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Inside the NBA numbers: A look at the season's stats
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Boston Celtics' Jayson Tatum, right, and Derrick White react during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors, Friday, April 7, 2023, in Boston. - photo by AP Photo/Michael Dwyer
Scoring was up in the NBA this season, to a level not seen in more than a half-century. NBA teams averaged 114.7 points per game. That’s the ninth-highest figure in the league’s 77 seasons and the most since teams averaged 116.7 per game in 1969-70.