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Scoring on the rise? Let's investigate ...

By John Hollinger
ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Remember back in the halcyon days of, oh, 24 hours ago, when it seemed like a tidal wave of offense was about to swamp the league? Our Marc Stein reported Tuesday that shooting numbers were up -- way up -- all across the league, as was offense overall through the first seven days of the season. And Marc was right. Alas, in the early part of the season, one bad day (or one good one) can radically alter the numbers. And so it went Tuesday night. Eighteen teams were in action, and only five of ...

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