Matt Boland

Do Matt Boland's games see more free throws?

In 2024-25 Matt Boland worked 37 NBA games at 16.6 drawn free throws per 100 possessions, against a league rate of 17.9 over the same span.

Matt Boland: drawn free throws per 100 possessions by season, against each season's league rate
SeasonGamesPossFTA / 100League
2020-2142832916.117.4
2021-22551076515.717.1
2022-23531062419.018.9
2023-2434662117.817.7
2024-2537722616.617.9

What this does not measure: assignments are not random, crew tendency is already one of the context features the expected-free-throw model adjusts for, and no player-by-official split is published. It is not evidence of bias.

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