From the NBATalk community on Reddit: NBA Free Throw Differential Per Game
November 30, 2025
Hmmm. Illegal ref gambling scandal forthcoming? What’s the FBI Operation going to be called: Operation Deer in Headlights? Operation Antetokickback? ….?
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I absolutely think we have gotten a horrible whistle. AND games are reffed for stars, of which we have **one**. That’s just a fact that we have to live with while guys like Rollins and KPJ build a reputation.
Wasn’t there a game last year, Bucks vs Celtics, where only a combined 2 FTs were shot?
NBA is fixed widely known and proven!
The reality is, they are giving giannis the shaq whistle.
Realistically, there are a lot of fouls that go against giannis, but you can’t call every single one of them. Likewise, giannis gets away with a lot of fouls and again, they can’t call every single one. Both shaq and giannis are such forces of nature in the paint, it gets very difficult.
Now there are bs calls that have been happening for years that dont stay consistent (like the kat push when giannis got called for the same thing) which are fishy and annoying to watch.
For the rest of the team, we just dont crash the paint as much as teams like the hornets, magic or rockets and have one of the lower drives to the basket. Do unfortunately outside of giannis, we won’t get much calls
I went to this Bucks/Cavs game at the BC I think in 2015 and the Bucks outplayed them at every level and lost. I got back home that night and rewatched the game and I was correct. Free throws. The Cavs went to the line 2x more and that’s how they squeezed by. I’ve always saved this because I thought that game was rigged. Now I know I’m not crazy
5 comments
I absolutely think we have gotten a horrible whistle. AND games are reffed for stars, of which we have **one**. That’s just a fact that we have to live with while guys like Rollins and KPJ build a reputation.
Wasn’t there a game last year, Bucks vs Celtics, where only a combined 2 FTs were shot?
NBA is fixed widely known and proven!
The reality is, they are giving giannis the shaq whistle.
Realistically, there are a lot of fouls that go against giannis, but you can’t call every single one of them. Likewise, giannis gets away with a lot of fouls and again, they can’t call every single one. Both shaq and giannis are such forces of nature in the paint, it gets very difficult.
Now there are bs calls that have been happening for years that dont stay consistent (like the kat push when giannis got called for the same thing) which are fishy and annoying to watch.
For the rest of the team, we just dont crash the paint as much as teams like the hornets, magic or rockets and have one of the lower drives to the basket. Do unfortunately outside of giannis, we won’t get much calls
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I went to this Bucks/Cavs game at the BC I think in 2015 and the Bucks outplayed them at every level and lost. I got back home that night and rewatched the game and I was correct. Free throws. The Cavs went to the line 2x more and that’s how they squeezed by. I’ve always saved this because I thought that game was rigged. Now I know I’m not crazy