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That time Tim Duncan offered to buy Pop a car if he missed a free throw

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Gregg Popovich has always been known for his hardnosed style of coaching, but there is also his humorous side, and sometimes both can come out at the same time. At the same time, if Tim Duncan had one weakness to his game, it was that he was never a great free-throw shooter. His career average was just under 70 percent, and his numbers could ebb wildly from season-to-season, with his career high being 81.7 percent in 2012-13, and his low was 59% in 2003-04. (I recall correctly, he became a target for Hack-a-Tim that season.)

Now combine those two aspects of Timmy and Pop together, and you have a game from the 2009-10 season (when he shot 72.