Casual NBA fan here... what is up with the ridiculous scores? Is it basically uncontested 3 point contest and layup drills?

The NBA didn't believe there were enough trips to the free throw line every night, so the refs were told to tighten up on the touch fouls.

I expect a team like the Rockets or Warriors to put up 90-100 points in a half at least once this year.

Combination of a couple things, the biggest of which;

- New "freedom of movement" rules which governs touch fouls on off-ball players. Hopefully like the new QB rules in weeks 1/2 of the NFL, these nba refs are just making a point early.

- It's the first week of the season. Every year across the board, teams play fast (they're usually healthy and rested). The pace will naturally slow down as the minutes, games, and injuries stack up.

I expect the avg scoring to normalize after another week or two.

Don't forget the new rule that resets the shot clock to 14 instead of 24 after an offensive rebound is pushing scoring up too.

Iowaggie said:

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The NBA didn't believe there were enough trips to the free throw line every night, so the refs were told to tighten up on the touch fouls.

I expect a team like the Rockets or Warriors to put up 90-100 points in a half at least once this year.

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Warriors hit that tonight...92 against the Bulls. 42 point halftime lead. Damn.

Now I could see the Warriors trying to get 100 points in the first half some night (just out of boredom), and while it could certainly be against a bad team defensive team like the Wizards, Hawks, or Cavs, I could also see them trying to do it as a challenge against a "good" defensive team.

The KD move to GS was terrible for the NBA product on the floor. It's going to have long lasting reverberations because of how successful they've been. Probably good for the NBA from a publicity standpoint overall, but I just don't get as excited watching games between my non-teams as I used to (I'm a Spurs fan)

MookieBlaylock said:

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Jordan was asked what he would average with the new NBA rules and he said probably 20 a night

The reporter said but Mike you averaged 30 a game and 34 in the playoffs

Jordan replied yeah but I am 55 years old

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Did he really say this? What a legend.

Iowaggie said:

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The NBA didn't believe there were enough trips to the free throw line every night, so the refs were told to tighten up on the touch fouls.

I expect a team like the Rockets or Warriors to put up 90-100 points in a half at least once this year.

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I don't have any data on this, but it seems like it's starting to trend back down a bit over the last week. We're still seeing high scoring games, but it doesn't seem to be as frequent. Could be wrong, though.