they did it so that college and nba players would start shooting farther shots and to help improve their shot
There is a regular basketball game, a three point contest, and a dunk contest.
like 3 feet
The game of basketball typically has two or three referees who officiate the game by calling fouls, stopping the game, telling where to in bound the ball, making sure the score table is scoring correctly, the clock is running when it needs to, etc.
UNLV Princeton Vanderbilt
unlimited free throws, shoot from three point line, no coach's allowed
yes we can
wilt chamberlain
In the game of basketball, points are scored when a player makes a basket in the opposing teams goal. The scoring of shots goes like this: any shot made inside of the "three point line" is two points, any shot made outside of the "three point line" is three points, and free throws made are one point each.
the game of basketball is played on a court divided into two halfs with a basketball hoop on each end. On ech end of the court there is a three point line to shoot behind, a freethrow line to shoot free throws on and a lane where you can only stand in for three seconds.
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Theodore Papaluokas of Greece made 18 3pt. shots in a single professional basketball game.
In 1990, Loyola-Marymount's Jeff Fryer hit 11 Thee-Point shots in a game against Michigan.