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Article: Allen keeps making his points from line.(SPORTS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- November 23, 2008
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Byline: Bill Doyle
COLUMN: BILL DOYLE'S NBA NOTES
For NBA players, you'd think making a free throw would be as easy as hitting a 75-mile-an-hour batting practice pitch down the middle of the plate or kicking an extra point with the defense not bothering to rush.
After all, when you step to the foul line, you're standing only 13 feet away from the rim and no one is guarding you.
But, of course, to many NBA players, making free throws is as difficult as hitting a slider darting low and away or booting a 60-yard field goal into a stiff wind.
Entering this weekend, the NBA had made 76.6 percent of its free throws, a respectable ...