Any player can have an off night. If you happen to be a player that has to provide a lot of offense for your team to win, you can have a really off night. This post is about those really off nights. We're going to talk about three different top 10 lists: most missed FGs, FTs and 3Ps during the regular season of 2008-2009.
Top 10 Most FG Misses in a Game
First, let's talk about missed field goals. Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant and Russell Westbrook tied for first. Each had a game last season where they missed a whopping 21 shots from the field. Each player was on the visiting team and the visiting team lost each time.
Other players appearing on this list are Chris Bosh and LeBron James. Wait a second, that's only 5 total players! Well, Dwyane Wade appears on the list a second time. On March 14th, 2009 the Heat played the Jazz and Wade scored 50 points going 19 of 39 from the field. That's right. He missed 20 shots in the game but still shot almost 50% from the field. That sounds like a lot of shots and I guess it us, but Wilt Chamberlain attempted 63 shots in his famous 100 point game. By the way, the Heat won 140 to 129.
So what about the other 4 spots on this dubious top 10 list? They all belong to the Black Mamba. Mr. Bryant accounts for 5 of the 10 spots on the list. In each case the Lakers were the visiting team and went 2-3. Kobe took 163 shots during those 5 games and made 65 of them giving him a shooting percentage just shy of 40% . This shouldn't be taken as a Kobe-Bashing post by any stretch. Sure, he takes lots of shots sometimes but the Lakers won the championship last year. Most nights he makes those shots.
Top 10 Most FT Misses in a Game
No real surprises here. Dwight Howard takes the top 3 spots. Shaq comes in at number 4. Mr. Howard also takes 5 and 6. Emeka Okafor is 7th, Corey Maggette is 8th, Shaq again at 9th and Josh Smith turned in an abysmal 20% from the FT line going 2 of 10.
Top 10 Most 3P Misses in a Game
What do the top 10 Most Misses for a 3 Point Shot have in common? The same thing as the top 13 Most Misses from the 3 point arc. Each player tied for the most misses with 9. Jason Terry shot the most 3s on the list with 16 attempts but he made 7 of them for a 3P% of 43.75. Not bad. Ray Allen and Ron Artest each took the least amount of shots on the list with 9, which means they missed every single 3 pointer they attempted. The title of the recap for Artest's 0-9 night reads, "Artest, Rockets overcome Yao's absence, end Hornets' five-game home streak". Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.
Full spreadsheet can be found here.
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