Quick NBA Basketball Stat

Remember all those new NBA hand-check rules that began last year? The ones designed to increase scoring and make games more fun to watch?

Well, some games might have had way too many fouls called, with guys seemingly standing on the line more than anyplace else, but here are a few end results of that rule change:

NBA Scoring went up, from 91.6 to 97.5 points per game.
NBA Shooting went up, from 43.7% to 44.9%

Perhaps if players learn to keep their hands to themselves, the hand-check rules will turn out to be nothing but positive as far as keeping games pretty and fun to watch goes.

Or, is the league ruining the way the game should be played?

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8/21/2000
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