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  2. Quarters vs Halves: Explaining why men's, women's college ...

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    The quarter format is something basketball fans are likely more used to, as most leagues, including the NBA and WNBA, play the same format. The different game format is a newer phenomenon in women ...

  3. Basketball scorekeeping - Wikipedia

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    Points in basketball are used to keep track of the score in a game. Points can be accumulated by making field goals (two or three points) or free throws (one point). The team that has recorded the most points at the end of a game is declared that game's winner.

  4. Glossary of basketball terms - Wikipedia

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    References 0–9 2-for-1 A strategy used within the last minute of a period or quarter, in which the team with possession times its shot to ensure that it will regain possession with enough time to shoot again before time runs out. Applicable in competitions that use a shot clock (all except NFHS in most US states). 3-and-D Any player, typically not a star, who specializes mainly in three ...

  5. Playing period - Wikipedia

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    Some sports, like volleyball or tennis are divided into a predetermined number of "sets", and the match ends when a team or individual wins the required number of sets (e.g. winning 3 sets in a best of 5). A set is usually won when a number of points is achieved by one of the competitors (25 points in volleyball or 6 games in tennis, for ...

  6. Bulls forget how to play basketball for entire half in ...

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    The Bulls also didn't have the most anemic quarter or half in history against the Detroit Pistons, or even one of the bottom 10. In fact, they even won the second half by two points.

  7. Elam Ending - Wikipedia

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    The Elam Ending, also known as final target score [1] or winning score, [2] is a rules format for basketball.Unlike traditional basketball rules, in which the game is played with four timed quarters, with the Elam Ending format, teams end the game by playing to a target score.

  8. Rules of basketball - Wikipedia

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    Typewritten first draft of the rules of basketball by Naismith. On 15 January 1892, James Naismith published his rules for the game of "Basket Ball" that he invented: [1] The original game played under these rules was quite different from the one played today as there was no dribbling, dunking, three-pointers, or shot clock, and goal tending was legal.

  9. Why Tyla wore a dress made of actual sand to the Met Gala - AOL

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    Tyla's dress to the 2024 Met Gala was made for her, literally. Her Balmain gown was made of sand, and sculpted to fit her body. The dress was meant to evoke passing time, made more obvious by her ...