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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 1734474, member: 5685"] I agree with this. But it hasn't happened until the last few seasons. It is interesting that the scoring started going down in 1996. Teams scored more in the early to mid 90s. Only three years ago the ppg minus FTs in the NBA was 81.4 compared to 1996 being at 80 ppg. So with a more open game we were seeing the average team score only 1.4 more points in play. The dark ages were really 1997 to 2007. All 11 of those season teams scored less points from baskets than in 1996. The last 3 years have been great as teams have averaged about 3 more points per game each. It is interesting that of the last 25 seasons 1993 was 2nd best compared to this season being the best. [/QUOTE]