A crazy thing happened on Wednesday night. The Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t take a free throw in the first three quarters of their game against New Orleans. Three quarters of basketball, not a single shooting foul whistled by officials against the Pelicans. It marked the first time this season that a team – any team – entered the fourth quarter with zilch in the FT attempt column. About 2,000 NBA games have been played since the last time it happened. A basketball comet streaked across the sky, an event so rare you might watch an entire season’s worth of games and never see it. And then, three minutes later: another comet zipped across the sky! That’s right: it happened again. Over in Memphis, just seconds later, the Charlotte Hornets concluded the third quarter of their game with zero free throws to their name. It hadn’t happened all season and then, in a span of five minutes, it happened TWICE.
by Hoops Hype