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The Los Angeles Clippers have a secret weapon no other NBA team has. And it's
helping them win games.
The Wall at the Intuit Dome consists of 51 uninterrupted rows of Clippers supe
rfans and was meant to resemble a college basketball student section.
Through 17 home games, The Wall seems to be working wonders. Take a look at th
e chaos it's causing, per the team's Game Notes:
Opponent FT% against The Wall: 72.3% (would rank last in NBA if this were
a team)
Opponent 3PT% against The Wall: 33.3% (would rank 27th)
On November 22, the Kings scored 29 points in the entire 1st half shooting
against The Wall. It was the lowest-scoring half this season at the time.
Clippers opponents are shooting 73% at the free throw line at Intuit Dome
- the 2nd-lowest FT% in a road arena this season.
And then there's this: the road team always gets to choose which basket to sho
ot on in the 1st half/2nd half.
Most of the time, teams want to shoot in front of their own bench in the 1st h
alf and play defense in front of their bench in the 2nd half.
But at Intuit Dome, you now have The Wall to consider - especially for late ga
me clutch free throws.
Remember the Clippers' first home game this year? Kevin Durant (88.4% career F
T%) missed both free throws shooting at The Wall in the 4th quarter.
In the Clippers' 16 home games since then, their opponent has chosen to shoot
against The Wall in the 2nd half just 5 times.
It's a small sample size, but it seems like early this season, The Wall is doi
ng exactly what Steve Ballmer envisioned.
And it's wreaking havoc on the Clippers' opponents.
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洛杉磯快艇隊擁有一個其他NBA球隊都沒有的秘密武器，這正在幫助他們贏得比賽。
Intuit Dome的「The Wall」由51排連續不間斷的快艇死忠球迷組成，旨在模仿大學籃球
的學生觀眾區。
在主場進行了17場比賽後，「The Wall」似乎發揮了神奇的作用。以下是根據球隊賽事筆
記所列的數據，顯示出它引發的混亂：
- **對手在「The Wall」面前的罰球命中率：72.3%**（如果這是一支球隊，將排名聯盟
倒數第一）。
- **對手在「The Wall」面前的三分球命中率：33.3%**（將排名聯盟第27位）。
- 11月22日，國王隊在上半場面對「The Wall」時只得到29分，這是當時本賽季最低的半
場得分紀錄。
- 快艇的對手在Intuit Dome的罰球命中率為73%，是本賽季客場第二低的罰球命中率。
除此之外，還有這一點：客場球隊始終可以選擇在上半場或下半場攻擊哪個籃框。
通常，球隊希望上半場在自己教練席前的籃框投籃，並在下半場在教練席前防守。
但在Intuit Dome，你必須考慮到「The Wall」的影響，特別是在比賽最後關頭的關鍵罰
球時刻。
還記得快艇本賽季的第一場主場比賽嗎？Kevin Durant （職業生涯罰球命中率88.4%）在
第四節面對著「The Wall」罰球時，兩次都沒有命中。
在快艇此後的16場主場比賽中，對手選擇在下半場面對「The Wall」投籃的次數僅有5次
。
儘管樣本數不多，但這個賽季早期的數據似乎表明，「The Wall」正如Steve Ballmer所
設想的那樣發揮了作用，並對快艇的對手造成了巨大干擾。
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不得不說在電視機前看起來的畫面真的很驚人
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