And you get to the free throw line 20 times, you know. So if you get hot and make 9 to 10 of those 3s, you’re looking at 30 points right there. I think the amount of 3-point shots guys are taking too. “Usually, when you have those big explosive scoring nights, guys are getting to the free-throw line. “I think getting to the free-throw line is important,” Lue said. When asked why players might be going off at the level that they have been over the last two weeks, Lue cited two things primarily. I don’t know, guys are talented, and they want this to be an offensive game. And you know, I think the guys that are in the league are more talented than - I don’t know, I think the level of talent in the league is incredible right now. There’s a lot of space, and there’s a lot of space for guys to work. “The NBA is a very offensive game,” Zubac said. The jump shots come primarily from 3-point range instead of the midrange, and teams are taking advantage to score more efficiently in the paint. Now, you have eight individual players averaging at least nine 3-point attempts per game. Back in 1992-93, teams averaged only nine 3s attempted per game.

Teams are shooting 47.1 percent from the field so far this season, the highest in 30 years. Free throws are bouncing back as well, with the highest average attempts per game (23.7) in 12 seasons to go with a record 78 percent shooting from the line the highest for a full complete season is 77.8 percent set in 2020-21, when teams attempted the second-fewest free throws in league history (21.8). While the turnover percentage is the highest that it’s been in five years, the offensive rebound rate is also higher than it’s been in eight years, more than evening out the possession component of offense. That’s the highest since offensive rebounds and turnovers were first tracked (1973-74). Even though 3-point field goals made (12.2) and attempted (34.2) are down this season, with only a marginal increase in 3-point percentage (35.7, up from 35.4 last year but down from 36.7 percent in 2020-21), the leaguewide offensive rating is up to 113.6 points per 100 possessions ( per Basketball Reference).

8, teams are averaging 113.8 points per game - the most since NBA teams averaged 116.7 in 1969-70. The NBA is in the midst of a record offensive season. They might have a breakout year.’ But it’s hard to predict games like, ‘This guy’s going to score 70 or 60, 20-10,’ whatever.” “I always like think a few guys in the league before the season, I’m like, ‘They might have a good year this year.

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