ORLANDO – If the 2012 NBA All-Star Game comes down to clutch free throws, one team should have a distinct advantage.
Check out the free throw numbers from this year’s All-Stars in clutch time (last five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime with a score differential of five points or less), with the West in gray and the East in white…
Clutch-time free throw percentage, 2012 All-Stars
| Player | FTM | FTA | FT% |
| Chris Paul | 23 | 23 | 100.0% |
| Steve Nash | 9 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Rajon Rondo | 4 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Kevin Durant | 22 | 23 | 95.7% |
| Kevin Love | 21 | 22 | 95.5% |
| Dirk Nowitzki | 15 | 16 | 93.8% |
| Marc Gasol | 11 | 12 | 91.7% |
| Tony Parker | 27 | 30 | 90.0% |
| Russell Westbrook | 16 | 18 | 88.9% |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 7 | 8 | 87.5% |
| Luol Deng | 12 | 15 | 80.0% |
| Deron Williams | 7 | 9 | 77.8% |
| Carmelo Anthony | 12 | 16 | 75.0% |
| Chris Bosh | 9 | 12 | 75.0% |
| Andrew Bynum | 6 | 8 | 75.0% |
| Kobe Bryant | 15 | 21 | 71.4% |
| LeBron James | 17 | 24 | 70.8% |
| Paul Pierce | 9 | 15 | 60.0% |
| Dwyane Wade | 6 | 10 | 60.0% |
| Roy Hibbert | 5 | 9 | 55.6% |
| Blake Griffin | 11 | 20 | 55.0% |
| Dwight Howard | 12 | 22 | 54.5% |
| Derrick Rose | 2 | 5 | 40.0% |
| Andre Iguodala | 3 | 10 | 30.0% |
| West total | 183 | 210 | 87.1% |
| East total | 98 | 151 | 64.9% |
The top nine West stars on the list above are an incredible 151-for-161 (94 percent) on free throws in clutch time. So as the game enters the final few minutes, the East would be best advised to keep their opponent off the line.
Check out more numerical notes from NBA.com/stats: East All-Stars | West All-Stars
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John Schuhmann is a staff writer for NBA.com. Send him an e-mail or follow him on twitter.
haha- look at rondo #3, who says the man can’t shoot free throws???
East is still taking it this year. 125 to 111.