Rather than allowing Shaq to dominate in the paint for an almost-certain two points, teams would send him to the line where he was likely to score just one point per possession. The math was clear ...

Shaq shot 59.2% from the free-throw line as a rookie. His career low was 42.2%, while his best clip was 62.2%. This weakness prompted teams to utilize the "Hack-a-Shaq" strategy, which involved ...

"We have no answer for Shaq. We're not gonna have any answer in this series. What we're gonna do…. we're just gonna Hack-A-Shaq, and he's gonna have to make free throws," Miller shared when he ...

Shaq's low free throw percentage led to the "Hack-a-Shaq" strategy, intentionally fouling players with low free-throw percentages.