in what year did the nba start using the 3 point shot?
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The NBA officially adopted the 3-pointer in the 1979-80 season, with Chris Ford of Boston scoring the first official three point field goal. The ABA had adopted the 3-pointer early in the 1970s.
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we have a street ball tourney out here anually and i got mvp this year. i dont know exactly which game was my best i had some triple doubles and some near triple doubles, and two quadruple doubles. my highest point total in one of the games was 94 pts but im more proud of my 64 pts when i was playing with the flu. we had referees, shot clock, time, and all the nba rules.
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The inventor of basketball is Dr. James Naismith. He invented it as a sport to play in between football and baseball seasons.
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I think this is it:\n\nhttp://www.seehowtheylive.com/basketball.php
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Back at the turn of the 20th century, professionals played with the court ringed by a 12-foot, chain-link "cage" separating players from fans.\n\n\nThe first basketball cage originated in Trenton, N.J., and according to The Trentonian newspaper, fans would often stick hatpins and lit cigars through the cage and into opposing players’ bodies.\n\n\nAlthough the cages were phased out in the 1920s, newspaper headline writers delighted in calling basketball players "cagers" because the word is shorter than "basketball players."
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The league moved to a 16 team format beginning in 1984. Round one was a best-of-five series for years, but changed to a best-of-seven in 2001, I think.\n\nThe change was due in part to the increase in popularity, thanks to Bird and Magic. This was David Stern's first year as commissioner also, and he saw it as a way to increase television revenue.\n\nAlso, it virtually guaranteed that Michael Jordan's sub .500 Bulls would still make the playoffs.
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3 point shot never used to exist.\n\nBasketball used to be about 5 men working as a team. Now, the basics are lost and there is too much showboating.\n\nWhen did traveling cease to be a violation? Today, they allow 5,6,7,8,9 running steps while carrying the ball to the layup!\n\nYears ago, blacks never played Basketball. Today, whites rarely play basketball.\n\nYears ago, 6'4 was tall. Today, 6'4 will get you stepped on!
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-basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith.\n\n-He invented it for the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891.  he needed to come up with a game that could be played indoors (winter months), that wasn't too violent (like rugby or football), and had a system of scoring that awarded skill over force (a horizontal goal instead of a vertical goal like soccer).\n\n-he origianlly made 13 rules, and then modified them as his students worked out the mechanics of the game.\n\n-the baskets were origianlly peach barrels nailed to the wooden railing that was 10ft above the gym floor (that's why today's nets are the same height)\n\n-shooting at the basket was based on the game "duck on rock", where the player tried to arc a stone and know another stone off a pedastal.  the better players arced their shots, so if they missed they wouldn't have to run as fall to get their stones back\n\nThat good enough?
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Top Five Plays\nHonorable Mention - Even though I was a Knicks fan, Reggie Miller dismantling them in 17 seconds to bring the Pacers back with a couple of quick steals and threes was great basketball.\n\n5. Magic Johnson's sky hook against the Celtics in the Finals (1987 I think). It was the premiere rivalry of the 1980's with the two premiere players (Magic and Bird). \n\n4. Derek Fisher's shot with .04 seconds left to beat the Spurs in the 2004 Western Conference Semis. That shot changed the course of the NBA. If the Spurs win that game, they probably win the series and go on to face the Pistons in the finals. If that happens, we may be talking three-peat and a Spurs dynasty this year, or another Spurs-Pistons match up at least.\n\n3. Dr. J rocking the cradle against the Lakers in the 1981 Finals. Another shot that lives on in highlight lore.\n\n2. Larry Bird's steal and scoop against the Pistons in the Conference Finals (I think this was 1986 season). The fact that moments before he had hit another shot to keep the game close was also incredible.\n\n1. Jordan's 20 footer to beat the Jazz in the 1998 Finals. That moment summed up the career of the greatest player of his time. The image of that shot still haunts many a Jazz fan.
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I'm a basketball player myself and I know that the 3 point shot is the hardest to make. What I did to consistently hit the rim on 3s, was slowly shoot farther away from the foul line. Once I developed strength and the ability to shoot further away from the basket, I just practiced my 3s. A 3 pointer is almost like a foul shot except that you're jumping and that it's a longer shot. \n\nIt's like a foul shot because you have to keep your form and it's all about muscle memory. If you keep shooting free throws, you'll be almost automatic. Here's a drill I do at the foul line to improve. I do best out of 10 sessions. I would shoot 10 free throws and see how many I make. Then, I'd start over again. I probably shoot 100 free throws when I go out and practice. See, it has made  me become a FT shooter and that has helped me with my 3s too. Because once you're used to shooting FTs, you can apply the same drill to the 3 pointer. I hope this helps, but here's a website that talks about shooting a basketball in general:\nhttp://www.mcpasd.k12.wi.us/~kms/webfolder01_02/webwj13335/index.htm
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American Basketball Association = former home of Dr. J.\nHome of the Red White and Blue Ball\nBirthplace of the three point shot.
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Wilt Chamberlain.  They changed the rules to slow down his domination.  (Widening the lane, making zone defense legal, even raising the rim to 11 feet for a stretch)  They changed the rules to allow Jordan to be more dominant (Making hand checking illegal, making zone defense illegal)\n\nOne season, he averaged over 50 points and 20 rebounds a game.  That means, if he scored 40 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in a game, people would consider it an off night.\n\nHe even led the league in assists one year...as a center.\n\nBest ever?  Wilt Chamberlain.
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he played in the nba for 3 seasons 95 - 98
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Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith.  It originally was played with a soccar ball and peach baskets for hoops.
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i think it went down after the michael jordan era. what the nba needs now is a rivalry like the bird-magic rivalry to spice up the nba or another dynasty like the bulls. hopefully this. basically without a player as dominant as jordan or a rivalry like the celtics lakers in the 80's the popularity really went down.
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Only Johnson and Jordan. Isiah never played on an Olympic Team. In 1980 the US Boycotted, in 1984 & 1988 pros weren't permitted to play, and 1992 Stockton got the other PG slot and they used Pippen at the 1 when Magic got injured.
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basketball, game played generally indoors by two opposing teams of five players each. Basketball was conceived in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a physical education instructor at the YMCA college in Springfield, Mass., as a way to condition outdoor athletes during the winter months. His original list of 13 rules has undergone a century of revision, leading to faster pacing and greater athleticism. Today basketball is one of the most popular American sports and one the rest of the world has adopted.\nBasic Rules\n\nAt each end of the court—usually about 92 ft (28 m) long and 50 ft (15 m) wide—is a bottomless basket made of white cord net and suspended from a metal ring, 18 in. (46 cm) in diameter, which is attached 10 ft (3.05 m) above the floor (usually hardwood) to a backboard made of fiberglass, wood, or other material. Players may throw, dribble (bounce), or shoot the basketball (an inflated ball usually made of leather or rubber) but may not run with it or kick it.\n\nTeams try to advance the ball and shoot it through one basket (the ball must enter from above) and to keep the opposition from scoring through the other. Each field goal, or basket, scores two points, or three points if shot from beyond a specified distance (21 ft/6 m in U.S. colleges, slightly longer in international and professional play). Teams must shoot the ball within a prescribed time limit (24 sec in the National Basketball Association; 30 sec in international games and in most women's play; 45 sec in men's collegiate play).\n\nAny player making illegal body contact with an opposing player is assessed a foul; the opposing team may be given possession of the ball, or an opposing player awarded free throws at the basket from the foul line. Each made foul shot is worth one point. Players who exceed the foul limit (usually five, but six in the NBA) are disqualified from the game. International and collegiate basketball games have two 20-min halves, professionals play four 12-min quarters, and high schoolers play four 8-min quarters.