In reply to: Fouls to give do not roll over. posted by miamioh_irishfan
Seems like it didn't work out. Incidentally, I've seen this several times over the years at all levels of basketball, up to the NBA and Olympics. It's harder than you'd think for highly skilled athletes to miss a FT on purpose.
She assumed she needed to, mouthed (or yelled) to the sideline to confirm, and then rushed a line drive shot that unfortunately went in, after which she was visibly frustrated.
It's really darn hard to miss on purpose in such a way that you can get a tap in with 1.9 seconds.
it's hard to miss in such a way to maixmize your team getting a rebound. They didn't need a tip-in at that point, but Arike's task was still very difficult, and I suspect exhaustion had much to do with her missing only when she didn't want to.