Why don't NBA players just chuck the ball at the final seconds of a clutch game?

Nowitzki slew the ghost of Dallas' 2006 NBA Finals collapse and silenced any ... The Mavericks are just the fourth team with one current All-Star to win a ... and . 883 from the free throw line) but Nowitzki's 2011 game six closeout ... ... I don't think either LBJ or Kobe played better with Mavericks this ser...

Carter is one of only 12 NBA players to score at least 22,800 points, ... People don't dig him because Carter “didn't win. ... the clutch three-ball in Game 6 of the 2013 Finals, and for playing ... Chuck Hayes, Luis Scola, Dikembe Mutombo ( somewhere between age 40 and 52 at the time), and Bobby Jackson.

In honor of Reggie Miller's induction to the NBA Hall of Fame in ... as one of the most clutch playoff performances in professional basketball history. ... Mason started to lose his balance as he started to throw the ball to Anthony, but ... With a tie game and under 10 seconds, the Pacers should have just played ...

A sadness, that the game of basketball doesn't usually cause. ... Since the NBAFinals, the Kobe-Jordan comparisons have not stopped, and let me tell ... “I think it is because most great second options aren't hailed as the greatest thing since ... . Kobe is perceived as one of the best clutch players of all time, yet on the big...

... pressure and that makes the game winner shoot with only 1 or 2 seconds left in the game. ... Who is the best clutch free throw shooter in NBA history? ... Nortre Dame get's about 13 a game Mr. Streak for Cash player! ... What does double clutch mean in basketball? ... Yes as long as you don't touch them! only the ball.

PHOTOS: The NBA's most clutch teams and players ... Said Durant: "To be honest, I really don't care if I make or miss. ... school when he missed a free throw in the final seconds of a tight game. ... "Thibs (coach Tom Thibodeau) says you can't just go out there at the end of the game and just expec...

Current NBA players respect LeBron James—just not enough to give him ... "I'd want the ball in LeBron's hands at the end of the game, but I'd want ... And don't forget, LeBron is not a great free-throw shooter, either. ... shots in the final 24 seconds of playoff games than LeBron, who is 7-of-16 on...

As soon as he gets it, we just know that he's going to turn to face the ... The game ends and our hero has added one more clutch shot to the ... We don't remember the countless number of times that it clanged off ... . They're different than you and I, who may miss a last-second free throw during a pickup game...

Now, with the playoffs in full swing, it took just at a week to have our first ... and we won a playoff game on a last-second shot, I'd be up in that celebration, too. ... .. run, stop do a double pump, elevates a throw the ball in 1.7 seconds. ... .. to play by, it must count on all players, on all plays, no matter h...

By Kelly Dwyer May 12, 2014 11:08 PM Ball Don't Lie ... expert placement and touch of Chris Bosh in the final seconds of Miami's Game 4 win to remind us that,  ...

That's just an absurd level of production from both players, but James clearly has the upper hand. ... of empty stats; his individual play has coincided with winning basketball. ... Boiling down clutch performance to six last-second shots is an ... once said, "Good teams don't win close games -- they avoid ...