After shooting an abysmal 48% from the FT line in January, Dwight has hit 70% of his FT so far in February. It's only a small sample size but it's a hell of an improvement. Let's see if he can keep it up against the next two opponents. 30% against the Wizards this year. 38% against the Lakers this year.
While his form is flawed he can still be a 70%+ shooter from the line. It's all mental so it's no surprise to me that as the team gels and Dwight is happy his percentages would go up.
Stroke looks better, confidence looks up, routine is better and not as rushed. It will probably settle back into the low-mid 60's soon, but still an improvement. What was his goal again, 70 or 80% for this season? Not looking so crazy anymore.
The most interesting thing is how his home/road splits are in FT%. I don't have the numbers on me, but I'm sure that his FT% is severely higher when playing away. Someone posted an article on CF that highlighted this as evidence of his poor FT% being mental rather than physical shot mechanics (he misses more when he is under pressure to please the home fans). Today's game was another example of solid FT shooting on the road.
A little higher, 56.4% on the road after tonight, 52.9% at home. A difference of about 10 fewer FTMs (or 15 over the course of the entire season). On the surface it actually looks fairly immaterial, but it's actually a trend that's followed him his entire career, so there may be something to the theory.
