how many shots do nba teams take per game in the 1960s

The Boston Celtics had 114 shot attempts when playing >0 games against the San Diego Rockets on March 24, 1969.

Interpreted as:
How many shots do NBA teams take per regular-season game in the 1960s?
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1Celtics
Celtics
3/24/1969
114
1
BOS BOS
SDR SDR
W
111-107
240
111
72
25
40
35.1
31
41
75.6
42.0
35
2Rockets
Rockets
3/24/1969
104
1
SDR SDR
BOS BOS
L
107-111
240
107
79
18
34
32.7
39
55
70.9
41.7
26
3Royals
Royals
3/24/1969
80
1
CIN CIN
@
PHI PHI
W
125-119
240
125
51
34
45
56.3
35
45
77.8
62.6
30
476ers
76ers
3/24/1969
102
1
PHI PHI
vs
CIN CIN
L
119-125
240
119
47
28
46
45.1
27
40
67.5
49.7
33
5Celtics
Celtics
3/23/1969
124
1
BOS BOS
vs
BAL BAL
W
126-98
240
126
78
25
55
44.4
16
22
72.7
47.1
28
6Bullets
Bullets
3/23/1969
111
1
BAL BAL
@
BOS BOS
L
98-126
240
98
67
13
38
34.2
22
34
64.7
38.9
14
7Pistons
Pistons
3/23/1969
113
1
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
W
158-114
240
158
68
32
67
59.3
24
32
75.0
62.2
15
8Bulls
Bulls
3/23/1969
119
1
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
L
114-158
240
114
37
12
49
41.2
16
23
69.6
44.1
17
9Knicks
Knicks
3/23/1969
102
1
NYK NYK
@
LAL LAL
L
111-128
240
111
36
29
47
46.1
17
22
77.3
49.7
20
10Lakers
Lakers
3/23/1969
91
1
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
W
128-111
240
128
62
36
54
59.3
20
25
80.0
62.7
19
11Bucks
Bucks
3/23/1969
101
1
MIL MIL
@
PHX PHX
W
128-118
240
128
68
21
47
46.5
34
42
81.0
53.6
26
12Suns
Suns
3/23/1969
108
1
PHX PHX
vs
MIL MIL
L
118-128
240
118
54
20
44
40.7
30
39
76.9
47.1
25
13Hawks
Hawks
3/23/1969
98
1
ATL ATL
@
SDR SDR
L
121-128
240
121
51
25
42
42.9
37
46
80.4
51.2
28
14Rockets
Rockets
3/23/1969
99
1
SDR SDR
vs
ATL ATL
W
128-121
240
128
49
20
51
51.5
26
35
74.3
55.9
30
1576ers
76ers
3/22/1969
101
1
PHI PHI
@
BAL BAL
W
116-108
240
116
57
19
46
45.5
24
32
75.0
50.4
24
16Bullets
Bullets
3/22/1969
97
1
BAL BAL
vs
PHI PHI
L
108-116
240
108
58
19
44
45.4
20
30
66.7
49.0
23
17Royals
Royals
3/22/1969
108
1
CIN CIN
vs
SEA SEA
W
134-127
240
134
58
36
54
50.0
26
37
70.3
53.9
31
18SuperSonics
SuperSonics
3/22/1969
100
1
SEA SEA
@
CIN CIN
L
127-134
240
127
53
22
44
44.0
39
50
78.0
52.0
25
19Rockets
Rockets
3/22/1969
111
1
SDR SDR
vs
MIL MIL
L
106-120
240
106
51
23
40
36.0
26
34
76.5
42.1
26
20Bucks
Bucks
3/22/1969
102
1
MIL MIL
@
SDR SDR
W
120-106
240
120
69
25
47
46.1
26
36
72.2
50.9
29
21Knicks
Knicks
3/22/1969
103
1
NYK NYK
@
SFW SFW
W
117-90
240
117
57
28
49
47.6
19
26
73.1
51.1
19
22Warriors
Warriors
3/22/1969
98
1
SFW SFW
vs
NYK NYK
L
90-117
240
90
59
9
33
33.7
24
28
85.7
40.8
19
23Celtics
Celtics
3/21/1969
123
1
BOS BOS
CIN CIN
W
145-119
240
145
60
60
48.8
25
30
83.3
53.2
28
24Royals
Royals
3/21/1969
101
1
CIN CIN
BOS BOS
L
119-145
240
119
62
43
42.6
33
39
84.6
50.4
20
25Bullets
Bullets
3/21/1969
106
1
BAL BAL
@
CHI CHI
W
115-103
240
115
60
13
49
46.2
17
25
68.0
49.1
23
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1982-83 season.

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119.6

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114.9

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4.7

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35.7

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Bulls Bulls
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76ers 76ers
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.529
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Sat
11/29
BOS BOS
@
MIN MIN
5:00 PM
Sun
11/30
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
6:00 PM
Tue
12/2
NYK NYK
@
BOS BOS
8:00 PM
Thu
12/4
BOS BOS
@
WAS WAS
7:00 PM
Fri
12/5
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Last Game
DET Pistons

15 - 3

114

Final

117

BOS Celtics

10 - 8

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Thunder Thunder
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
10/30
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
128-108
Thu
10/30
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
109-108
Thu
10/30
TOR TOR
@
CLE CLE
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Thu
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CHI CHI
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11/28
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@
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7:30 PM
Fri
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@
CHA CHA
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Fri
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@
IND IND
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Fri
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ATL ATL
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