The target score is the latest addition to the NBA’s quest to make the game more competitive, something that players have wanted for some time. […] “We’ve been very focused on making it more competitive, making it more exciting and making it fun,” Spruell said. “And we’ve had a great collaboration with the union. For this year’s game, we really focused on what new things we could do to make it a really competitive game where each quarter mattered in this case.”