what is the most number of overtimes in an nba game?
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Indianapolis Olympians 75, Rochester Royals 73 (6OT) The longest game in the storied history of the NBA belongs to the Indianapolis Indians and Rochester Royals. On January 6, 1951, the Olympians knocked off the Royals 75-73 after six stunning overtimes.
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In the NBA, after the score is tied at the end of regulation, the teams play a five-minute overtime period. There are 130 seconds between the end of regulation and overtime. ... All personal fouls are carried over to overtime. If the score is still tied at the end of overtime, the teams play another overtime period.
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Ties are somewhat rare in basketball due to the high-scoring nature of the game: if the score is tied at the end of regulation, the rules provide that as many extra periods as necessary will be played until one side has a higher score.
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Currently, each quarter is 12 minutes long, (48 minutes total), which is played out on average over 2 hours 15 minutes, including pauses, timeouts and other breaks in play. A professional basketball game has 4 quarters. As all of them consisting 12 minutes each, we usually get a game for a total of 48 minutes.
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The change easily passed the NHL/NHLPA Competition Committee and the League's Board of Governors. Starting this season, overtime will consist of a maximum of five minutes of 3-on-3 unless a goal is scored. A shootout will commence if neither team scores during overtime.
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The NBA playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament annually held after the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s regular season to determine the league's champion.
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All rounds are best-of-seven series; the team that has four wins advances to the next round. All rounds, including the NBA Finals, are in a 2–2–1–1–1 format.
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['Paul Pierce — 10 ejections.', "Shaquille O'Neal — 10 ejections.", 'Stephen Jackson — 11 ejections.', 'Gary Payton — 11 ejections.', 'Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) — 11 ejections.', 'Matt Barnes — 12 ejections.', 'Reggie Miller — 12 ejections.', 'Kenyon Martin — 12 ejections.']
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The annual NCAA men's basketball tournament (a.k.a. “March Madness”) is upon us. Over the next three long weekends, roughly 100 million people will tune in to watch the 67-game, 68-team tournament played across 14 cities.
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Over the course of his career, LeBron James has hit seven game-winning shots in the playoffs. Five of these shots were at the final buzzer. After nailing the final shot versus the Toronto Raptors on Saturday, James now has the most game-winning shots in NBA playoff history.
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Summary. The highest-scoring regular season game in NBA history is the triple-overtime game between the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets on December 13, 1983. The two teams combined to score 370 points, with the Pistons defeating the Nuggets 186–184.
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NCAA: Regulation games run for a total of 40 minutes, split into two 20-minute halves. Overtime periods are 5 minutes long. NBA: Regulation games run for a total of 48 minutes, split into four 12-minute quarters.
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The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams that compete in seven rounds for the national championship. The penultimate round is known as the Final Four, when (you guessed it) only four teams are left.
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Each conference's bracket is fixed; there is no reseeding. All rounds are best-of-seven series; the series ends when one team wins four games, and that team advances to the next round. All rounds, including the NBA Finals, are in a 2–2–1–1–1 format.
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130 seconds between all periods, except halftime (between 2nd and 3rd quarters) which is 15 minutes long. a. All periods of regulation play in the NBA will be twelve minutes.
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Michael Jordan holds the record for most points scored in a playoff game with 63 against the Boston Celtics in 1986.
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There have actually been six replayed games in NBA history.