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What’s the biggest difference between Dirk and SGA?? 👀 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is in the middle of one of the most historically dominant postseason runs we’ve ever seen from a scoring standpoint — and the free throw line is his best friend. With 190 free throws made in last year’s playoffs, SGA already sits just 16 shy of Dirk Nowitzki’s 20-year-old record of 205, set during Dallas’ 2006 championship run. What makes this even more remarkable is the company on that list — Kawhi Leonard, Michael Jordan, LeBron James — these are all-time greats in the middle of iconic postseason performances. The fact that SGA is already knocking on that door, and still has a full playoff run ahead of him, says everything about how elite his game has become. But here’s the number that really breaks your brain: through this postseason, SGA already has 120 free throws made compared to just 114 field goals. Read that again. He has been to the line more times than he’s made a shot from the floor, and he’s st...

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