On average, not including overtime, what is the percentage of first-half points scored in the NBA over the years?

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51% first half 49% second half For season 2010-11 it was 51% first half vs. 49% second half. So far in season 2011-12 it's 50.4% vs. 49.6% (can't find stats for prior years). Adding up the numbers on these two-web pages: http://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/2nd-half-points-per-game http://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/1st-half-points-per-game 11-12 10-11 11-12 10-11 --1sthalf-- --2ndhalf-- Atlanta 48.5 47.9 50.5 45.7 Boston 49.2 48.5 46.6 47.1 Charlotte 45.2 46.5 44.8 46.1 Chi Bulls 53.6 49.0 47.4 47.9 Cleveland 45.5 48.9 50.2 46.0 Dallas 45.2 50.8 48.8 48.8 Denver 55.4 54.0 49.0 52.8 Detroit 43.0 50.0 44.2 46.0 Golden St 44.8 51.8 44.2 50.6 Houston 51.2 53.9 45.8 51.2 Indiana 44.8 51.2 43.5 47.6 LA Clipp 47.8 50.7 49.5 47.2 LA Lakers 45.8 51.2 46.7 48.5 Memphis 44.5 48.2 44.0 50.3 Miami 58.4 51.3 51.2 48.2 Milwaukee 59.0 46.3 39.3 44.8 Minnesota 49.2 51.5 49.5 49.2 NJ Nets 39.4 47.2 44.2 45.5 New Orlea 45.0 48.4 40.0 45.4 New York 53.0 54.5 42.0 50.7 Okla City 55.4 53.1 46.6 49.5 Orlando 49.4 50.2 48.4 47.4 Phi 76ers 48.2 50.1 54.8 47.1 Phoenix 43.2 52.3 46.0 51.1 Portland 45.8 49.1 56.0 46.1 Sac Kings 45.6 50.2 47.4 48.5 S Antonio 47.5 52.5 52.2 50.0 Toronto 46.0 50.2 46.8 48.5 Utah Jazz 42.2 48.0 48.2 50.3 Washingtn 40.5 48.4 43.0 47.7 ---------- ---------- 1432 1506 1411 1445 2843 2951 ---------- ----------- .504 .510 .496 .490 Jan 02 12, 10:02 PM