heated discussion, can Curry really not get free throws? Curry has averaged about 5 free throws per game all year round, which is not a small number of guards, but it is not enough to look at in first-line guards, like Lillard, who has averaged 9.5 free throws per game so far this season, Morant has averaged 8.5 free throws per game, and Trae Young has averaged 8.5 free throws per game.
Compared with Morant, Trae Young and other young guards actually have said, after all, these people are younger, faster, and have more breakthroughs, but Curry can't even compare with Reeves. Of course, Reeves' free throws didn't go up all at once.
Prior to 1/29/23, opponents made 1,122 free throws (22.4 per game) in 50 Lakers games, and 412 free throws (18.7 per game) in the next 22 games after that. Prior to 1/29/23, the Lakers had 1,270 free throws in 50 games (25.4 per game), and since then, the Lakers have made 625 free throws in 22 games (28.4 per game).
What does that mean? In games before 1/29/23, the Lakers averaged nearly three more free throws per game than their opponents, but from games after Jan. 29, the Lakers averaged 10 more free throws per game. So the question is, what happened on January 29th? Sister Yuzu doesn't remember the rest clearly, only remembers that day was the yellow-green battle, well, that's all, let's understand it for themselves.
Back to Curry, not getting free throws is actually not a matter of this season, Curry seems to have never been able to get a lot of free throws, and there are very few games with more than 10 free throws in a single game. Some say Curry is making it difficult to get free throws because he shoots too much from the outside. In fact, this is a fallacy, how, shooting three points must not be fouled? Shoot three points and there will be no cylinder? Of course, the league is not to suppress Curry, but to Curry must have a unique penalty standard, because there is no way, if it is according to the convention, then Curry shot a three-point is a foul, others can not play, so, high standards, high requirements, want to free throws, want to foul, the right time and place are indispensable. But the most important thing is that Curry did not spread his hands, and the second did not kneel, you don't put pressure on the league, how to take free throws?