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- 82 NFL games in the top 100 most-watched TV shows of 2022 That football emoji at #35 is the 4-10 Broncos losing to the 4-10 Rams by 37 points on xmas... which got more viewers than any NBA game, any MLB game, any World Cup Game, the Oscars, or any scripted TV show
- Here's how the NBA Eastern Conference standings changed over the course of the season 👇
00:00 - 3-part hypothesis for why we're seeing so many insane stat lines in the NBA: 1) More heliocentrism ==> stars' usage rates are higher than ever
Would love to open up [gulp] discourse as to why the NBA is seeing these insane stat lines seemingly every night now - Pace (99.3) has remained stagnant - FT attempts are up a bit, but relatively stable - ORTG Efficiency is up 3 full points since 2020 What's your hypothesis? - The NBA's Eastern Conference this season was basically the opposite of the West The top 6 teams haven't changed since early February... The top 3 order hasn't changed since early December
00:00 - The Houston Rockets are rebounding 42% of their own missed shots so far this season The highest rate by any NBA team in the past decade is 35%
- Steve Ballmer's Intuit Dome "Wall" may have actually worked at making Clippers opponents miss free throws 👀
- Replying to @rodgerI took a stab at answering here. Two theories: (1) Selective breeding has reached its limit due to reduction of genetic variation (2) People care about breaking records. Horses don't
- After decades of 3s being much more efficient than 2s in the NBA, teams have finally adjusted their shot profiles such that the 3s and 2s both generate nearly exactly 1.09 points per shot
- They don't call Dyson Daniels "The Great Barrier Thief" for nothing
- Replying to @YossiGozlanI mean the Pacers did give them both Jeremy Lambs
- The Western Conference had more All-NBA players than the Eastern Conference for the 26th straight season ‼️
- The Houston Rockets are rebounding their own misses at an absolutely unreal rate
