Lunes, Mayo 31, 2021

The Wizards successfully pull off Hack-A-Ben in the last 3 minutes of the game to get their first win of the series

At the 2:47 mark The Wizards were tied with The Sixers 108-108, they commenced Hack-A-Ben. Fouling him a total of 4 times, every single one of these fouls happened in between 2:47 and 1:08, that's four fouls in 99 seconds absolutely swinging momentum to the Wizards. Ben went 1 for 2 every single time he went to the line, Wizards ended up with a 122-114 win due in large part to this tactic(and of course hitting their own shots).

You could also see the tactic highly affecting their offensive scheme, as the Sixers were forced to avoid letting Ben handle the ball and even let him touch the ball at all.

Before this game, he was 0-9 from the free throw line this series, so technically speaking going 50% from the line in the last 3 minutes was a large improvement. Ended the game 5-11 from the line.

The big question is how will the Sixers deal with other teams resorting to this tactic in future play-off games?

EDIT: Added some more context/info.



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