Why does dwight howard missed free throws

See our ethics statement. In one of the most bizarre moments in recent preseason NBA history, Howard went from the fouled to fouled out with a minute review, a technical foul and an attempted free throw from a disqualified Howard in-between in the third quarter of a preseason loss to the Nets.

Amidst the jockeying, an errant elbow from Howard inadvertently caught Sharpe in the mouth, triggering a review by the replay officials.

What ensued was a review that would have felt much more commonplace in the NBA Finals and far, far from the preseason opener on October 3. Alas, during the review, Howard and Trevor Ariza, who did not suit up for the game, stood at midcourt when James Harden, who also did not play, walked out to talk to them.

The conversation seemed rather innocuous but the referee standing between them whistled Howard — and only Howard — for a technical foul, also further delaying the already lengthy review. Minutes later, the officials finally finished their review and assessed a flagrant foul to Howard, who at that point had officially fouled out of the game as a result.

However, no official seemed privy to that information and Howard shot and made! Still, this doesn't make up for his horrific free-throw percentage. Howard has attempted a league-high free throws so far and made less than half of them, at 48 percent. That's significantly down from last year, when he finished the season shooting nearly 60 percent. Howard has a big weakness in his game and opposing teams know it. The most effective way to stop the Magic is to send Howard to the line.

His career-worst free-throw shooting is hurting the Magic in a big way. Blake Griffin doesn't have many weaknesses in his game, but free-throw shooting is one aspect that will surely get the attention of the Clippers' coaching staff in the offseason.

His However, his poor free-throw shooting has potential to taint his legacy if he can't correct it. He's attempted free throws this year, sixth highest in the NBA, and converted only In a game against the Indiana Pacers, in which Griffin went 2-for-7 from the line, Griffin was asked about his free-throw shooting and afterwards he swore, obviously upset about it, via Los Angeles Times.

JaVale McGee is making a case for Most Improved Player, but there's one aspect of his game that's in need of some serious improvement: free throws. Since he was traded to the Denver Nuggets, McGee is shooting a pitiful 27 percent, going just 3-of from the charity line. On the Washington Wizards, he only converted of free throws 50 percent. The emotional center is mostly known for his hard-hat, lunch-pail attitude, similar to Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls minus the hair.

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