He missed a bunch of free throws on the night, but all that really did was prove Wade is a human being and not a basketball machine made of smoke, pistons and hexagonal padding.

他在这个晚上罚丢了很多球，但那只是证明了韦德也是人，而不是投篮机器。

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An example would be a basketball player who isn't very good at free throws spending hours and hours just doing free throws while being coached.

一位不擅长罚球的篮球运动员在教练的指导下一次又一次地练习罚球就是一个很好的例子。

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For possibly the first time in basketball history, officials had to force a team to accept and take the technical free throws.

或许在篮球史上，由裁判强制一个球队接受因对方技术犯规而获得的罚球，这还是头一次。

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No one would suggest un-breaking ties in basketball with free-throws, or settling NFL games with an extra-point contest.

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Imagine a basketball player practicing free throws at the gym.

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And being very poor at shooting free-throws is a killer in any basketball, and in college basketball specifically, because games will come down to the end, and your team will need to hit free-throws to win.

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