I'm old now, 26 to be exact, but growing up teams would finish games with scores like 92-90 or 98-87 or 105-95 etc.

Today, we are seeing teams regularly hit into the high 120's, 130's, and even 140's scores. We have players scoring 50 points, 60 points, and even 70 points now more often(much more rare but still happening more).

It used to be that Kobe's 81 seemed unfathomable to reach, now it seems like we're one double OT game away from that.

Was there a singular moment in recent NBA history that kind of "changed over the tides" into this new NBA generation or was there a series of important/key events that took place that led to this?

Open to hearing all thoughts and discussions. Thank you!