Devin Booker’s scoring as a teenager was a great achievement. Mirza Teletovic set the NBA record for the most 3 pointers off the bench in a single season.
There is one additional achievement that made me take a second look: this was the fastest Suns team since 1992-93, according to Pace from basketball-reference.com.
Immediately this struck me as wrong.
The Steve Nash lead teams must have been faster than this team. They were, and I’ll show you why. First, a couple definitions:
Pace: Estimate of the number of possessions a team has per 48 minutes played.