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How did nba games in the early 2000s sometimes end with 80-78ish scores?
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:22 pm
83-79 lakers beat Boston in game 7 in 2010. There are plenty of scores like this during that time period. A team has to play absolutely horrible, worse than Detroit tonight to score that few points. Guess it was rebound, walk it up, run the clock, run plays, dump down….still don’t see how it’s possible
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Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:23 pm to JamalMurry27
Teams played defense, refs called violations.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:24 pm to JamalMurry27
Full 24 seconds on offensive rebounds, less three point attempts
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:24 pm to JerryTheKingBawler
Team play defense now. I’ve seems tons of defensive effort this playoff. Violations on the other hand…
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:27 pm to JerryTheKingBawler
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Teams played defense, refs called violations.
We're doing the "they played defense back in my day" with the early 2000s now?
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:28 pm to JamalMurry27
You could hand check
You could double team away from the ball
You could play zone
Driving to the hole was extremely high risk
You could double team away from the ball
You could play zone
Driving to the hole was extremely high risk
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:31 pm to JamalMurry27
Bad offenses. No athletes
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:31 pm to genro
I think the fact is rosters weren’t filled with all offensive talent. Most everyone on a team can shoot somewhat decent or score somehow. But mainly it’s the 3s. I remember rip Hamilton fighting around screens for mid range 2s. He was automatic
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:32 pm to JamalMurry27
More defense
Fewer three's
Analytics figuring out shooting long 2's isn't worth it
Fewer three's
Analytics figuring out shooting long 2's isn't worth it
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 9:33 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:32 pm to saintsfan22
quote:thunder sweep 05 pistons!!!
they played defense back in my day" with the early 2000s now?
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:39 pm to JamalMurry27
Teams were all built around big guys down low. Bruisers who protected the rim physically. This was the predominant basketball theory all the way from George Mikan so pretty much all teams were built that way. Like the idea of a guard being the dominant player was thought to be pretty much impossible. MJ changed it all and changed the way teams were built
Posted on 5/17/26 at 10:05 pm to JamalMurry27
Much bigger teams often with multiple non offensive, oversized centers to counter Shaq. The only reason people think of players like Tim Duncan, Rasheed Wallace or Kevin Garnett as forwards is because Shaq played in their era. If those guys played right now they’d be dominating the NBA as Centers. You also had a large influx of young, HS players who didn’t have a clue what they were doing which bogged down offenses as well.
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 10:12 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 10:07 pm to JamalMurry27
Nope
Posted on 5/17/26 at 10:11 pm to genro
quote:
You could hand check
You could double team away from the ball
You could play zone
Driving to the hole was extremely high risk
You also had isolation taking the entire shot clock for one attempt.
Watching Mark Jackson back a guy down for half an hour was painful.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 10:11 pm to genro
quote:
You could hand check
This is a huge part of it. Freedom of movement era changed how the game was played.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 10:31 pm to JerryTheKingBawler
quote:Lol this **** here
Teams played defense, refs called violations.
Lebron played then
There was no defense
Posted on 5/17/26 at 10:33 pm to genro
quote:What year?
Driving to the hole was extremely high risk
Posted on 5/18/26 at 4:26 am to JamalMurry27
We had a 93-79 game and a 98-78 game on the same night in the playoffs a few weeks ago.
There were a lot of low scoring games in the Magic/Pistons series.
There were a lot of low scoring games in the Magic/Pistons series.
Posted on 5/18/26 at 4:38 am to JamalMurry27
Teams literally couldn’t play defense. It was man to man only. They would just clear out the lane and go ISO. shite was lame
Posted on 5/18/26 at 5:28 am to ReauxlTide222
quote:But I bet you’ll tell me there was defense in the 80s.
There was no defense
FYI, the 80s were the highest scoring decade.
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