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The Trent Tucker Rule is a basketball rule that disallows any regular shot to be taken on the court if the ball is put into play with under 0.3 seconds left in game or shot clock. The rule was adopted in the 1990–91 NBA season and named after New York Knicks player Trent Tucker , and officially adopted in FIBA play starting in 2010.
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.
The Zaza rule is the unofficial title for a rule change in the 2017–18 NBA season concerning reckless closeouts (defensive advancements toward a shooter intended to disrupt a shot or prevent a pass). The namesake of the rule is Zaza Pachulia, then a center for the Golden State Warriors. [1]
More college basketball teams are scoring more points in 2023-24 thanks to a rule change that has made the game cleaner and more exciting. More college basketball teams are scoring more points in ...
Averages per game are denoted by *PG, e.g. PPG (points), BLKPG or BPG (blocks), STPG or SPG (steals), APG (assists), RPG (rebounds) and MPG (minutes).Sometime the players statistics are divided by minutes played and multiplied by 48 minutes (had he played the entire game), denoted by * per 48 min. or *48M.
Halfcourt shooting contests have a long history at high school, college and professional basketball games. The year Chicago Bulls fan Don Calhoun swished a shot of about 80 feet, from the opposite ...
Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks shoots a free throw during a game vs the Washington Wizards.. In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points by shooting from behind the free-throw line (informally known as the foul line or the charity stripe), a line situated at the end of the restricted area.
Nicola Jokic had 28 points, 17 assists and 13 rebounds for his 22nd triple-double of the season to help the Denver Nuggets beat the Charlotte Hornets 107-104 on Saturday night. Christian Braun ...