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The official court is 15 metres (49 ft) wide (the same as FIBA's standard for the full-court game) by 11 m (36 ft 1.07 in) in length (compared to FIBA's standard half-court distance of 14 metres [45 ft 11.18 in]); however, the rules specifically state that half of a standard FIBA full court is an acceptable playing area for official competitions.
The Macker rules [2] [3] significantly differ from those of FIBA-sanctioned 3x3 basketball. [4] Both are played on half of a standard full court, but Macker uses the NCAA/NBA standard while FIBA uses its own slightly smaller court. Macker games may start with any number of players on the court, up to 3 per team.
The rules of Fireball3, the basketball variant played by Big3, differ from FIBA-sanctioned 3-on-3 (branded as 3x3) games. They are as follows: Like FIBA-sanctioned 3x3, games are played on a half-court. (The official FIBA 3x3 court is actually shorter than half of a full FIBA court, but FIBA rules allow half of a regulation FIBA court to be used.)
Half-court may refer to: Half-court line, a line on the basketball court; Half-court basketball or 3x3 basketball, a variant of basketball played on a half-court with 3 players per side; Half-court shot, a shot taken from the half-court line in basketball
Only half of the basketball court is used for the game. Each team consists of 3 players and 1 substitute. Game time: Two 5-minute periods or a team scores 33 points or more, whichever comes first. If tied at the end of regulation, 2-minute overtimes are used until the tie is broken or a team reaches 33 points.
The court is a compressed full court billed as 72 ft long by 49.2 ft wide. The width is slightly less than that of courts in the WNBA , 49.2 ft vs 50 ft, [ 4 ] and the length is also noticeably shorter, 72 ft instead of 94 ft (29 m) of college and professional competitions or the high school standard of 84 ft (26 m). [ 7 ]
The FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup had its inaugural tournament in 2014 in Bucharest, Romania. [1] There are two events in the championship, one men's event and one women's event. Each team has four players (three on court and one on the bench).
Typewritten first draft of the rules of basketball by Naismith. On 15 January 1892, James Naismith published his rules for the game of "Basket Ball" that he invented: [1] The original game played under these rules was quite different from the one played today as there was no dribbling, dunking, three-pointers, or shot clock, and goal tending was legal.