Miami Heat Set Bad Record in NBA Finals Game 1

The Miami Heat were not getting to the line vs. the Denver Nuggets

With just two free throw attempts in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, the Miami Heat set an NBA record for the fewest free throw attempts ever in a playoff game. Making NBA history in a bad way, Miami set a record that will be hard to beat. The previous low for free throw attempts in a Finals game was 5 by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1983, and the previous low for free throw attempts in any playoff game was 3 by the New Jersey Nets in 1993.

This is never the side of NBA history that a team wants to be on, as it was difficult for Miami to generate much offensive in this Game 1 loss. Averaging 21 free throw attempts per game in these playoffs, which ranks 9th in the NBA, Miami has not been elite at getting to the line this postseason, but they have certainly been much better than they were in Game 1 vs. Denver.

It will be interesting to see how Miami reacts to this development postgame, if they believe they were on the wrong end of some poor officiating, or if they believe this NBA record-low in free throw attempts was more a product of their own offensive attack.

Regardless of the primary cause of this bad free throw record, Miami was not good enough in Game 1, and will have to find a way to be better in Game 2.

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