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Originally Posted by constable
kinda-sorta
in FIBA for numbers 11-15 are shown with your right hand in a clenched fist and your left hand showing the first digit.
example left index finger and right closed fist is 11- different than the North American rule sets that use 2 handed reporting.
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Indeed, I forgot to mention this detail, but I do know that an "open fist" is 0, a clenched fist on the right hand is 10. Any decades above that would be shown by reversing the hands, and then showing the number in the proper orientation. If there is a number with digits greater than 5 in both the tens and ones place (e.g. 67), the official would report the number as "reverse-6", and then 7. However, the point remains that NBA and FIBA are the only basketball rule sets that allow numbers greater than 5 to be worn on a player's uniform (Ignore this for AAU and other "unorganized" leagues or tournaments).