Pace

How many possessions or plays a team generates per game.

Pace determines how many scoring opportunities a game contains. Two teams with identical efficiency will post very different raw point totals if one plays fast and the other slow, which is why per-possession metrics are the fair comparison.

Pace also shapes variance. Faster games contain more possessions, which pulls results closer to the underlying team quality; very slow games leave more room for a single sequence to decide the outcome.

Projected pace for a specific matchup is usually a blend of both teams' tendencies rather than either one alone.

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