Questions tagged [basketball]
Questions about the sport of basketball in general. For the American professional basketball league, see [nba].
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Who holds the record for most dunks in a single playoff game?
I have been a fan of the NBA for 30+ years, and nothing gets me more excited than a sick in-game dunk.
Does anyone know who holds the record for most dunks in a postseason game?
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What is the rule on switching inbounders?
Take a look at this video of the 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game between UConn and Georgia Tech.
Georgia Tech made a 3-pointer with 11.7 seconds left. Then a UConn player ...
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How many times an NBA team has won at least 3 consecutive overtime games?
The LA Lakers won three consecutive overtime games from February 6th-10th, 2021, beating the Pistons, the Thunder, and the Thunder again.
How many times since the 1976 merger has an NBA team won three ...
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Do NBA players make a higher percentage of 3-pointers from the side?
This shows what an NBA basketball court looks like:
As you can see, the 3-point line is an arc until it gets close to the sides of the court, where it becomes a straight line due to not being able to ...
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True Shooting Percentage (TSP) vs Points Per Shot (PPS)
I have always been puzzled by the True Shooting Percentage (TSP) metric. Its goal is evidently to give a general idea of how efficient a scorer is, but the way it's calculated is extremely puzzling.
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What is the biggest margin with which a team has won an NBA game?
What is the biggest margin with which a team has won an NBA game ?
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Who has been the smallest player ever to play the NBA?
Who has been the smallest player ever to play the NBA ?
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What sports that award the national title following playoffs with series adopted a bubble to limit the COVID-19 spread?
The "bubble" in the NBA was a successful experiment.
I know that the NHL and the MLB did it too.
Are there some other sports around the world that adopted this solution for the playoffs? In ...
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Ethics/commonality of sports teams scoring more points at end of a game they are clearly winning
In general, is it considered unsportsmanlike to continue scoring points at the end of a game that has clearly already been won? Or is it generally the standard that teams continue to score points as ...
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Has an NHL or NBA champion ever won all playoffs series with the same record?
After losing game 3 of the 2019-20 NBA finals, the Los Angeles Lakers lead the Miami Heat 2-1 in the series. The Lakers got to the finals after beating the Portland Blazers, the Houston Rockets, and ...
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How are the payments handled (be it prize money, franchisee cost) for international sportspeople?
I am wondering more from the logistics around how the taxation is taken care of , do the sportsperson or their manager take care of this or is this handled by agencies and how much do they charge for ...
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What is usually better in basketball, a 2-pointer and-1 opportunity or a made 3-pointer?
2-pointer and-one obviously gets a foul on an opposing player but you are not guaranteed to make the free throw, while a 3-pointer is guaranteed 3 points.
Which would be more advantageous to a team, ...
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Has there ever been a game-winning tip play off an inbounds pass in an NBA playoff game or NCAA Tournament game?
The NBA has the Trent Tucker Rule, which states that if there is less than 0.3 seconds on the shot clock or game clock with a team inbounding the ball, then any player on that team cannot attempt to ...
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Has the NBA introduced any advantage for the home teams playing in the bubble playoffs?
The 2019-20 NBA season was restarted in a bubble in Orlando in July after it was shutdown due to COVID-19 in March. After the teams invited back played a few games, the playoffs started with the usual ...
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Legal to reach around someone when they are posting up?
When I play basketball and post up against a particular opponent he always reaches around from behind me, under my arms and begins to curve around my torso with both arms in an attempt to swap away ...
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Has anyone in sports returned from a grade 3 ankle sprain in one month?
Sabrina Ionescu plans to come back from her grade 3 ankle sprain in one month, in time for the WNBA playoffs. She plans to conquer rehab. I've read it takes longer than a month to heal from a grade 3 ...
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Non-USA superstars in the NBA seem to be much taller on average than superstars from the USA: What exactly is the reason?
LeBron James suggested that he would like to participate in a USA vs non-USA all-star match, during the 2020 all-star draft. While forming hypothetical teams for such a match I quickly started finding ...
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basketball best scorer in one single game
Who is the best scorer in a single FIBA sanctioned basketball game in history? I've heard of a player in the Middle East who scored 110 points (with 33 3-pointers), is that true?
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What are the sports facilities at the Orlando Disney World?
I've been both a little amazed and confused the past couple of weeks as the NBA and MLS plan to resume play in Orlando after COVID-19 related shutdowns halted the leagues' seasons.
Both leagues are to ...
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Basketball post up - offensive fouls question
I'm watching some of the videos here:
https://videorulebook.nba.com/rule/back-downs/
It seems to me that whenever a defender legitimately falls down (not a flop), while defending the post an offensive ...
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Is the Wilson Supreme Cusion Design a basketball suitable for outdoor use?
I have an old Wilson Supreme basketball (see picture) and would like to know, if it is suitable to use outdoors.
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Is this a travel under Euroleague basketball rules?
In basketball's Euroleague, a player who is stationary receives the ball. A few seconds after receiving the ball he steps back and after both of his feet touch the ground he shoots. Is this a travel?
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Can you determine the position of a player from his statistics?
I recently got really interested in the NBA (thanks to Mark Cuban). Google led me to detailed statistics of NBA players, for example, as found here.
If you just look at the statistics (without ...
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Basketball: will FG percentage revert to mean and continue trend at half time?
This is a stats questions. Imagine team A has a poor FG percentage at half time and team B has a good one, would you expect those rates to convert (mean reversion) or deviate further?
Maybe there is ...
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Question about basketball traveling
I have a question about the play at 6:46 when Pippen seems to do a little pass to himself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_tz29TWNdM
Here does it again here at 3:23,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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Basketball shooting practice appears to have little effect over time
While this question relates to basketball, it is more so a question of statistics and probability. I wondered if one could determine a basketball players career high shooting percentage from high ...
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Has any basketball player dived over the edge?
Watching the 2016 NCAA Men's Championship for March Madness. They are playing at the NRG Stadium in Houston. This is a frequent site for the tournament.
This court is raised, so that each sideline ...
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Why are trophies awarded when the tournament gets cancelled?
On the day each NCAA basketball conference tournament was cancelled, (both for men and women), there was a small ceremony where one team won the trophy for their respective conference. I am assuming ...
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Question about the Definition of the “Gather”
so, in the NBA rulebook, it says: "The gather is defined as the point where the player gains enough control of the ball to hold it, change hands, pass, shoot, or the player cradles the ball against ...
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Why is getting three personal fouls in the first half of an NCAA basketball game a big deal [closed]
I know five personal fouls calls for an ejection, but I cannot find anywhere why three fouls before halftime is a big deal.
Thank you for help
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What is the point of the NBA regular season?
I am trying to get into NBA, but ... I don't get it. The regular season seems completely pointless and irrelevant to me. There are 30 teams, and the top 16 (that's more than half!!) make it to the ...
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Difference between turnover and steals
In the NBA app, I was reading the statistics of the match Lakers vs Kings.
In particular, Lakers have 10 steals, Kings have 5 steals. Moreover, Lakers have 14 turnovers, while Kings have 16 turnovers....
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Why do basketball players wear hoodies/long-sleeves on the sidelines?
Regardless of whether or not the player has already been on the court or started on the bench, many NBA basketball players will wear a long-sleeve shirt or a hoodie while sitting on the bench.
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NBA “and one” rule - an edge case
My question is very similar to this one, although it is a little different and may have a different answer. (Also, I think the answer to that question somewhat misses the point).
Consider the ...
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Markings on an NBA key
The NBA key has 4 hash marks on each side. Three are required to separate the three players during a free throw. The fourth is situated close to the third. What is the fourth one for?
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Basketball - Blocking and Catching Shots
Let's assume an offensive player takes a shot on the basket.
If a defensive player catches the shot in the air without goal tending, is that considered a block, a steal, or both in the statistics?
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Basketball Under Push
While the opponent is shooting a ball, is it legal to push the Basketball through under the ring before it completely enters the Ring, to prevent a Shoot?
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What is a 0 (zero) step?
I have been watching James Harden and his "creative" ways to take extra steps without being called for a travel.
One concept that he uses is a "0 step." I'm having a hard time figuring out what a 0 ...
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Why was the precalculated probability of winning high for Raptors in year 2019?
Why was the precalculated probability of winning high for Raptors in the year 2019? Because Kawhi Leonard came at the end. So just wondering.
I saw a 4 digit number during the 2019 summer on Toronto ...
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NBA Continuation Rule
If a player is fouled on a drive to the basket and continuation is granted but then commits a charging foul while continuing his drive, what is the call?
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NBA player to player match ups
In the NBA, does the depth charts of one team match up with the depth charts in another team in terms of who will face who?
Let me explain:
Suppose the Celtics have Kemba Walker listed as a Starter ...
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Can a player inbound the ball off an official?
An official standing inbounds is inbounds. Does a ball come into play when thrown off such an official, as it does when thrown off an opponent?
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Details regarding two step rule
If a player is running and bouncing, is he allowed to catch the ball - for simplicity let's assume that he has both feet in the air through all the time interval whose beggining is marked by start of ...
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Is a hard slap to the basketball a foul?
If player A has control of the basketball and begins his two-step run at a lay-up within the painted area, and Player B (defender) slaps the basketball hard as Player A goes by, is this a foul by ...
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How do you log in basketball stats a desperate shot attempt at shot clock buzzer?
In basketball, the 24 second shot clock buzzer is about to sound, team in possession of the ball throws it up towards the basket.
According to some sources this not registered as a shot attempt. Now, ...
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NBA - Why can recently signed players not be traded but sign-and-trades are allowed?
What are the contractual differences in signing a player vs executing a sign-and-trade that prevent a recently signed player from being traded but allow for a s&t?
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Why was D'Angelo Russell underpaid during this free agency?
Why was D'Angelo Russell underpaid during this free agency?
Kevin Durant signed with the Nets for 164 million. Kyrie Irving signed with the Nets for 140 million. Russell is only sign-and-trading away ...
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Wanna watch basketball competitions [closed]
To people who are intersted in watching basketball matches I'm a beginner in training basketball and I wanna watch competitions to have more experience from watching
Suggest me your favourite team and ...
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In the NBA, why do teams spend all their money available?
It seems to me that if an NBA team has an annual salary cap of, say, 100 million, set by league rules, then the team acquires players until they can spend all 100 million for the year -- some teams go ...
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What is the difference between a runner, a floater, and a tear drop?
In the regular season, a lot of scoring techniques are used to maintain a good ppg average. Throughout all of the games I have watched, I have seed a lot of different layups, and their use. Many ...
