Three seconds in the key is when and offensive player stands in the key for 3 seconds, the result is loss of possesion
Three Seconds
When the player with the ball is inside the key (also called lane or paint (as in painted area) for three seconds
when you stand in the key for more than three seconds on offense or if your man is far away from you and your in the key for more than three seconds on defence.
Three seconds, same way for a defensive player, both are allowed only three seconds in the key.
three seconds. Three in the key.
It means you can't be in the key for three seconds
if your on offense then you can only be in the key for three seconds
no
Three seconds and if they get called for the "3 in the key" the possession goes to the other team.
In the NBA, they can only stay in the key for three seconds.
Yes, on defense you can be in the key for longer than three seconds but in some leagues like the NBA you have to be an arms length of an Offensive player.
Otherwise known as three-seconds-in-the-key-way. Players on the offensive team are only allowed 3 seconds in their keyway at anytime, well, as long as the ref is looking. If called 'Three-seconds' the ball is given to the opposing team from the baseline.