[A Pennsylvania Coach]

Originally posted by JRutledge
There was a play that happen in the NBA in the mid-80s, where a NY Knick player made a shot with .7 seconds on the clock, against the Chicago Bulls to win the game. The NBA was the first to make a rule that you could not "catch and shoot" with a certain amount on the clock. I think there original rule was .7 seconds, like our current .3 seconds rule. They might have changed it later, but that is where the .7 comes from. I cannot think of the player that hit this "famous" shot that changed everything. But on replay and with a clock, you could tell the clock was not started properly and this brought on the change. Also, tenths of a second was very new at that time as well. Before there was no need for this kind of rule in theory. Now you would be hard pressed to find a scoreboard that does not have tenths of a second on it.

Peace

The Knicks-Bulls game winning shot was made by Trent Tucker and when the ball was inbounded, there was :00.1 seconds on the clock. There never was a :00.7 rule in the NBA (99.5% sure).

From http://www.alangoldsher.com/tucker.html

Q: What else do most Chicago Bulls-ologists remember about Trent Tucker?

A: They remember January 15, 1990. Martin Luther King Day. Bulls vs. Knicks. Point-oh-one seconds left in the game. Knicks have the ball. They inbound to Tucker, who catches, shoots, and nails it. Bulls lose. The upshot? The NBA mandates that a player needs three-tenths of a second to make a shot—a decree sometimes referred to as “The Trent Tucker Rule.”