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Called the "no-charge semicircle" in the FIBA rules. rim 1. The physical rim on a basketball goal. 2. The area immediately surrounding the basket, often defined in shot charts as either the restricted area (definition 2) or a circle around the basket whose diameter matches the width of the free-throw lane. rim protection
Basketball scores are expressed in total points. [17] A basket scored during normal play is called a field goal and is worth two points if shot from within or on the three-point line, and three points if shot from beyond the three-point line. The three-point line's distance from the basket varies by level.
NFHS – The National Federation of State High School Associations, the body that sets rules for high school sports in the U.S., including basketball. ULEB – A cooperative organization of professional basketball leagues in Europe, it operated the EuroLeague and EuroCup before handing responsibility to the Euroleague Company. The name is a ...
The path to Gutterson Fieldhouse is within sight for Vermont high school boys and girls hockey teams. Tournament season kicks off Saturday with Division I and II boys playdowns before girls ...
A pivot is the legal movement in which a player who is holding a live ball on the playing court steps once or more than once in any direction with the same foot, while the other foot, called the pivot foot, is kept at its point of contact with the floor.
In ice hockey, a buzzer beater is a goal that is scored just before the clock expires in a period. Unlike in basketball, the puck must completely cross the goal line with 0.1 seconds or more remaining on the clock in order for the goal to count; if the period expires (the exact moment when the green goal light comes on at 0.0 seconds) before ...
The Khatchikian brothers did their thing against kids from The Waverly School, which has lost all nine games — scores include 71-9, 79-13 and 65-14 — with a roster featuring four sophomores ...
The five-hole is an ice hockey term for the space between a goaltender's legs. The name and its first recorded usage was in 1976 by Flyer Reggie Leach [2] The phrases through the five-hole and gone five-hole are used when a player scores by shooting the puck into the goal between the goaltender's legs.