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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee
My research long ago showed that some man way back in the 50s divided the length of a game by the number of possessions in a typical. His result led to the common 24 second shot clock.
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Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer
Side note:
24 seconds was picked by dividing 2880 seconds (number of seconds in a 48 minute game) by 120 shots between the two teams (Danny Biasone, Syracuse Nationals owner figured this to be the "sweet spot" between stall ball and a "wild shootout.")
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Last edited by APG; Tue Jul 31, 2012 at 09:53pm.
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