Sentence examples for in fiba from inspiring English sources

He also advocated using standardized rules in FIBA and the N.B.A. and emphasized that the level of play had improved drastically around the world.

In FIBA's view, the 3-point shot has become too common.

Note that in FIBA play, if the shooter commits the violation, it is an automatic turnover.

The area is officially known as the "restricted area" in the NBA, the "restricted area arc" in the NCAA and the "no-charge semicircles" in FIBA.

The projection of the center of the basket onto the court is a perpendicular distance of 1.575 m from the end line in FIBA tournaments, but 4.75 feet in NBA and NCAA tournaments.

In the NBA, Euroleague, and starting in 2010, in FIBA and NCAA play, the key has an additional area, colloquially called the restricted area arc or "restricted area", measured as an arc three feet from the basket (collegiate), four feet from the basket (NBA), or 1.25 meters (approximately 4.1 feet) (FIBA).

In FIBA-sanctioned tournaments, on the other hand, the defending team is allowed to stay on the key for an unlimited amount of time.

Prior to 2006, the key in FIBA-sanctioned tournaments (mostly basketball played outside the United States, and almost all international tournaments including the World Championships and the Olympics) was trapezoidal in shape.

Each level of play has different specifications for the size and shape of the key: in American leagues, where the basketball court is measured in imperial units, the shape is rectangular, while in FIBA-sanctioned events, which use the metric system, the shape was trapezoidal, before being changed to a rectangle as well.

Now, Team USA is in Spain, about to play in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup which tips off later this week in Tenerife, with the final on Sept. 30.

They have won 63 straight games 45 in official Fiba events and 18 in exhibition play and are automatically qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.