League going through scoring boom

NBA scoring is up. Way up. At this pace, that won’t change anytime soon. Through the first eight full days of this season, NBA teams are averaging 113.4 points per game, the highest rate in 49 years. Teams are averaging 91 field-goal attempts per game, up five shots from last season, and the league is on an early pace to set records for 3-pointers made and attempted for the seventh straight year.

“I think guys are just getting more comfortable offensively in their games,” Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry said. “I think everyone is just expanding, with the centers shooting 3s. I think that just opens the floor up a lot more. ... It makes it more of an exciting game.”

As recently as the 2014-15 season, teams were reaching the 100-point mark 51.5 percent of the time. So far this season, that figure is at 88.2 percent.

“The whole dynamic of the game has changed,” Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan said. “The rules force you to play at a high speed. Tempo is getting pushed.”