Overview
- Through the season’s opening stretch, the league-wide offensive rating sits at 115.7, a mark that would set an all-time high if it holds.
- Teams are grabbing about 31% of their own misses per NBA.com tracking, the highest offensive-rebound rate in nearly two decades.
- Free-throw attempts have jumped to 25.3 per 100 possessions from 21.8 last season, the highest since 2010–11, while league accuracy is a record 79%.
- Preseason points of emphasis target closeouts and straight-line drives, and foul data show a rise in shooting fouls on threes to 1.3% and on drives to 8.2%.
- Three-point frequency and accuracy are roughly unchanged from last season, indicating the scoring surge is coming from extra possessions and whistles rather than long-range volume.