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  2. Basketball scorekeeping - Wikipedia

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    The team that has recorded the most points at the end of a game is declared that game's winner. If a player makes a field goal from within the three-point line, the player scores two points; if that player is fouled in the act of shooting, a made free throw turns it into a three-point play .

  3. 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 ...

  4. Glossary of tennis terms - Wikipedia

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    Break point: Point which, if won by the receiver, would result in a break of service; arises when the score is 30–40 or 40–ad. A double break point or two break points arises at 15–40; a triple break point or three break points arises at 0–40. [27] Break: To win a game as the receiving player or team, thereby breaking serve. At high ...

  5. List of highest-scoring NFL games - Wikipedia

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    The 1950 Los Angeles Rams, the best offensive team in NFL history in terms of average points (466 in 12 games, 38.8 PPG), scored 70 points, one of only three teams to ever do so. The following week, they beat the Detroit Lions 65–24, including an NFL record 41 points in one quarter. They are the only team in NFL history to score 60-or-more ...

  6. Kimberley points - Wikipedia

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    Kimberley points are a type of Aboriginal stone tool made by pressure flaking [1] both discarded glass and stone. [2] Best known for the points made of glass, these artifacts are an example of adaptive reuse of Western technology by a non-western culture. They are often used as an indicator that an archaeological site is a post-contact ...

  7. Bridge scoring - Wikipedia

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    The difference in total points scored by each team is converted to International Match Points (IMPs) using a standard table [2] [12] which has sublinear dependencies on differences to reduce the effect of such large swings. [4] Originally named European Match Points (EMPs), [b] the scale provided for a maximum gain of 12 points as shown in the ...

  8. Point - Wikipedia

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    Point, in hunting, the number of antler tips on the hunted animal (e.g. 9 point buck) Point, for describing paper-stock thickness, a synonym of mil and thou (one thousandth of an inch) Point, a hundredth of an inch or 0.254 mm, a unit of measurement formerly used for rainfall in Australia; Paris point, 2/3 cm, used for shoe sizes

  9. Scrabble letter distributions - Wikipedia

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    Before that year, a slightly different configuration was used: ลน was worth 7 points, F was worth 4 points, and there were 2 F‍'s, and 8 A‍'s. Literaki , a Polish online Scrabble-based game, uses the same distribution, but the maximum number of points for a tile is 5.