The average team in the NBA in 2018-2019 scored 111.2 points per game. The league has not seen such a high volume in scoring since the 1970-1971 season, which saw an average of 112.4. Likewise, teams connected on an all-time high of 11.4 three-point shots per game this season, proving that offensives are as potent as ever. And if you don’t rank among the upper echelon of the league in that regard, you better compensate with an elite defense. This was one of the New Orleans Pelicans’ Achilles’ Heels this year.
The Pelicans finished third in the league in points per game this past season with 115.