Updated NBA points of emphasis may be partially to blame, as referees have been instructed to "enforce the playing rules in a manner that reduces the incentive for offensive players to use non-basketball moves to draw fouls." With that said, Harden did have double-digit free-throw attempts in nine regular-season games this season. He's now riding a three-game playoff streak without a single trip to the charity stripe.
Harden also had zero free-throw attempts in the Sixers' season-ending loss to the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals last year. Another one was the game against the Milwaukee Bucks in which he played only one minute before injuring his hamstring and exiting. He had zero free-throw attempts in only 10 of those games, seven of which came with the Thunder early in his career. Prior to this season, Harden had played in 149 playoff games.
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Harden did not attempt a single free throw in either Game 1 or Game 2 against Brooklyn, which is a major outlier relative to his career norm. Still, he had at least one free-throw attempt in all 58 of the regular-season outings in which he appeared this year. He attempted only 6.2 free-throw attempts per game during the regular season, which was his lowest mark since the 2011-12 campaign, when he was a sixth man with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Harden's inability to draw shooting fouls may be the most concerning aspect of his performance thus far against Brooklyn.
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