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NBA Summer League games will use '1 free throw' rule in an effort to speed up play
The G League-tested format will be used in the final two minutes of fourth quarters and all overtime periods.
- On Thursday, The NBA announced the 'one free throw rule' and a 'connected basketball' will be tested at Summer League games this month in Salt Lake City, Northern California, and Las Vegas.
- The NBA uses Summer League as a testing lab for rule changes, with previous successes including the coach's challenge and resetting the 24-second shot clock after offensive rebounds.
- Designed to speed up play, the 'one free throw rule' awards a single attempt for fouls typically requiring multiple shots, worth the same total points; it applies until the final two minutes of the fourth quarter and throughout overtime.
- The league also introduced a 'connected basketball' containing 'an embedded sensor that detects contact with the ball' to collect data supporting 'future officiating applications, such as last-touch out-of-bounds calls.'
- Games begin Friday with the California Classic in San Francisco and Sacramento through Monday, followed by The Salt Lake City Summer League on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday before the official NBA Summer League starts July 9 in Las Vegas.
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NBA Summer League games will use '1 free throw' rule
Summer League games might end a few minutes earlier than usual this year. The NBA announced Thursday that the “one free throw rule” will be used at the summer leagues happening this month in Salt Lake City, Northern California and Las Vegas. The rule — designed to speed up play — means any foul that would typically result in the awarding of one, two or three free throws will instead result in a single free-throw attempt. That attempt will be wor…
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