Wade's shots from under the basket accounted for over 60% of his total shots, with the majority of his offense being completed there.
Frequent whistling made sense,
but an average of 9.9 free-throw opportunities per game still blinded most of the media.
They had thought that after entering the playoffs, of the first round's four games, only one game reached 10 fouls, with the others all below nine, the least being "just" six. They believed the referees had finally stopped favoring him.
However, in the first game of the semifinals against the Wizards, he was awarded 19 free-throw opportunities.
Arenas and his teammates were all numbed!
In the end, in the five-game series, Wade had games with over 15 free-throw attempts more than three times...
Barkley had this to say about Wade: "I'm not denying Dwayne's abilities, but with such a number of free throws, I think Shaquille could team up with his grandma and still beat the Wizards."