Team USA was the heavy favorites to win the Men's Basketball tournament, and today it went onto making records in its Nigeria 156-73 win against Nigeria. What's more impressive about the score, particularly putting it into perspectives for American fans used to the NBA style, is that the Olympics games are only 40 minutes long in regulation, as opposed to the 48 in NBA. Keeping the constant ratio, the 156 points would've translated to 156 / 40 * 48 = 187.2 points over a 48-minute period.
The NBA record for the most number of points in one game is 186, scored by Detroit against Denver in 1983. Furthermore, that game went into the third overtime period. Detroit won 186-184, as the teams combined for 370 points, another NBA record. The margin of victory from today's game (83) also shattered the NBA record of 68. The NBA record for the fewest number of points in a game of the modern era is 49, recorded by Chicago in 1999. That is nearly only a quarter of (specific factor difference of 3.82) the number of points Team USA scored today, by using the projected score over 48 minutes.
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