A matchup between players usually means that those players are going to guard each other. Often teams will match point guards to point guards, shooting guards to shooting guards, small forwards to small forwards, power forwards to power forwards and centres to centres.
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How long does a basketball game last? A: A professional basketball game in the National Basketball Association (NBA) consists of four quarters of 12 minutes each, making the game last for 48 minutes. College basketball consists of two halves of 20 minutes each, with a 40 minute game overall. Continue Reading.
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There are two ways a team can be in the penalty or in a penalty situation:  Each team is allowed to commit four fouls in each quarter with no penalty. On the fifth team foul committed that quarter, that team is in the penalty or in a penalty situation.  The penalty situation also occurs if a team commits more than one foul in the last two minutes of a quarter.
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1 You can only upload photos smaller than 5 MB. 2  You can only upload videos smaller than 600MB. 3  You can only upload a photo (png, jpg, jpeg) or a video (3gp, 3gpp, mp4, mov, avi, mpg, mpeg, rm). 4  You can only upload a photo or a video.  Video should be smaller than <b>600mb/5 minutes</b>.
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1 You can only upload videos smaller than 600MB. 2  You can only upload a photo (png, jpg, jpeg) or a video (3gp, 3gpp, mp4, mov, avi, mpg, mpeg, rm). 3  You can only upload a photo or a video. 4  Video should be smaller than <b>600mb/5 minutes</b>.  Photo should be smaller than <b>5mb</b>.
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1 You can only upload videos smaller than 600MB. 2  You can only upload a photo (png, jpg, jpeg) or a video (3gp, 3gpp, mp4, mov, avi, mpg, mpeg, rm). 3  You can only upload a photo or a video.  Video should be smaller than <b>600mb/5 minutes</b>.
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An NBA game consists of four 12 minute quarters, for a total of 48 minutes, while an NCAA game consists of two 20 minute halves, for a total of 40 minutes. The duration of a basketball game depends on the league.
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Each team has six timeouts for each game, four of which are mandatory and are used at specific times in each of the four quarters. Each team also has two 20-second timeouts which can be used (one in each half, and they cannot be carried over or saved). In overtime, each team receives three full timeouts.
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does nba use halves or quarters
The National Basketball Association uses quarter. NBA does use quarters.