The current NBA scoring average each game is roughly 113 points. With a roster of 13, that equates to 113/13 = 8.7 points per game per player. In other words, an average NBA team will score about eight points per game when they have no lead at any point in the game. This number has varied over time depending on how much the league has been played so regularly throughout the year. But now that there are only 30 days in the season, we can estimate that it takes around six hours and fifty minutes to play a game with no result at any point. This would mean that the scoring average today is about three-fourths of what it was in the early 1980s (when there were just 32 games on the schedule), but still less than half of what it was in the 1950s (57 games). It's important to remember that this number represents the average for all players on a team. Some players may score more, while others may score less. However, it's possible to estimate how many points certain players will score based on their role on the team. Let's say that one player is responsible for scoring the majority of his team's points; we'll call him the "go-to guy".