Shaquille O'Neal Is Stunned After Nic Claxton Broke His Record For The Most Missed Free Throws To Start A Playoff Game

Shaquille O'Neal was the personification of dominance during his prime, seemingly no one could even slow Shaq down when he was going at it. There was just one way that teams could do anything about O'Neal's offense, and that was to foul him and send him to the free-throw line. Thankfully for them, that's the one area where Shaq struggled majorly, making just over 50% of his free throws throughout his career. 

This meant he held a very dubious record, which is that of missing the most consecutive free throws to start a playoff game. But all records must be broken, and Brooklyn Nets' man Nic Claxton became the person to break this one in Game 4 against the Boston Celtics, where he missed a whopping 10 free throws to start the game. 

Considering that the Nets eventually lost by 4 points, Claxton will feel like there was something he could have done to ensure his team at least won a game and was able to go out on a better note than being swept. The Nets stars will take the lion's share of the blame for this exit, but Claxton's performance from the line was a serious factor, and he even managed to amaze the man whose record he broke.