What do you call a bee who is having a bad hair day? A Frisbee. What do you call a shooting guard that can’t shoot free throws? Andre Roberson.
In game 4 in round one of the 2017 Western Conference Playoffs, the Houston Rockets neutered the most potent crunch time player last season, Russell Westbrook, for one whole minute by intentionally fouling his free throw shooting challenged teammate, Andre Roberson, on four consecutive possessions (Roberson went 2-8 from the stripe).
The end result doesn’t appear that devastating when one looks at the play-by-play recap unless you take into account that only a desperate heave from Westbrook to draw a shooting foul call (a play the NBA has addressed and will be called a non-shooting foul in the future) allowed Coach Billy Donovan the opportunity to sub Roberson out with 3:02 remaining.