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Working the Wire: Free throws and Larry Hughes

By Brian McKitish
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, December 12, 2008

Through Wednesday night, the NBA league average free throw percentage stood at 76.8 percent. If that seems uncharacteristically high, that's because it is. It's a little more than a full point higher than last year's 75.5 percent and, thanks to our friends at the Elias Sports Bureau, we've learned that it would be second-best mark in NBA history if the trend continues. Pretty impressive, huh? Just think what it would look like without Dwight Howard pulling down the average -- Howard has attempte ...

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