Isaac
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NBA to trial 44 minute game on Oct 19
From Twitter:
NBA announces it will experiment with a 44-minute game when the Nets host the Celtics in Brooklyn on Oct. 19.From the NBA:
The Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics will play a 44-minute preseason game on Sunday as the league tests a format that features fewer minutes and fewer mandatory timeouts.
The contest will be four minutes shorter than the NBA's standard 48-minute game. The league said Tuesday that the preseason game will feature four 11-minute quarters, one minute shorter than normal.
The suggested format would also see a reduction in mandatory time-outs from three to two in the second and fourth quarters.Can't see them sticking with 11 minute quarters so it might just be moving slowly to a 40 minute game. They'll face loads of opposition to this, as we saw with NBL fans.