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Philadelphia star Markelle Fultz once again left the fans in turmoil as his strange saga of free throws took a dark turn.
Fultz has confused the fans after trying a free kick by pump against the Miami Heat but without success earlier this week.
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Playing against Utah jazz, Fultz was up again with a new, equally catchy routine.
Fultz's free-throwing techniques leave fans spinning. Pic: Getty
The former draft of the NBA No. 1's approached the free throw line before transferring the ball into his hands in the manner of a hot potato.
Curiously, the youngster made his first attempt with the unorthodox technique, before watching the second attempt rebound unsuccessfully.
Although this new technique is not as strange as the one that Heat's match has become viral, it's still far from conventional.
Fultz explained after Heat's match that the ball had escaped his hands, hence the reason for the fake pump simulacrum.
He pulled the ball out as he was going to shoot, then dropped it a few inches before releasing it.
"I mean, the ball slipped from my hand, so I had to do what I had to do," said Fultz, of Tim Bontemps, of ESPN.
"But I'm not really worried about it. I'm working on my game. The ball has just slipped. That's what happened."
The visible hitting of Fultz's free throws in the last two matches makes this explanation unlikely.
Philadelphia coach Brett Brown said he noticed the team on occasion.
"From time to time you will see it," he said.
"Then all of a sudden, he will come back and he will take fadeaway jump shots and look like a very fluid type of player, a type of fluid movement in his shot.
And then you will see others and you have no idea of any problem.
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Ben Simmons and Dante Exum had childhood dreams and battled in an NBA game for the first time, but the 76-year-old will still have a happier memory of the game.
Simmons totaled 10 points, eight rebounds and eight assists and played key games at the last minute of tension for the 76ers while Exum, coming off the bench, electrified the Jazz with seven points and four assists Friday in Philadelphia.
"He is an incredible passer," said Jimmy Butler, the new coach of the 76ers, congratulating Simmons after the Australian delivered a decisive pass for a winning basket late in the game, said.
"He knew I was going to be there.
"I take my hat off to him."
The other Australian Jazz, Joe Ingles, scored 14 points.
The very precise Ingles seemed ready to deliver the winner of the match after an open three-point attempt 40 seconds from the end and the Jazz two-pointers late, but he shot a ball.
The early partnership between Simmons and Butler looks promising. Pic: Getty
Simmons went from bad guy to hero in the last 90 seconds of the game as the teams fought their heads.
Simmons returned the ball with a waving pass that gave the Jazz a 107-105 lead, but came back with a flick of the finger and then found Butler cutting the basket with the precise pass for the decisive shooter.
The match also featured Simmons playing Donovan Mitchell of the Jazz, who scored 31 points, though it was 35 pitching attempts, 10 of which were missed.
Simmons beat Mitchell for the rookie title of the year last season after an acrimonious campaign in which Mitchell accused Simmons of not being a rookie because the Australian had been absent. Previous year with a broken foot.
Simmons and Exum, the two sons of NBL's US imports, grew up together in Australia playing in basketball games in the backyard and in junior teams and often spoke of the possibility of competing in the NBA .
The injuries of the past two years have cost the good friends the opportunity to confront each other.
Exum fell in his fight against Simmons 76ers. Pic: Getty
Kyrie Irving had the highest score of the season with 43 points, including four in overtime, and added 11 assists for the Boston Celtics return to defeat the Toronto Raptors 123-116.
Tyreke Evans, Domantas Sabonis and Cory Joseph led a team on a dominant bench of the game while host Indiana Pacers beat the Miami Heat 99-91.
Spencer Dinwiddie scored 25 points on the bench, while D'Angelo Russell added 23 while the visiting Brooklyn Nets defeated the Washington Wizards 115-104.
Andrew Wiggins scored 23 points, Derrick Rose had 17 points while the Minnesota Timberwolves continued to sail without Butler beating the Portland Trail Blazers 114-96.
Anthony Davis scored 43 points, a high in the season, 17 rebounds. The New Orleans Pelicans overcame an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the New York Knicks 129-124.
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