The Warriors and Mavs combined for 48 made 3s - the most ever in regulation NBA history

[concise]

How the hell is it chucking if it is working? No team has ever come close to going 50 percent from 3 in a season.


And this board glorifies a lot of volume shooters that played 20 years ago and couldn't shoot 50 percent overall.

They attempted a combined 95 three's

nikkas ain't talking about the 47 bricks from beyond the arc, guess that won't make the headline Adam..

Here's a simple rules change, three's only count if they are consecutive, the first attempt is a bonus. If you miss one, the following attempt is a 2 pointer, or better yet, a 1 pointer because fukk it, these teams need to suffer and stop being rewarded for chucking half the game away

 

[MikelArteta]

plpease you have soft cacs like sam hauser getting minutes but laimbeer wouldn't make it in this nba?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

YET THIS ISNT A TOP 30
SCORING GAME OF ALL TIME.

THIS IS WHAT GIL WAS TALKING ABOUT
THE MATH AINT MATHING.

YOU MAKE THE MOST THREES EVER
YET TEAMS HAVE SCORED MORE
PTS THAN THIS WITH MINIMUM THREES

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Context is important.

Not every game is played at the same pace, so not every game has the same amount of possesions; it's also not taking into account the level of defense that's being played either. Typically, higher-paced games are going to have less defense (depending on the era). Just because the Warriors/Mavs broke the record for 3s, doesn't mean they played at the same pace as those games where more points were scored.

I'm not sure why the obviousness of this needs to be pointed out.

Not every game has the same amount of possessions.

Let's look at the highest scoring game in NBA history -

186-184 between the Nuggets and Pistons in 1983. If we remove the points during the overtimes, the score would've been 145-145 at the end of regulation. If we look at the estimated pace of that game it's 112 possessions. In the highest scoring game in NBA history it took the Pistons and Nuggets an estimate 224 possessions to score 290 points.

If we look at the Warriors vs. Mavs, they scored 276 points in only 202 possessions.

The '83 Nuggets/Pistons had 22 more possessions than the '24 Warriors/Mavs, but only scored 14 more points. And that's before we take into account that worse quality defense was played during that '83 game too.

Essentially, the Warriors/Mavs generated more points per possession than the highest scoring game in NBA history.

The math is mathing.

NBA Highest Scoring Games in the Regular Season - Top 50

This list shows the Regular Season games with the most points scored in NBA history including the total points of both teams.

www.landofbasketball.com

It's not even close to Top 50.

That's a list of games where a good majority of them have multiple overtimes.

You either need to funnel out the games without any OT, or you remove all the points from the OT games. Then you scale the games on how many possessions were had because not every game has the same amount of possessions (every game is played at a different pace). Then you have to take into account the degree of defense being played.

In short, you can't really cross reference games from different eras in a superficial manner like this.

 

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nikkas ain't talking about the 47 bricks from beyond the arc, guess that won't make the headline Adam..

Here's a simple rules change, three's only count if they are consecutive, the first attempt is a bonus. If you miss one, the following attempt is a 2 pointer, or better yet, a 1 pointer because fukk it, these teams need to suffer and stop being rewarded for chucking half the game away

Y'all stay coming up with these dumb ass rule change ideas

 

[Everythingg]

‘90s players couldn’t hit 48 threes in an empty gym on 100 attempts.

A friend asked me why 90s players would be better in this era while modern players would be worse in the 90s and I told him I’d take it to the coli. Have an answer?


For an example, would Larry Johnson be better if he played today? Would Zion be worse if he played in the 99s?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

YET THIS ISNT A TOP 30
SCORING GAME OF ALL TIME.

THIS IS WHAT GIL WAS TALKING ABOUT
THE MATH AINT MATHING.

YOU MAKE THE MOST THREES EVER
YET TEAMS HAVE SCORED MORE
PTS THAN THIS WITH MINIMUM THREES


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Here's the short version of why the math is mathing -

Warriors had a 131 ORTG
Mavs had a 141 ORTG.

The highest scoring game in NBA history -

Nuggets had an est. 126 ORTG
Pistons had an est. 125 ORTG.

Marinate on that.



It's not about how many points you score (in total), it's how many points you score per possession. That's what you need to focus on.

 

[Remote]

The coli: I'm fine if they actually make threes. But teams just be chucking shots. I'm an NBA fan. I swear.

(Historic amount of made threes)

The coli: I won't celebrate or admire this feat. I will just avoid the subject and bash OP for talking down to me and upping my comments to highlight my own ignorance against me.

 

[Everythingg]

In the other thread about the Bulls/Hornets missing a record number of 3s, nobody said that great defense was the cause of them missing shots.

Why would we call it good defense when it’s a show of no adjustment when something’s not working? You’d think if the 3 is not falling that they’d switch up but that would mean going against spreadsheet cac analyst babble so we’re left to see teams shooting 3s whether they’re good at it/making it or not. Barely any teams with distinct styles like mid 2000s Pistons vs Spurs vs Suns etc…

 

[CrimsonTider]

I'm glad this post was made.

It really speaks to the perspective of how y'all view today's game.

In the other thread about the Bulls/Hornets missing a record number of 3s, nobody said that great defense was the cause of them missing shots. But when teams are making a record amount of 3s, it means there's no defense being played. The line of thinking doesn't really line up, does it?

It doesn't matter if teams are making 3s or missing 3s, y'all will still find a way to hate on it.

There’s no defense. It’s never been easier to get to and score at the rim

 

[In The Zone '98]

There’s no defense. It’s never been easier to get to and score at the rim

You wouldn't know based on the amount of 3s taken

 

[Luke Cage]

Most made threes in nba history. Was it the most entertaining game as well?
For all the people out that love the long ball game. This surely was classic game for the ages that you will put in your top 5

 

[Raquinotj]

plpease you have soft cacs like sam hauser getting minutes but laimbeer wouldn't make it in this nba?

 

[Uitomy]

Most made threes in nba history. Was it the most entertaining game as well?
For all the people out that love the long ball game. This surely was classic game for the ages that you will put in your top 5

See that's what it comes down to, most posters don't understand the 3 ball game just isn't that astheticallynpleasing or entertaining

Mainly because the only type of shot most players take is a spot up three


We just need more general starters and role players hitting moves and shooting 3s in traffic and people will be more excited

 

[Bleed The Freak]

There needs to be a per quarter limit on 3 pointers until the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter

 

[KFBF]

Get rid of corner threes and move the line back.