Sorry, Rasheed, the Ball Does Lie

Posted May 12, 2016
This is where Rasheed Wallace may want to stop reading. Because yes, the ball does lie. In the last two seasons, there have been 177 free throws that were the direct results of 92 incorrect calls in the final minutes of close games, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. We identified all those free throws, and then used them as a polygraph test. It did not pass. (Wall Street Journal)

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