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Originally Posted by Jay R
This is for some of the older folks who may remember the old days (the 70s anyway). Watching ESPN the last few days I noticed two things that seemed strange.
1. A 1978 game had three officials but a 1983 game had two officials. Did the NBA go to 3-Person and revert back to 2 officials for a period of time?
2. In the 1978 game, there were non-shooting fouls where they would get one free throw only. I don't remember that rule but I only starting watching basketball in the 80s.
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They used three for a time right after the ABA teams were merged into the NBA, but went back to 2 until the late 1980s.
No idea on #2, but they did have 3-to-make-2 and 2-to-make-one for certain fouls.