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The “Algebra” of NBA Over-time Competition, circa 2020

About a minute-and-a-half into Overtime last Monday in Minnesota, an old-fashioned three-point play by Sacramento backcourt man De’Aaron Fox pushed NBA OT scoring for the 2019-20 campaign to exactly 1,000 points … in reality, not a proportionally significant component (slightly over one-half of one percent) of the nearly 158,000 points that have been scored in the season’s first 98 “playing dates” and 712 games (through Wednesday’s play).

Craig Lassig, AP

Wednesday’s Pacers-Bulls encounter in Indiana was this year’s 46th OT contest, two of which have extended to a second session – adding up to 240 OT minutes, the equivalent of five 48-minute games.