im not sure but it was probably when shaq did it, search on YouTube backboard shattering dunks or somthing
Chuck Connors in 1946 playing for the Boston Celtics. When playing for the Boston Celtics in 1946, Connors took a set shot during pregame warm-ups, hitting the front of the rim. Because an arena worker had failed to place a protective piece between the rim and backboard, the backboard shattered.
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Play is halted while arena workers bring out a new backboard and replace the broken one. This usually takes 15-20 minutes. If there was a shooting foul called on the play, the player that was fouled shoots the free throws once play resumes. Otherwise, the team in possession inbounds the ball as normal once play resumes.
OK i normally do not answer my own question but after seeing people time after time nameing Shaq as the FIRST person to brake the backboard in a NBA game i had to ... SO HERE IT IS .... Although Daryl Dawkins made it famous, lots of trivia sites and fan sites say the first backboard (a wooden one) broken in the NBA was by none other than Chuck Connors, who later went on to star as TV's Rifleman
Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins broke the board with a nasty 2 handed jam way before Shaq could even touch the ring.
A regulation NBA backboard will be rectangular shaped and 54 x 32 inches in diameter.
A regulation backboard in the NBA has the dimensions 6 ft x 3.5 ft.
72 inch
The dimensions for a rounded basketball backboard in the NCAA is only slightly different than the dimensions for a rounded basketball backboard in the NBA. NCAA regulations allow the basketball backboard to be 4 feet high,Êwhile the NBA requires that the basketball backboard be no more than 3 1/2 feet high.
Chuck Connors in 1946 playing for the Boston Celtics. When playing for the Boston Celtics in 1946, Connors took a set shot during pregame warm-ups, hitting the front of the rim. Because an arena worker had failed to place a protective piece between the rim and backboard, the backboard shattered.
me because imma beast
4 feet by 4 feet
Approximately $400
From end-line to end-line it is 94'. From backboard to backboard it is 86'.
NBA and NCAA is 15ft from the backboard.
300
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