at what year did the nba interduse the 3-point line?
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The three-point rule was first tested in a 1945 National Collegiate Athletic Association game between Columbia and Fordham. But professional basketball would be the first to adopt the rule on a permanent basis. The short-lived American Basketball League did so in 1961, and the Eastern Professional Basketball League followed in its 1963-64 season. The three-point shot later became popularized by the ABA after its introduction in 1968. During the 1970s, the ABA would use the three-point shot, along with the slam dunk, as a marketing tool to compete with the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the 1979–80 season, the NBA officially adopted the three-point shot. On October 12, 1979, Chris Ford scored the NBA's first three-point shot. The sport's international governing body, FIBA, introduced the three-point line in 1984.\n\nThe NCAA's Southern Conference became the first collegiate conference to use the three-point rule, adopting a 22-foot line in 1980. Over the following five years, NCAA conferences differed in their use of the rule and the distance they required for a three-point shot. The NCAA adopted the 19-foot, 9-inch line nationally in 1986.\n\nDuring the 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons, the NBA attempted to address decreased scoring (due to tougher style defenses) by shortening the overall distance of the line to a uniform 22 feet (6.7 m) around the basket. Dennis Scott used this rule change to set a record for most three-pointers in a season: 267 in 1995–96. From the 1996–97 season, the line was reverted to its original distance. With the legalization of zone defense in 2001, the three-point shot became more important, because of its ability to stretch out a zone.
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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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The defensive 3 seconds rule was created to complement the new rule of allowing teams to play zone defense.  Previously, in the NBA, teams were not allowed to play any kind of zone defense.  An illegal defense was called if two players on defense double-teamed a player on offense that did not have posession of the basketball.  This rule has been eliminated, because teams can now play 2-3 / 3-2 / box-1/ any kind of zone.  However now, the 3 second defensive violation, which results in an automatic team technical foul, occurs if any player on defense is not guarding/within arms-length reach of any player on offense for 3 seconds, once the ball crosses half court.
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Hard question to answer when you consider the game has changed so much since it began. That's why I prefer to look at it decade by decade, after all, few players go much past 10 years in the NBA.\n\n1946 ~ 1950 - George Mikan\n\n1951 ~ 1960 - Bob Pettit\n\n1961 ~ 1970 - Wilt Chamberlain\n\n1971 ~ 1980 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar\n\n1981 ~ 1990 - Magic Johnson/Larry Bird/Michael Jordan (tie)\n\n1991 ~ 2000 - Michael Jordan\n\n2001 ~ Tim Duncan (he's got two titles and 2 MVPs) Nash has no titles, Garnett, no titles, Bryant, no MVPs, Shaq, is broken down, Iverson, no titles, James, no titles, no MVP, too young.
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No. 1985. Villanova wins the NCAA Tornament and they were an 8th seed. That was wild.
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best 3 point shooter : larry bird\nshortest player : mugsy bogues\ntallest player : manute bol
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Top 8 - Wilt rules all the way!\nNBA PLayer,Points,Date\nWilt Chamberlain, Phila vs NY,  100 , 03/02/1962\n\nWilt Chamberlain, Phila vs LA (3OT), 78 , 12/08/1961\n\nWilt Chamberlain, Phila vs Chi , 73, 1/13/62\n\nWilt Chamberlain, SF at NY , 73 , 11/16/62\n\nDavid Thompson, Den at Det , 73 , 04/09/1978\n\nWilt Chamberlain, SF at LA , 72 , 11/03/1962\n\nElgin Baylor, LA at NY , 71 , 11/15/60\n\nDavid Robinson, SA at LA Clip, 71 , 4/24/94
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I believe Dick Motta won the Championship with the 1977-78 Washington Bullets.  Wes Unseld and Elvin Hayes leading the way.
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The Detroit Pistons scored 186 points against the Denver Nuggets (184) on December 13, 1983 in triple overtime. The scores were tied at 145 all at the end of regulation.
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Give this link a try:\n\nhttp://www.nba.com/history/records/
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Here you go!\n\nI found this answer from Basketball Reference. Hope this helps you.
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I think the game that you are referring to was the 1985 Christmas Day game in which the Celtics were up by over twenty going into the fourth quarter and then had a total meltdown. The Knicks , led by Patrick Ewing, made an incredible comeback to tie it and send it into overtime. If I remember correctly, the Knicks won it in double overtime, not triple. Plus, I'm strictly going from memory so I can't tell you the score.\n\nThe Celtics regrouped and went on to win their 16th championship .
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In the NBA the 3-point line is furthest away at the top of the key where it is 23 feet 9 inches from the center of the basket. The shortest distance is near the baseline on either side where it is exactly 22 feet away from the center of the basket :)
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In the NBA, the arc is 23 feet, 9 inches (7.24 m) from the basket, but near the sidelines, three-point line is straight and parallel to the sideline in order to allow room between the three-point line and the sideline. Hence, the distance varies near the sidelines; it is 22 feet (6.72 m) at its closest point in the corner.
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Go to NBA.com and check their History section.
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if you listen to the tv commentators, you'll hear them say, 22 or 23. I give them props coz they are quite right on where the guy is shooting the 3pointer. But distance from the line to the basket is actually 20feet, and that is the standard professional league length according to the walking sports encyclopedia, XTRA SPORTS 570's, STEVE HARTMAN.....and I believe him.
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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.