Magic center Howard smashes 50-year-old NBA free-throw record
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Orlando Magic All-Star center Dwight Howard Thursday smashed Wilt Chamberlain's 50-year-old NBA record for the most free-throw attempts in a game -- shooting 39 times from the charity stripe as Orlando beat the Golden State Warriors 117-109 in Oakland.
Howard, a dreadful free-throw shooter, hit 21 of the foul shots and added 12 of 21 from the field to end up with a career-high 45 points and 23 rebounds.
Hall of Fame center Chamberlain set the previous record of 34 free-throw attempts in a game against St Louis in 1962 -- putting 19 of those through the hoop.
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Howard has averaged less than 60 percent from the foul line for all but one season since entering the NBA in 2004, but has gotten markedly worse this year -- averaging around 43 percent.
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