shot clock

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basketball

  • Michael Jordan playing for the Dream Team
    In basketball: U.S. high school and college basketball

    …Rules Committee installed a 45-second shot clock in 1985 (reduced to 35 seconds in 1993), restricting the time a team could control the ball before shooting, and one year later it implemented a three-point shot rule for baskets made beyond a distance of 19.75 feet (6.0 meters). In 2008 the…

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  • Michael Jordan playing for the Dream Team
    In basketball: Rules

    …the time allotted by the shot clock (24 seconds in the NBA, the WNBA, and international play; 30 in women’s college basketball; and 35 in men’s college basketball). The penalty is loss of the ball—opponents throw the ball in from the side.

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