Relative to possessions played, the …

Relative to possessions played, the restart games have been higher movement than average in almost 58 percent of seeding games (including over 62 percent of games in the first week of the restart) exceeded the seasonal median movement for games of a given possession length. So, higher pace plus higher movement relative to pace, what does that mean for the amount players are doing on the floor? Recall the trend pre-shutdown: And then what happened? So yes, our eyes are telling us the truth, guys really are flying around out there. This will be worth monitoring heading into the postseason, as one suspects this peripatetic movement and the high foul rates we’ve seen (and documented) thus far could be related. Which is a perfect time for me to point out that after spending the first week-plus of bubble play in the stratosphere, foul rates have returned to normal in recent days, though Sunday saw a big leap back to the bad place: