Sentences with phrase «on shot attempts»

The direct correlation between free throws and three - pointers on a league - wide basis indicates simply that as players move away from the basket, contact between opposing players on shot attempts decreases.

Not exact matches

With the medal now on the line, the Canadians sent veteran Meghan Agosta out for a second shot, having notched her first attempt moments earlier.

Democrats tried on multiple occasions to enforce net - neutrality principles for ISPs, but each time, their attempts were shot down because ISPs were classified under Title I.

Santos Colon, 17, admitted on Monday in a federal court in Camden, New Jersey, that he attempted to conspire with a sniper to shoot the Pope during his visit in Philadelphia and set off explosive devices in the surrounding areas.

On the second page, Oppenheimer catalogues the family's many misfortunes and humiliations: «Drug addictions, alcoholism, overdoses, adultery, homosexuality, child abuse in the form of molestation, suspected kidnapping, a murder plot, a shooting, tragic accidents, suicide, attempted suicides, and other mayhem.»

Hershey Co. on Thursday wasted little time shooting down Mondelez International's attempt to buy the storied chocolate maker.

Trump on Saturday also attempted to blame the Parkland shooting on Democrats» inaction on gun control, likening it to the immigration debate and what to do about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA)-- which the Senate tried and failed to write a bill on this week.

Of course the woman in Georgia sheltering her two children in a closet and shooting the intruder attempting to get at them probably has a different take on home defense than you do... as does the one in Oklahoma and Alabama, and Kentucky... etc..

Over 5,000 Germans were executed between the July 20, 1944, assassination attempt on Hitler and the end of the Third Reich in May 1945; among them were Bonhoeffer's brother Klaus and brother - in - law Riidiger Schleicher, shot in Berlin on April 23.

Yes, but it's allowed Rowe and Colon to both move on, and to attempt to do a greater good together to prevent another young idiot who easily acquires a gun from shooting another innocent victim.

CNN: In video, White House shooting suspect calls himself «modern - day Jesus» Weeks before his arrest on a charge of attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama, an Idaho man taped a video pitch for Oprah Winfrey — expressing his contempt for government, offering secrets to solving global problems and proclaiming himself to be «the modern - day Jesus Christ.»

Any attempt to force a church to perform a ceremony would be shot down on Con st itu tional grounds.

It's been revealed that the detective investigating the shooting, Hilton Botha, is facing his own charges of attempted murder in connection with a 2011 incident where he and other police officers allegedly open fire on a car full of passengers.

Is Barry shooting hoops tommorow, playing golf (or attempting to) going on vacation, or spending trillions?

Yet the scenery was fantastic and a professional photographer, determined not to miss capturing it, attempted to steady his shot by uncomfortably hugging a boulder while sitting on cold, hard stones.

Over the first six games of the series, they've recorded 62 percent of 5 - on - 5 shot attempts between the two teams, per Natural Stat Trick.

Lack of another top striker option on our bench had forced the boss to keep Alexis on the field who had no single shot attempt at goal yesterday.

Another is a tendency to take too many touches on the ball in an attempt to beat as many players as possible before giving a pass or shooting, hence give the opponents an opportunity to close him down or giving an inaccurate pass cos of the pressure he had invited on himself.

The Predators had been putting on the pressure in the extra period with a 6 - 2 shot advantage before Neal's seventh attempt did the trick.

Gordon added a three - point shot this season, hitting just under 35 percent from deep on just under six attempts per game.

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) Micah Seaborn made a pair of free throws with 5.0 seconds left on Friday night and Monmouth survived a final shot attempt for a 79 - 78 season - opening win over Bucknell.

Lauzon shoots for the takedown, doesn't get it, and fails again on the second attempt.

Markkanen is known for his three - point shooting abilities, and his 69 makes on 163 attempts showcased why.

He was a great scorer in college and could knock down the long - ball with ease, shooting 47 % from distance on almost 5 attempts per game.

He doesn't shoot the ball the same way attempt - to - attempt, bringing the ball up from his hip, with his elbow flailing out and releasing it from the outside of his hand without much of a wrist snap, sometimes shooting it on the way down.

Hayes was convicted in December of attempted manslaughter of Smith, in addition to manslaughter of her husband, after she claimed several times during trial that Hayes shot her in both her legs on the night her husband was killed.

But I'm going to go ahead and assume that shooting 43.5 % for the year on 62 attempts, many of them completely wide open, is more of an aberration.

George was a 39 percent shooter on 6.6 three - point attempts per game last year, but why not shoot even more of them in a Mike D'Antoni offense?

Detroit connected on 51 percent of its shots and 54 percent of its three - point attempts.

I'm just guessing, but if it were to be shown that shooting percentages drop during the playoffs, then 28 points on 25 shots (and 9 free throw attempts) looks better than it would in November.

The charts also reveal the percentage of possessions a player «ends,» either positively or negatively (DPoss %), field goal percentage on shots defended (OppFG %), ratio of free throw attempts generated per field goal attempt defended (OppFTA / FGA), defensive rebounds per 40 minutes (DRebs / 40), percentage of possessions on which turnovers are created (FTO %), and for the big men, a rim - protection stat that tracks field goal percentage when they're within five feet of the basket and the shooter is five or fewer feet away (RimProtect %).

Failing that, the Mountaineers will count on senior point guard Jevon Carter locking down his counterpart, National Player of the Year candidate Jalen Brunson, while delivering his third consecutive game with 20 or more points while making at least half of his shot attempts.

And Bazz is making a blistering 71 % of his 3 pt catch and shoots this season, though that's on only 1.2 such attempts per game.

Many thought Winslow would struggle shooting the ball this season, but he has hit 40 percent of his three - pointers on three attempts per game.

Porter shot 35.1 percent behind the arc on 77 attempts in EYBL play, and made 6 - of - 20 threes (30 percent) at FIBA Americas.

That's great news, because Paul hit 49.3 percent on all catch - and - shoot three - point attempts last year.

James Harden had a phenomenal game, scoring 34 points on 15 shots attempted.

I didn't think Mr. T would put the puck anywhere near the net when he lined up at center ice with his unconventional shooting motion and grip on the stick, but he buried it right down the middle on his final shot attempt of the first net.

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Kyle Lowry has been more of a facilitator on offense with just 19 total shot attempts in the first two games, averaging 12 points but also has dished out 10.5 assists so far in the series.

Just past the five - minute mark of the first, Gillies stopped a shot by MacKinnon, then slid across to get his left pad on Tyson Barrie's rebound attempt.

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Last night, Vrana played 6 minutes and was on ice for 9 shot attempts, the worst rate on the team.

Why just 6 shot attempts for an entire game for the 2nd best offensive weapon on the team at creating his own shot?

It looked like he was on limited minutes AND shot attempts.

Dustin Brown led the way (as you already know) with three shots on goal, two attempts blocked and one missed shot.

NOTES: MacKinnon had nine shots on goal and 19 overall attempts.

It's claimed that Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola may have been preparing another attempt at prising him away from the Nou Camp, but it looks as though the German shot - stopper has no intention of moving on and will now force the Spanish tactician to look elsewhere for a replacement for former teammate Claudio Bravo.

As you'd expect, City dominated the play (attempting 262 passes to United's 183) and created plenty of chances (15 attempts, six on target, of which five went in), but it's interesting to note that United also created more after Evans had been dismissed (seven shots, two on target, including Fletcher's goal).

Lillard sank multiple circus - like shots, ending the night with 30 points on 16 attempts.