Alberto Baena

Do Alberto Baena's games see more free throws?

In 2025-26 Alberto Baena worked 23 Liga ACB games at 27.6 drawn free throws per 100 possessions, against a league rate of 28.6 over the same span.

Alberto Baena: drawn free throws per 100 possessions by season, against each season's league rate
SeasonGamesPossFTA / 100League
2020-2126380822.922.8
2021-2220299323.523.3
2022-2323341124.223.8
2023-2424363622.324.9
2024-2524370625.925.6
2025-2623356727.628.6

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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