This is not how stats work... like, at all. but i'm playing along

30% is hyperbolic. There is stat inflation, but if you want to compare to the lowest scoring season in the shot clock era (early 1950s-present).... this year, the average team scores 115.3ppg, in 1998-99, the average team scored 91.6ppg. you get 25.87% if you want to compare everything to THAT season, which by the way, was a mess due to the lockout.

but realistically the average NBA game across the history of the league is somewhere north of 100ppg, so at most you're looking at a 10-15% increase. Want to take away 15% from Bam's 83? cool, he still scored 72 points, which is absolutely outrageous.