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Three years later in June 1979, the NBA adopted the three-point line (initially on a one-year trial) for the 1979–80 season, [12] [13] [14] despite the view of many that it was a gimmick. [15] Chris Ford of the Boston Celtics is credited with making the first three-point shot in NBA history on October 12, 1979.
3 [n 3] 3: At Central High School, a 17-year-old male shot a 19-year-old male, who shot a nearby 18-year old after the teenagers had been involved in a fight. [106] April 26, 2009: Hampton, Virginia: 0 3 [n 1] 3: 18-year-old Odane Greg Maye, a former student of Hampton University, followed a 43-year-old pizza delivery man into his former ...
The National Basketball Association's (NBA) three-point shooting leader is the player with the highest three-point field goal percentage in a given season. The statistic was first recognized in the 1979–80 season when the three-point line was first implemented that season. To qualify as a three-point shooting leader, the player must have at ...
Twin Lakes senior Olivia Nickerson (center) basks in the moment of becoming the Indiana high school 3-point career leader with her father/coach Troy Nickerson (left) and Twin Lakes head coach Brad ...
Near the sidelines, the three-point line runs parallel to the.sideline, at a distance of exactly a yard in the WNBA and 0.9 m in FIBA play. Under NCAA rules, the three-point distance is 22 ft 1.75 in (6.7501 m) for most of the width of the court, with a minimum distance of 1 yd (0.91 m) from the sidelines.
Nickerson finished her high school career with 406 3-point makes at a consistent 39% clip. "We've talked about it since I was little that I wanted to play college basketball," she said about her dad.
From that point through the 2007–08 season, the three-point lines remained at 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m). [9] On May 3, 2007, the NCAA men's basketball rules committee passed a measure to extend the distance of the men's three-point line back to 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m); [ 10 ] the women's line remained at the original distance until it was moved to ...
The last film in the "High School Musical" trilogy, "High School Musical 3: Senior Year," turns 15 on Tuesday, and you know what that means: It's time to revisit — and rank — all 11 songs from ...