After driving to the San Francisco 45-yard line, the Giants were only 10 yards away from field-goal range.
Miami missed its first shot of the second half, then didn't miss another field-goal attempt for eight minutes.
In the Philadelphia Warriors' 169-147 victory, he made 36 of 63 field-goal attempts on an array of fall-aways, dunks and put-backs.
Last season, Stoudemire's field-goal percentage dropped to 44% from a norm of 56% when he shared the floor with Chandler, according to NBA.com.
Another statistic Krossover compiles is effective field-goal percentage (or eFG%), a weighted formula that adjusts for the difficulty of the shots taken.
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He torched defenders who gave him too much space, logging a career-high effective field-goal rate (51.3%) on jumpers, according to Synergy Sports.
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Stoudemire has developed into a reliable threat near the basket, upping his field-goal percentage to 57.7 percent, a huge jump from last season's 48.3%.
Last season, the junior was the MAC's only player to rank among the top-three in conference in scoring, rebounding, field-goal percentage and blocked shots.
Jones landed another penalty in the 16th minute as the Springboks were caught offside at a ruck, then kicked a field-goal to make it 16-5.
Wilkinson missed a drop-kick in the 26th minute and was just wide with a penalty attempt inside his own half soon after, while Beauxis botched another field-goal effort.
The team returns star forward, junior Javon McCrea, who was the MAC's only player to rank among the top-three in conference in scoring, rebounding, field-goal percentage and blocked shots.
As such, he drew fouls at more than twice the rate he had earlier in the season, and saw his field-goal percentage climb drastically as a result of the closer-range looks.
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Secondly, defensive indifference toward Shumpert and Kidd has allowed teams to throw more defenders at Carmelo Anthony, who's posted a 40.8% field-goal percentage in February, his worst shooting month of the season.
Georgia's Cornelius Washington blocked a 49-yard field-goal attempt and Alec Ogletree ran the ball back 55 yards for a touchdown and, with a point-after, a 21-10 lead for the Bulldogs, who entered as seven-point underdogs.
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While Anthony's field-goal percentage of 45.3% is below his career average of 45.6%, it includes a career-best 41.6% from three-point range 18th in the NBA. Plus he is shooting 6.6 threes per game versus 2.8 for his career.
He noted how Lin's performance in two unsexy statistical categories two-point field-goal percentage (a barometer of inside scoring ability) and RSB40 (rebounds, steals and blocks per 40 minutes) compared favorably with college numbers put up by marquee NBA guards like Allen Iverson and Gary Payton.
In about 10 minutes on the play clock, the 49ers notched three scores -- a 31-yard touchdown reception by Michael Crabtree, a 6-yard touchdown run by Frank Gore and a 34-yard field goal by David Akers -- to tighten a once-daunting gap and make the score 28-23 at the end of the third quarter.
Their saving grace was the Dolphins' own array of mistakes kicker Dan Carpenter missed a 47-yard field goal in regulation and a 48-yarder in overtime and Sanchez's strong play late.
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And Sunday, Washington's Graham Gano kicked off following a fourth-quarter Redskins field goal that gave them a 16-13 lead over the Jets.
Tucker kicked a 38-yard field goal with 4:23 left in the game to make it 34-29.
The Falcons, who went 13-3 during the regular season and defeated the Seattle Seahawks on a last-minute field goal a week ago, might be the favorites in their home town -- but the experts are, for the most part, predicting a 49ers win.
But Ryan got the ball back and led his team to the game-winning field goal.
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The Jets could not capitalize, however, and kicker Nick Folk missed wide left on a 30-yard field goal.
In the third quarter, David Akers missed a potential game-tying 38-yard field goal.
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How unruly would the evening have become if the Ravens hadn't rallied back to win on a last-second field goal?
With the game on the verge of overtime, Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff hooked a tying 32-yard field goal wide left.
The Fighting Irish barely made a chip-shot field goal that provided the winning margin with less than 5 minutes remaining.
You could leave a basketball by itself under a chair and its 3-point field goal percentage would only be 15 points worse than Baron Davis's.
Mr. Summerall was a key part of the Giants' 1958 season, kicking a 49-yard field goal in the snow to win a critical game against the Cleveland Browns.
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