The Atlanta Hawks shot 35 for 102 last night in their 125-92 loss to the Suns. You don’t see many teams shoot the ball 100 times in regulation, and while I don’t have the database to check this out, shooting over 100 times yet score fewer than 100 points is certainly unique. 24 offensive rebounds by Atlanta and 19 blocked shots by the Phoenix defense helped fuel the statistical anomaly.

I was wondering how often teams shoot the ball more than 100 times in a game and was stunned to discover that the 1959-1960 Boston Celtics averaged over 119 field goal attempts per game. A lot of scoring and field goal records are still held by teams in the 1959-1962 time frame. I do a lot of work with pace and efficiency numbers in my basketball handicapping, and I’d love to see how some of the pace and efficiency stats from that run ‘n gun NBA era compare to those of today.