Shaq - what ARe you thinking
ESPN did a great breakdown of the stats on this. The Lakers are the league leaders in fouls against them and FTs attempted. Shaq is numero uno in the entire league in FT attempts per game - and he averages 10.8 if memory serves me right. The Lakers are number 15 in fouls called against them - middle of the pack. So they are clearly winning the foul battle and getting to the line more than anybody.
And even though Shaq was 4-5 FTs above his average attempts per game, the ref was cheating him. Now I know that it all depends on the specific game, and you can't just look at foul counts to know what is going on (we had THAT discussion!), but the ubers don't seem to back a pattern of abuse against Shaq or the Lakers.
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