How many times does a basketball hit the floor during an NBA game on average?
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This sounds like a case a consulting firm might ask a prospective employee. Here's an estimate:\n\n- Let's say the teams run down to each side of the court ~80 times/game for a total of 160 trips down the court.\n- There are probably an average of 10 dribbles each trip down the court (more when they burn clock, less when there is a turnover, a quick foul, or a quick pass downcourt).\n- So the ball would hit the floor 1,600 times per game.\n\nYou could also just count for about 4 minutes of a game and multiply it to get an estimate of the total over the whole game. That should be fairly accurate.
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as a point of reference, in addition to triple doubles, there is the rare quadruple double (i.e. at least 10 of four categories).\n\nThe only "official" quadruple doubles in NBA history were by Nate Thurmond (blocks,in addition to points rebounds and assists), Alvin Robertson (steals) and Hakeem Olajuwan (blocks).\n\nThere have been numerous "triple doubles" and thousands of double doubles in nba history. Many players have averaged a double double for a career (points and rebounds).\n\nWilt Chamberlain undoubtedly had many quadruple doubles in his career, but is not officially credited with them because blocked shots was not an official NBA stat until 1974, the year after he retired (same with steals).
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perhaps, number of tickets sold over x years for a particular team. or number of tickets sold over x  years for a league. or a certain stat for a player over x years. for example, if it was an NBA player, you could do points per game, rebounds per game, assist per game, minutes per game. whatever you want dude
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Per night or per game?  Where I come from, it is 24 actual playing minutes per game--four periods of 6 minutes each.  There are usually no more than two games per night.
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The traveling violation occurs when a player, who is in possession of the ball, moves his (or her) feet without bouncing (or "dribbling") the ball at the same time. A player is allowed to lift his heel, but his toes and the ball of his foot must remain fully planted, so that they are only "pivoting" or swiveling around, without moving to another position on the floor.\n\nIn the NBA, the traveling rule is probably the rule most frequently violated without being called. Players on the move towards the basket frequently take "extra steps" without being called for it - but the relative freedom to violate the traveling rule is what has changed basketball from the old-time game of "set shot" shooting (standing still) to the more exciting modern game of "driving" and "dunking".
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at the final buzzer once the ball hits the floor, another players hands, or goes in the hoop
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Not quite sure what you mean by average, but this year playing for the Mem. Griz he has averaged around 33 minutes, shot around 42% (including 37.5% from downtown), canned 78.5% of his free throws, grabed 4 boards a game, and netted 13 points per game. \nEddit is currently ranked #3 in steals per turnover at 1.45, ranked 9th in steals per game at 1.71, and has the 14th most 3 pointers made this year at 108.\nHope this helps...
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Depending on the leaague here you go \nNBA COLLEGE \n \nBasic Rules of Basketball - Duration of Game Four 10 minute periods Four 12 Minute periods Two, 20 minute halves \nBasic Rules of Basketball -Overtime 5 minutes 5 minutes 5 minutes \nDuration Between First, Second, Third, and Fourth Periods 2 minutes 130 seconds not applicable \nBasic Rules of Basketball Length of Halftime 15 minutes 15 minutes 15 minutes \nCourt Length 91' 10" x 49' 2.5" 94' x 50' 94' x 50' \nSize of Lane 19'8.2"x19'0.3" 16' x 19' 12' x 19' \nThree-Point FG Distance 20' 6.1 " 23' 9" (22' in corner) 19' 9" \nShot Clock 24 seconds 24 seconds 35 seconds \nShot Clock Reset FG attempt hits rim FG attempt hits rim FG attempt hits rim \nBack Court Violation 8 seconds 8 seconds 10 seconds \nGame Clock Stops After Successful FG Last 2 minutes of 4thperiod and overtime Last 2 minutes of 4th period and overtime Last minute of second half and last minute of overtime \nBasic Rules of Basketball- Player Foul 5 6 5 \nBonus Free Throw 5th foul per period (two FTs) 5th foul per period (one-and-one only)\n 7th foul per half (one-and-one) 10th foul per half (two FTs) \nNumber of Players Permitted On Free Throw Lane 5 (three defensive, two offensive) 5 (three defensive, two offensive) 6 (four defensive, two offensive) \nBasic Rules of Basketball - Jump Ball Yes Yes Teams alternate possession after opening tip-off \nLegal Alley-Oop Yes Yes Yes \nTouch Ball On / Above Cylinder Yes No No \nBasic Rules of Basketball - Closely Guarded For 5 Seconds Yes (while holding the ball) No Yes (while holding or dribbling the ball) \nBasic Rules of Basketball – Number of Referees Two (three can be used in competitions if the Zone or host federation wish to)\n\n Three Three\n \nBasic Rules of Basketball –Non-Televised Game 1 60-second in each of the first three periods, 2 60-secondin 4th period 6 full, 1 20-second per half 4 75-second and 2 30-second per game \nBasic Rules of Basketball – Televised Game 1 60-second in each of the first three periods, 2 60-secondin 4th period 6 full, 1 20-second per half 1 60-second, 4 30-second per game; unused 60-second and max of 3 unused 30-second carry over to second half \nBasic Rules of Basketball – Timeouts-Overtime 1 additional 60-second 3 additional full 1 additional 30-second timeout and unused second half 30-second timeouts carryover \nTimeouts Called By Whom Coach Player in game Head coach or player in game \nBasic Rules of Basketball – Size of Basketball Maximum Circumference 78 cm (30.7") Around channels 29 1/2" to 29 3/4." Across channels 29 5/8" to 29 7/8" Maximum Circumference 30"Seams 1/4" Max. \nBasic Rules of Basketball – Legal Jersey Numbers 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15 All numbers 00, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40,41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 50, 52, 52,53, 54, 55
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If I've done the calculations properly, it looks like the average in 1985-86 was 75.6%, as compared to 74.5% last season.\n\nTo get these numbers, I used these two pages:\n\nhttp://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2006.html\n\nhttp://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_1986.html\n\nIf you scroll down on each page, there's a list of team stats.  I just used the "NBA Average" numbers to determine free throw percentage.  I also looked at 1976, and the number was again right around 75%.
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A triple double is a basketball term, defined defined as an individual performance in a game which a player accumalates double digit totals (i.e. 10 or more) in any of these THREE categories points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blockedshots.\n\n\nIt usually happens with points rebounds and assists
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Here you go!\n\nI found this answer from Basketball Reference. Hope this helps you.
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They did get a lot of free throws, but dont forget its the referees that are calling the game not the players. On top of that Shaq  missed most of  his free throws
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A turnover means the same thing at all levels of basketball ... a player made a mistake that led to the ball going to the other team. Examples of these would be traveling or double dribble violations, stepping out of bounds with the ball, making a bad pass out of bounds or allowing the ball to be stolen.\n\nThey are counted by a statistician. Generally at the NBA and college levels, there are several people responsible doing stats, each responsible for keeping a specific stat or two.
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from one basketball player to another. I learned how to jump playing volleyball. stand against the wall and jump as far as you can, have someone mark it and then try to touch it again and again. as time goes on move up the mark and try to touch it. you have to do this about 30 times I'd say about three times a day. You can put ankle weights on too, just wear shoes.
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It's a combination of things, and several previous posters got it right.\n\nFirst, a majority of the centers in the NBA totally suck, and flopping is their only chance to 'stop' Shaq down low...so they flop... many times they get away with it and an offensive foul is called on Shaq, other times, Shaq gets away with it.\n\nOn the other hand, if they're going to be totally 'fair', that would mean they would have to call a foul on the opposing player whenever Shaq is fouled... they don't come close to doing this, as Shaq is fouled almost every time he touches the ball... Most centers would foul out of the game before halftime if they called them every time they fouled Shaq.\n\nShaq gets called for more offensive fouls than any center in the NBA... again, because he's practically the only center in the NBA who can do something with the ball when he DOES get it down low, and because centers do nothing but flop, Shaq is going to get a lot of offensive foul calls.  Zydrunas Ilgauskas, for example, despite being 7'3", is not going to get called for a lot of offensive fouls, because he can't do anything with the ball when he DOES get it, so he'll usually just pass it out of the post (then the announcers will tell us what a great passer he is)...\n\nMost of the people who complain about Shaq are just pissed off because Shaq is always abusing their team's center... Kind of like he's doing to Ben Wallace in this series... and Ben's supposed to be the 2nd best center in the NBA???  What a joke...\n\nFinally, Shaq is getting the benefit of (1) playing more than 10 years in the league and (2) being one of the 50 greatest players (he's actually top ten).
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Yes it can hit the ground. Its the players job to prevent it from hitting more than once.
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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.