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Rim shot: NBA scoring on the rise

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Scoring and shooting are historically at their lowest in the first month of the NBA season and then steadily climb. But that's not the way this season has started. To greet the new type of rims rolled in by the league last month, league-wide scoring has risen by nearly five points through the first seven days of the regular season compared to last season. Teams are averaging a hearty 99.96 points per game, up from 95.17 during the same span in 2008-09. So what gives? Conclusions are difficu ...

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