by Mike Foss, USA TODAY

Phone Suns forward Michael Beasley missed two free throw attempts during last night’s 102-90 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Not terribly unusual for Beasley, who is shooting 72% from the charity stripe this year.

What is bizarre is Beasley’s reason for the misses.

“I had to scare the gremlins away,” he said. “Those gremlins are always messing with me.”

Just so we are all clear, this is what Michael Beasley sees when shooting free throws:

Wait, Beasley was also shooting just over 60% from the line last year with the Timberwolves, so maybe he’s seeing this instead:

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