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Fouls to give - Rules (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Miloforthewin@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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I'm new to the NBA and I understand that fouls when you are shooting the ball will give you free throws. What I don't understand is at times there is a mention of "Team A has X amount of fouls to give". What does that mean? Can somebody explain this to me??

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[–] nibbinoo8@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

if your team racks up 5 fouls in a quarter, or 2 in the final 2 minutes, each foul is automatically two foul shots. so if you have 4 fouls in the quarter, you have "1 to give" before it results in automatic free throws.

[–] OrdinaryAd8716@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Your explanation is correct but your example is wrong.

If you have four fouls in the quarter, then you don’t have any fouls to give. The next foul (the fifth foul) will result in free throws

If you have three fouls, then you have a foul to give, because the next foul (the fourth) will not result in free throws.

Note than you start the quarter with four fouls to give (fifth foul is the bonus penalty).

Also note that you cannot have more than one foul to give in the final two minutes of the quarter.