Basketball: FIBA vs. Rules. NBA

Not many years ago, the basketball was a thing of the Americans and the rest of us could not do anything but fight for second place. There were passing Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Jerry West, Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, John Stockton ... Now things have changed a lot and even though the NBA is still higher , the distances are smaller. But some things have not changed: the differences in the rules.

There are notable differences other than cost and see them if you spend no time to sport the basket. For example, it is obvious that the rooms in the NBA are longer (12 minute 10 of the FIBA), which gives more than 8 minutes to an NBA game, which is why we see this difference on the scoreboard (in addition to offensive game more or less defensive in the NBA).

Also the triple shot is different, since in FIBA distance is 6.25 meters while the NBA is of 7.24 at the tip of the bow and 6.7 meters on the sides.

Besides the difference in playing time, also there is a difference of downtime. In FIBA we have two for the first half and three for second, plus one for each extension, but in America there are 6 full time for each party and a time of 20 seconds per half, plus two representatives of 140 seconds time, what makes the NBA an attraction to spend an afternoon (or early if seen from Spain).

Another of the rules that are more obvious are the mistakes, but basically the same as in FIBA.'ll Explain. The elimination in fiber is at 5 personal fouls, and the NBA, at 6, but if we divide the time of the match between the faults, give us 8 minutes to kick in both regulations. That yes, the techniques are not personal fouls in the NBA.

The stopper illegal. In none of the two regulations is allowed to touch the ball on defense when you are in a movement of descent or if you have touched the board, in addition to that is absolutely forbidden to pass his hand under the hoop. However, FIBA is possible to touch the ball if you've played hoop (the typical bouncing ball a couple of times you can get if we pay attention), while in the NBA can not touch the ball while on an imaginary cylinder base ring.

And the worst of all: the steps. The first thing they teach you if you play basketball in FIBA is that before you go to throw the ball, otherwise you will step out. However, the NBA allowed the boat first step without ball, which gives a strong advantage to a guy of great stride. This brings down the street from bitterness to players, coaches, referees and fans when they come together international competitions involving the United States, on the theory is played with FIBA rules but the umpires are permissive with this extra step.