Incomplete unless you include points in the paint.
Points in the paint disappearing is why the NBA blows now
What happened in 1994-95 with 3P? Was it just a coincidence or were there any rule changes that caused that noticeable bump?
I don’t play basketball, could anyone explain what FG and FT are?
Defenders probably don’t want to foul on 3s leading to fewer FTs
I would use per possession stats, instead of per game stats, since the pace of play has varied over the years
Is it an accurate takeaway to say that because both FG and 3P are going up while FT are going down, that in general defense is less a part of the game?
This is a really terrible way to answer the question you’re asking. You’ve used made FG per game and made 3P per game to try to show a trend, but 3P made are included in FG made. You’d have to subtract 3P from FG to get 2P made per game to try to answer your question. As it stands, 3P going up also increases FG, and all this chart really demonstrates is an increase in total scoring since about 2000.
You need to separate out 2 point shots to answer your question. FG is not another type of shot. 3P is included in it
In case anyone’s curious, that bump in the 90’s occurred immediately after John Starks’ nightmare game 7 in the 1994 NBA finals where he went 2-for-18 and 0-for-11 from 3.
No idea what the hell that means.
Your data is incomplete unless you look at field goals *attempted*, not just made. Therefore, to really answer your question, you need FGA per game and 3PA per game over time. 3P% would be a useful stat as well, as would total scoring.
I think, in its current state, this isn’t really useable. I’d switch to attempts over made FGs, since it’ll ignore success rate. Some secondary stats that would be good to include could be the made % at different distance bands to see if the space created from increased 3pt shooting leads to more efficient looks inside, average total points per game, and pace to help describe how the game has changed.
I thought either last season or the season before 3pt/game surpassed 2pt/game
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You should group FGs by distance. I would think the long two and midrange are less common in the modern game.
The data was taken from [https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_stats_per_game.html](https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_stats_per_game.html) . I wanted to highlight that the FG & 3p trend in the same direction
Incomplete unless you include points in the paint.
Points in the paint disappearing is why the NBA blows now
What happened in 1994-95 with 3P? Was it just a coincidence or were there any rule changes that caused that noticeable bump?
I don’t play basketball, could anyone explain what FG and FT are?
Defenders probably don’t want to foul on 3s leading to fewer FTs
I would use per possession stats, instead of per game stats, since the pace of play has varied over the years
Is it an accurate takeaway to say that because both FG and 3P are going up while FT are going down, that in general defense is less a part of the game?
This is a really terrible way to answer the question you’re asking. You’ve used made FG per game and made 3P per game to try to show a trend, but 3P made are included in FG made. You’d have to subtract 3P from FG to get 2P made per game to try to answer your question. As it stands, 3P going up also increases FG, and all this chart really demonstrates is an increase in total scoring since about 2000.
I tried a couple of charts myself
[https://imgur.com/a/iniOrsH](https://imgur.com/a/iniOrsH)
You need to separate out 2 point shots to answer your question. FG is not another type of shot. 3P is included in it
In case anyone’s curious, that bump in the 90’s occurred immediately after John Starks’ nightmare game 7 in the 1994 NBA finals where he went 2-for-18 and 0-for-11 from 3.
No idea what the hell that means.
Your data is incomplete unless you look at field goals *attempted*, not just made. Therefore, to really answer your question, you need FGA per game and 3PA per game over time. 3P% would be a useful stat as well, as would total scoring.
I think, in its current state, this isn’t really useable. I’d switch to attempts over made FGs, since it’ll ignore success rate. Some secondary stats that would be good to include could be the made % at different distance bands to see if the space created from increased 3pt shooting leads to more efficient looks inside, average total points per game, and pace to help describe how the game has changed.
I thought either last season or the season before 3pt/game surpassed 2pt/game
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