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While the NBA has since kept the format and made each quarter 12 minutes, the NCAA changed back to playing two halves of basketball instead of quarters in 1954.
The NBA plays 12-minute quarters. If the NBA were to adopt a Silver proposal, those periods would be reduced by two minutes. Ten-minute quarters would take eight minutes off the game clock.
Games are played in four quarters of 10 [43] or 12 minutes (NBA). [44] College men's games use two 20-minute halves, [45] college women's games use 10-minute quarters, [46] and most United States high school varsity games use 8-minute quarters; however, this varies from state to state.
All overtime periods are considered an extension of the fourth quarter for purposes of accumulated fouls. In the NBA and WNBA: If the player's team has four or fewer team fouls in the quarter, the team fouled gets possession of the ball. Starting with the team's fifth foul in the quarter, the player fouled gets two free throws.
Half-time (also written halftime or half time) is the name given to the interval between the two halves of the match. Typically, after half-time, teams swap ends of the field of play in order to reduce any advantage that may be gained from wind or a slope to the playing surface, for example.
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The playing period is a division of time in a sports or games, in which play occurs. [1] Many games are divided into a fixed number of periods, which may be named for the number of divisions (e.g., a half or a quarter).
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