Melbourne United has been the NBL’s best team all season but must overcome its “mental” demons to beat the Illawarra Hawks and reach a fourth grand final series in seven years.
Seven-time MVP Andrew Gaze says that is United’s harsh reality and the league’s No. 1 side faces a battle of the mind to defeat the Hawks.
Melbourne has been the NBL’s benchmark but it has one weakness – free-throw shooting.
United is ranked last from the penalty stripe this season at an accuracy of just 69 per cent.
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The issue has plagued Melbourne throughout the playoff series against Illawarra.
United went 15-25 from the line in game one but held on in overtime to defeat the Hawks.
Melbourne wasn’t so lucky in the 113-108 overtime loss to Illawarra on Sunday when its 15-24 record from the…
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