NBA scores go up thanks to 3-pointers

An average of 20 points used to join the All-Star team. So far this season, 43 (!) players have averaged over 20 points per game. That’s almost a third of starters across the league. So why are the NBA scoreboards working overtime?

First, players have incredible attack skills. You can hear fans complain that he “doesn’t play defense” for NBA teams. don’t believe it The NBA is highly competitive and players play hard on both ends of the court. But superstars like Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers, Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks are so good it’s almost impossible to stop them.

Second, almost everyone in the NBA can shoot a 3-pointer. 31 players hit more than 40% of his long bombs. More importantly, 125 players have sunk at least a third of his three-point shots.

Why is it important? Because if a player hits his 3-point shot at that speed, he scores as many points as he sunk half of his 2-point shot. It looks like most of the league is hitting more than half of their shots from the field. No wonder the team is scoring so many goals.

There have been other periods in history when scores have risen. When the NBA began his 1946–1947 season, teams were typically scoring 60–80 points per game. Scoring then began once the league introduced his 24-second clock into his 1954–1955 season. By the 1960-1961 season, every NBA team (just eight) was averaging more than his 110 points per game.

But the teams back then scored differently than they do today. First, the 1960s didn’t have his three-point shot. Every shot from the field counted as two points, no matter how far. A three-point shooter from 1979 he was introduced to the NBA during the 1980 season.

Teams in the early 1960s shot a lot and made a lot of mistakes. The reigning Boston Celtics made just under 40% of his shots during his 1960-1961 season. The lowest shooting teams in the NBA today make about 45% of their shots. Lessons for kids who want to play hoops? Practice shooting. My score keeps going up.