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In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points by shooting from behind the free-throw line (informally known as the foul line or the charity stripe), a line situated at the end of the restricted area. Free throws are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team, analogous to penalty shots ...
The free throw line is 15 feet (4.6 m) from the perpendicular projection of the face of the backboard onto the court; this projection is 4 feet (1.2 m) from the end line for NBA, NCAA/NAIA, and NFHS. The projection of the center of the basket onto the court is a perpendicular distance of 1.575 meters (5.17 ft) from the end line in FIBA ...
Since October 2010, the FIBA-spec key has been a rectangle 4.9 m wide and 5.8 m long. Previously, it was a trapezoid 3.7 meters (12 ft) wide at the free-throw line and 6 meters (19 feet and 6.25 inches) at the end line; the NBA and U.S. college basketball has always used a rectangle key.
A successful attempt is worth three points, in contrast to the two points awarded for field goals made within the three-point line and the one point for each made free throw. The distance from the basket to the three-point line varies by competition level: in the National Basketball Association (NBA) the arc is 23 feet 9 inches (7.24 m) from ...
Each week during the 2022-23 NBA ... and 830 more than the team with the worst free-throw disparity (notably, the Warriors). ... the Lakers went from being outscored at the free-throw line by 27 ...
Peter Press Maravich ( / ˈmɛərəˌvɪtʃ / MAIR-ə-vitch; June 22, 1947 – January 5, 1988), known by his nickname Pistol Pete, was an American professional basketball player. He starred in college at Louisiana State University 's Tigers basketball team; his father, Press Maravich, was the team's head coach. Maravich is the all-time leading ...
The Miami Heat set an NBA record for free throws made without a miss Tuesday, and they needed every single one of them. Facing the Oklahoma City Thunder at home, the Heat went an unprecedented 40 ...
The Golden State coach doesn't feel like defense gets rewarded consistently enough in today's NBA. Jokic overcame an off day from the field by going 18 of 18 from the free-throw line and the ...