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could've swore the 80s pace was way faster then it is now. It didn't come to a crawl till the 90s iirc.It’s not an opinion, league average ppg was higher then.
Also, can’t talk about physicality without also talking about the old illegal defense rule that made it easier to iso because the help defenders had to either hard double or stick with their man but no in-between. Couldn’t have help defenders waiting on the strong side of the floor like you can now. That’s why the league is way more pick and roll heavy now.