The National Lacrosse League ( NLL ) is a men's professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league is headquartered in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania.
73-409: NLL may refer to: Sports [ edit ] Two unrelated lacrosse leagues by the name of National Lacrosse League: National Lacrosse League , an ongoing league formed in 1987 National Lacrosse League (1974–75) , a defunct league formed in 1974 Northern Lakes League , a Northwest Ohio High School athletic conference Nación Lucha Libre ,
146-440: A 30-second shot clock , which is similar to a professional or collegiate basketball shot clock. The clock starts its countdown once one team gets possession of the ball. If the offense does not shoot the ball in time, they lose possession. However, if the offense shoots on goal and then retrieves the ball, the shot clock is restarted. Fighting is a 5-minute major penalty and does not result in an automatic ejection. Each team in
219-522: A 30-second shot clock for its two years in existence (1961–1963). The American Basketball Association also adopted a 30-second clock when it launched in 1967–68 , switching to the NBA's 24-second length for its final season (1975–76) . From its inception in 1975 , the Philippine Basketball Association adopted a 25-second shot clock. This was because the shot clocks then installed at
292-399: A 30-second shot clock in 1956 and switched to 24 seconds in 2000. The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) had a 30-second clock originally and switched to 24 seconds in 2006. Collegiate basketball uses a 30-second shot clock (details below ). The NBA had problems attracting fans (and positive media coverage) before the shot clock's inception. Teams in the lead were running out
365-578: A Mexican professional wrestling promotion Politics [ edit ] Northern Limit Line , a disputed maritime boundary between North and South Korea National Liberation League in Palestine , a defunct political party in Palestine Institutions [ edit ] New Line Learning Academy , a school in Loose, England The National Library of Latvia Foundation NLL, a former name of
438-408: A defender makes short contact with the ball (e.g., an attempted steal or a tipped pass) but the offense retains possession, or if a shot attempt misses the rim entirely and airballs . The shot clock also resets when the offense retains possession after a missed field goal or free throw, or on certain fouls or violations that give the offense an inbounds pass in their frontcourt. If the offensive team
511-406: A foul by the defense not resulting in free throws), the offense is guaranteed 14 seconds. The shot clock is increased to 14 if it showed a shorter time. On a held ball (whether decided by a jump ball or a possession arrow ), the state of the shot clock depends on which team gets possession of the ball. Near the end of each period, if the shot clock would ordinarily display more time than there
584-643: A one-goal game. After the season, the league announced that the champion Saints would relocate to the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island and be called the New York Saints beginning in the 1989 season. Moreover, the league itself would be changing its name, adopting the more conventional Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL) name, as the spiritual implications of its original name proved too cryptic for most people to understand. The MILL announced that it awarded expansion teams to Detroit and Boston, to begin play in
657-617: A postseason that saw all four teams qualify for a single knockout tournament, which ended with the Baltimore Thunder being crowned as the EPBLL's first champion. Coached by Bob Griebe, the Baltimore Thunder defeated the Washington Wave by a score of 11–10 to capture the league's first championship. The league announced that a total of 124,536 fans attended Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League games in its first season. The same four teams played in
730-669: A team, Detroit set records for goals scored with 184, assists with 227, and total points with 411. The Turbos went on to defeat the Thunder 14–12 to claim their first championship. The championship game was attended by 10,814 at the Baltimore Arena. Final league attendance numbers for the 1991 season reached 287,654. On 20 April 1991, the National Division All-Stars defeated the American Division All-Stars, 25–20, in
803-428: A transparent shot clock and game clock that displays said times on both sides be part of the backboard assembly, and FIBA, EuroLeague, and many venues use this arrangement. Three signals indicate when the time to shoot has expired: In the final five seconds to shoot, the shot clock displays tenths of seconds. This was adopted in the 2011–12 NBA season . The NBA has had a 24-second limit since 1954. FIBA introduced
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#1732845496568876-496: Is a countdown timer used in a variety of games and sports, indicating a set amount of time that a team may possess the object of play before attempting to score a goal. Shot clocks are used in several sports including basketball , water polo , canoe polo , lacrosse , poker , ringette , korfball , tennis , ten-pin bowling , and various cue sports . It is analogous with the play clock used in American and Canadian football , and
949-613: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Lacrosse League The NLL currently has fourteen teams: eight in the United States and six in Canada. The NLL ranks third in average attendance for pro indoor sports worldwide, behind only the NHL and NBA . Unlike other box lacrosse leagues, which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in
1022-427: Is fouled and the penalty does not include free throws but just an in-bounds pass, the shot clock is reset. There are several cases where the offense is not given a full 24 seconds. The shot clock is instead set to 14 following an offensive rebound. FIBA adopted this in 2014 and the NBA adopted in 2018. The WNBA also observes this rule. In several other cases where the offense inbounds the ball in its frontcourt (such as
1095-408: Is remaining in the period, the shot clock is switched off. During this time, a team cannot commit a shot clock violation. The shot clock apparatus itself is considered out of bounds and not part of the backboard . The shot clock operator sits at the scorer's table. This is usually a different person from the scoreboard operator, as the task requires concentration during and after the shot attempt. In
1168-471: Is the duration of the shot clock. If the shot clock reaches zero before the team attempts a field goal, the team has committed a shot clock violation, which is penalized with a loss of possession. At most professional and collegiate basketball courts the shot clock is displayed to the players and spectators in large red numerals below the game clock on a display mounted atop each backboard. In some collegiate and amateur facilities this display might be located on
1241-539: The 1954–55 season , a season in which the Nationals won the NBA Championship Originally, the shot clocks used in the NBA were usually 2-sided in a black box. But around 1995, 4-sided cube and 3-sided triangular shot clocks began to be used, and would be in most of the arenas by the turn of the millennium. The main producer was Daktronics . By 2010, the 2-sided transparent shot clock was getting popularity. In
1314-413: The 2014-15 season , the NBA signed a deal with Tissot, a Swiss watch company, to use the 2-sided transparent shot clock, which was thinner than its predecessors. But in many international leagues and the colleigate level, the older 3-sided and 4-sided shot clocks are still in use. Two later pro leagues that rivaled the NBA adopted a modified version of the shot clock. The American Basketball League used
1387-473: The 2016-17 NBA season , a new 'official timekeeper' deal for the NBA with Swiss watch manufacturer Tissot introduced technology to unify the keeping of the shot clock and the game clock. Tissot also became official timekeeper for the WNBA in the 2017 season. American collegiate basketball uses a 30-second shot clock, while Canadian university basketball uses a 24-second clock. In men's collegiate basketball, there
1460-494: The 2024 season , the playoffs feature the top 8 teams in the standings. The first round is single-elimination, and the Conference Finals and Championship rounds are best-of-three. The NLL adopted a soft salary cap of US$ 400,000 per team for the 2013 season. The average base salary as of the 2013 season was $ 19,135. The maximum salary for a franchise player is approximately $ 34,000. Most NLL players have full-time jobs off
1533-699: The Charlotte Cobras , who would play out of Charlotte, North Carolina. For 1996, the league schedule expanded to 10 games. A crowd of 16,818, the fourth largest in league history, watched the Wings defeat the Charlotte Cobras at CoreStates Spectrum in Philadelphia. The Cobras went on to post the first winless season in league history, and subsequently folded after only one year of play. The Wings advanced to their fifth consecutive league championship game by defeating
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#17328454965681606-528: The New York Saints 11–10. After the championship game, the league announced expansion into Pittsburgh, with a team called the Pittsburgh Bulls . The new team effectively replaced the Washington Wave, who closed operations after three seasons. In 1990, each of the six teams played an eight-game schedule. Near of the end of the season, the New York Saints defeated the Philadelphia Wings 8–5 before
1679-555: The Rochester Royals and Indianapolis Olympians played a six-overtime game with only one shot in each overtime: in each overtime period, the team that had the ball first held it for the entirety of the period before attempting a last-second shot. The NBA tried several rule changes in the early 1950s to speed up the game and reduce fouls before eventually adopting the shot clock. In 1954 in Syracuse, New York , Syracuse Nationals (now
1752-709: The Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre Transportation [ edit ] The North London Line , a railway line in London, England Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title NLL . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NLL&oldid=1143095496 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1825-525: The UAAP Basketball Championship adopted a 30-second clock, then switched to 24 seconds starting with the 2001–02 UAAP season 64, the first season to start after the FIBA rule change in 2001. The shot clock begins counting down when a team establishes possession, and stops any time the game clock stops (e.g., timeouts , violations, fouls). The offensive team must attempt to score a field goal before
1898-463: The pitch clock used in baseball . This article deals chiefly with the shot clock used in basketball. The set amount of time for a shot clock in basketball is 24–35 seconds, depending on the league. This clock reveals how much time a team may possess the ball before attempting to score a field goal . It may be colloquially known as the 24-second clock , particularly in the NBA and other leagues where that
1971-583: The second season of the EPBLL. The teams expanded to an eight-game schedule, and set up a three-team playoff with the regular season winner claiming a bye to the title game. The New Jersey Saints became the second league champions by defeating the Washington Wave 17–16 before 8,125 fans at the Capital Centre . For the Wave, it was the second time in as many years they reached the championship game, only to lose
2044-439: The "stall ball" strategy can be used in a state or league, but depending on the organization, itself comes with restrictions on its use by the game officials, with overuse of it often being whistled as a foul or an unsportsmanlike act. Others may allow stalling completely, at the risk of fan disinterest. As the cost of a shot clock system can be cost-prohibitive, its use in high schools has been debated on that consideration and not
2117-471: The 1970–71 season. The NCAA specifies 20 seconds rather than 30 after stoppages where the ball is already in the frontcourt. In 2019, it added offensive rebounds to this list. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), which sets rules for high school basketball in the U.S., does not mandate the use of a shot clock, instead leaving the choice to use a clock and its duration up to each individual state association. In concert with this,
2190-724: The 1989 season. The Detroit team was named the Turbos , and played at Joe Louis Arena ; the Boston entry was called the New England Blazers and they played their home games at the Worcester Centrum . Each of the six teams played an eight-game schedule in 1989, with an even four home and road games. In its first ever regular season game, 12,171 fans watched the expansion Turbos defeat the Washington Wave 11–9 in Detroit to start 1989 season. As
2263-792: The Bandits' new home, the Marine Midland Arena , in front of a new league record crowd of 18,595 fans. The Rochester Knighthawks, coached by Barry Powless, claimed their first MILL championship in front of the second largest crowd in MILL history, 18,055, also played at the Marine Midland Arena, defeating the Bandits 15–12. In 1997, the Major Indoor Lacrosse League was renamed the National Lacrosse League, and announced that
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2336-657: The Boston Blazers 10–8 in the final MILL game to be played in their historic home arena. However, the Buffalo Bandits played spoiler to the Wings and denied them a third consecutive title, defeating Philadelphia 15–10 in the championship game in front of a sold-out Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo. The Bandits picked up their third championship, and said goodbye to their own arena at the end of the season. The 11th season opened with three games, including Rochester playing Buffalo at
2409-467: The Detroit Turbos against the Baltimore Thunder. The Philadelphia Wings denied the Buffalo Bandits a third consecutive championship by defeating the Bandits 26–15 in front of a sellout crowd of 16,284 at Memorial Auditorium. The win gave the Wings its third league championship, the most of any team. ESPN broadcast the game live from Buffalo, marking the first live telecast by ESPN of a league game. After
2482-536: The NLL plays eighteen games during the regular season, nine each at home and away. The league has one standings table for its 14 teams. NLL games are typically played on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays while some weekends see teams play twice. The regular season begins in December and ends in April. Starting in 2018, the league announced that the playoffs would be expanded to eight teams to accommodate expansion. Beginning with
2555-407: The Philadelphia 76ers) owner Danny Biasone and general manager Leo Ferris experimented with a 24-second shot clock during a scrimmage. Jack Andrews, longtime basketball writer for The Syracuse Post-Standard , often recalled how Ferris would sit at Danny Biasone's Eastwood bowling alley, scribbling potential shot clock formulas onto a napkin. According to Biasone, "I looked at the box scores from
2628-571: The Philadelphia Wings 20–11 in their first ever sellout of 16,325 at Memorial Auditorium. It marked the second sellout in league history. The Bandits also defeated the Baltimore Thunder in front of a second sellout crowd, marking the first time a team sold out two games in the same season. The Bandits advanced to the league championship game by defeating the Detroit Turbos 19–16 to win the National Division crown. The Philadelphia Wings defeated
2701-573: The Raiders moved to Toronto and were renamed the Toronto Rock . The Rock finished the season with a perfect home record, going a combined 8–0 (regular season and playoffs) after a 13–10 win over the Rochester Knighthawks in the championship game before a sellout crowd of 15,691 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The game was televised throughout Canada by CTV SportsNet, and in the United States on ESPN2. After
2774-547: The Saints 8–6 to capture the American Division Championship. Buffalo defeated Philadelphia 11–10 in overtime, marking the first time an expansion team won the league title. Buffalo won their second consecutive championship with a 13–12 comeback victory over the Philadelphia Wings before 16,325 in the sold-out Memorial Auditorium. The Bandits kept their 18-game winning streak alive, the longest in professional sports at
2847-769: The Toronto Rock 13–12 in front of a crowd of 13,772, the largest to attend the first home game of an expansion franchise. The Albany Attack hosted the Rock in the 2002 Final, with the Rock defeating the Attack by a score of 13–12 to capture their third title in four seasons. 9,289 fans watched the game at the Pepsi Arena in Albany. Toronto forward Colin Doyle was voted Championship Game MVP, scoring three goals and one assist. Shot clock A shot clock
2920-527: The U.S. Beginning with the 2024 NLL season , the league eliminated its East and West Conferences that existed during the 2023 NLL season and all teams play in a single division with every team playing every other team at least once. Beginning in the 2025 Season, the New York Riptide will relocate to Ottawa, Canada, and rename themselves to the Ottawa Black Bears . An asterisk (*) denotes
2993-464: The Wings defeat the Baltimore Thunder in the regular season finale. The 1995 season marked the first time that Paul and Gary Gait played on different teams, with the former playing for Rochester and the latter for Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Wings won a second-consecutive and fourth overall championship by defeating the Knighthawks 15–14 in overtime. After the season the league another expansion team,
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3066-563: The ball for minutes at a time without shooting (they attempted 13 shots for the game) to limit the impact of the Lakers' dominant George Mikan . It led the St. Paul Dispatch to write, "[The Pistons] gave pro basketball a great black eye." NBA President Maurice Podoloff said, "In our game, with the number of stars we have, we of necessity run up big scores." A few weeks after the Pistons/Lakers game,
3139-443: The ball proceeds to go into the basket or touch the basket rim. The shot clock resets to its full length at the start of each period and whenever possession changes to the opposite team such as after a basket is scored, the defense steals the ball or recovers a rebound , or the offense commits a foul or violation . The full length varies by country, level of play, and league; see the table below . The shot clock does not reset if
3212-520: The clock , passing the ball incessantly. The trailing team could do nothing but commit fouls to recover possession following the free throw. Frequent low-scoring games with many fouls bored fans. The most extreme case occurred on November 22, 1950, when the Fort Wayne Pistons defeated the Minneapolis Lakers by a record-low score of 19–18, including 3–1 in the fourth quarter. The Pistons held
3285-495: The field to determine who will get possession. This is done by the two players pushing the heads of their sticks together with the game ball in the middle. A scrum-like match usually happens when the players on either team try and win the ball. If a game is tied after regulation, the two teams play sudden death overtime . Each team may take a 45-second timeout per half. Each team dresses 19 players: 2 goaltenders and 17 "runners". NLL goals are 4'9" wide and 4' tall. The NLL uses
3358-549: The first sellout and the largest crowd in league history: 17,177 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia . The Saints' victory forced a playoff rematch the following week. However, the Wings won that game and later went on to become the first team to win a second league championship, defeating the New England Blazers 17–7 in front of 11,479 fans for their second consecutive title. The league announced that attendance for 26 total games during
3431-416: The floor or mounted to a wall behind the end line. A shot clock is used in conjunction with a game clock but is distinct from the game clock which displays the time remaining in the period of play. The shot clock was originally introduced in the NBA in 1954 as a way to increase scoring and reduce stalling tactics that were commonly used before its inception. It has been credited with increasing fan interest in
3504-456: The floor, such as Buffalo's John Tavares , a high school teacher in Mississauga , Ontario . As of 2018, the NLL salary cap was $ 415,000, with Buffalo Business First reporter Paul Lane citing the following pay scale: Although eight of the fourteen teams are based in the U.S., less than 7% of players are American. Approximately 83% are Canadian and 10% are Haudenosaunee , from either Canada or
3577-621: The flow of the game. While previous proposals for a national shot clock had been denied by the NFHS as recently as 2011, in the spring of 2021 the NFHS agreed to allow its member associations the option of a shot clock, with a mandatory 35-second duration, starting in 2022–23. As of August 2021, 11 states either require a shot clock in high school competition or will begin using one starting in 2022–23: California, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska (Class A only), New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Washington. Before 2022–23,
3650-482: The franchise moved to its present location and has been in one or more previous locations in its history (see franchise timeline below or team pages for relocation history). The following lists franchises that are no longer active in the NLL. The rebirth of major professional box lacrosse in the United States came on March 13, 1986, with the formation of the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League (EPBLL), which
3723-422: The game 14–8 in front of a new record NLL crowd. The Toronto Rock won their second consecutive championship when Kaleb Toth beat Knighthawks goaltender Pat O'Toole with 1.1 seconds remaining in regulation time of the title match to give the Rock a 14–13 victory. Considered to be among the best lacrosse games ever played, the 2000 Final was the last sporting event to be held in the historic Maple Leaf Gardens. After
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#17328454965683796-419: The games I enjoyed, games where they didn't screw around and stall. I noticed each team took about 60 shots. That meant 120 shots per game. So I took 2,880 seconds (48 minutes) and divided that by 120 shots. The result was 24 seconds per shot." Ferris was singled out by business manager Bob Sexton at the 1954 team banquet for pushing the shot clock rule. Biasone and Ferris then convinced the NBA to adopt it for
3869-495: The inaugural League All-Star Game at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. After the season, the league announced that Buffalo had been awarded an expansion team for the 1992 season. The team was named the Bandits . The league reverted to an eight-game schedule for the 1992 season, with four home games and four road games. The Blazers moved from Worcester to Boston and were rebranded as the Boston Blazers. The expansion Buffalo Bandits defeated
3942-761: The league from nine to thirteen teams, more than three times the number of teams that played the inaugural season in 1987. The expansion teams were the Montreal Express , the New Jersey Storm , the Calgary Roughnecks , and the Vancouver Ravens . With thirteen teams, the league established a divisional format with Eastern, Central, and Northern divisions. The Vancouver Ravens played their inaugural home game at General Motors Place in Vancouver. The Ravens defeated
4015-467: The league's largest crowd in history, the Philadelphia Wings won their sixth league championship with a 9–8 win over the Toronto Rock at the Air Canada Centre in front of 19,409 fans. Wings goaltender Dallas Eliuk was named Most Valuable Player. The league announced a major expansion after the season, awarding new franchises to Montreal, New Jersey, Calgary, and Vancouver for the 2002. This would take
4088-625: The league's main venues, the Araneta Coliseum and Rizal Memorial Coliseum (the latter no longer used by the league), could only be set at 5-second intervals. The league later adopted a 24-second clock starting from the 1995 season . The Metropolitan Basketball Association in the Philippines used the 23-second clock from its maiden season in 1998. In Philippine college basketball, the NCAA Basketball Championship (Philippines) and
4161-520: The league, which had four teams based in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and East Rutherford, New Jersey. The EPBLL opened play for the 1987 season with two games on 10 January 1987: the Philadelphia Wings at the New Jersey Saints (Philadelphia defeated New Jersey 11–8) and the Baltimore Thunder at the Washington Wave . The four teams contested a six-game regular season before
4234-425: The regular season. In addition, the playoff format saw a best-of-three championship series with semifinal playoff action still taking place in a single-game elimination format, though sites of all post-season games were based on regular season record. A blockbuster trade saw seven-time All-Pro Paul Gait go to the expansion Syracuse Smash in exchange for draft picks and player compensation. Reigning league MVP Gary Gait
4307-503: The road. In the first game of the regular season, the debut of Detroit rookie twin brothers Paul and Gary Gait was successful, as they paced the Turbos to a 20–16 victory over the Baltimore Thunder. 1991 was a record-breaking year, especially in Detroit. The Gaits set new standards in most offensive categories. Paul scored a record 47 goals, while Gary was second in the league with 32. Gary established new records with 36 assists and 68 points. As
4380-688: The schedule would be expanded from 10 to 12 games. In addition, the league welcomed two new expansion teams, the Syracuse Smash , based in Syracuse, New York, and the Ontario Raiders , based in Hamilton, Ontario, while the Boston Blazers folded after nine seasons. John Livsey Jr. was named as the first Commissioner of the NLL. The 1998 regular season schedule included six home and six road games for each team, with each team facing their six opponents twice during
4453-586: The season was 287,585, increasing the average attendance per game to 11,060. After the season, the MILL announced the signing of twin brothers Paul Gait and Gary Gait , 3-time All-Americans at Syracuse , to the Detroit Turbos after being drafted. The two brothers had won national championships with the Syracuse Orange in 1988, 1989, and 1990. In 1991, the season schedule increased from 8 to 10 games, with each team playing five games at home and five games on
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#17328454965684526-405: The season went on, regular season attendance figures for the league totaled at 230,724 for 24 regular season games, which made an average of 9,614 people in the stands per game. When adding the postseason, the numbers grew to 255,088 total and an average of 9,811 a game. The Philadelphia Wings captured the league championship in front of a record postseason crowd of 16,042 at the Spectrum, defeating
4599-410: The season, it was announced that the charter franchise Baltimore Thunder would move to Pittsburgh and become the Pittsburgh CrosseFire . In addition, the Albany Attack , based in Albany, New York, joined the NLL as an expansion team, bringing the league to eight teams ahead of the 2000 season for the first time. 18,911 fans watched the Philadelphia Wings battle the Pittsburgh CrosseFire. Pittsburgh won
4672-454: The season, the league announced that Rochester, New York , would be awarded an expansion team for the 1995 season, the Rochester Knighthawks . The team would effectively replace the Turbos, who folded after their sixth season, keeping the league at six teams. The expansion Rochester Knighthawks won their inaugural game 12–8 against the New York Saints at the War Memorial. Philadelphia broke the league's attendance record when 17,380 fans watched
4745-513: The season, the league expanded again, with former Commissioner John Livsey leading the establishment of the Columbus Landsharks in Columbus, Ohio. In addition, the Smash relocated north of the border and became the Ottawa Rebel , after three straight last place finishes, while the CrosseFire moved to Washington, D.C., and became the Washington Power . Jim Jennings was named the new Commissioner and announced that league headquarters would be relocated from Buffalo to Lyndhurst, New Jersey. In front of
4818-412: The shot clock expires; otherwise, the team has committed a shot clock violation (also known as a 24-second violation in leagues with a 24-second shot clock) that results in a turnover to their opponents. An important distinction is that there is no violation if the ball is in flight to the basket when the shot clock expires, as long as the ball leaves the player's hand before the shot clock expires and
4891-425: The then-fledgling league, and has since been adopted at most organized levels of basketball. The shot clock is a digital clock that displays a number of seconds or not. The shot clock is usually displayed above the backboard behind each goal, allowing offensive players to see precisely how much time they have to shoot and officials to easily determine whether buzzer beaters should be counted. The NBA specifies that
4964-450: The time. Buffalo joined the Wings as the only team in league history to win back-to-back championships. Business-wise, the League and the Players Association announced a three-year contract agreement and the league signed a six-year agreement with ESPN . The Pittsburgh Bulls folded after their fourth season, having never made the playoffs, bringing the league back to six teams going into 1994. ESPN2 's first Monday night broadcast featured
5037-417: The two seasons prior. It was reduced to 35 seconds in the 1993–94 season, and 30 seconds in the 2015–16 season. The NAIA also reduced the shot clock to 30 seconds starting in 2015–16. Women's collegiate basketball (at the time sanctioned by the Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ) used a 30-second shot clock on an experimental basis in the 1969–70 season, officially adopting it for
5110-409: The winter and spring, from December to June. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the National Lacrosse League Cup . The NLL has averaged between 8,900 and 10,700 spectators per game each year since 2004. The NLL plays four 15-minute quarters with 2-minute breaks between quarters and a 15-minute half-time . At the start of the each quarter and after every goal, players "face-off" at the center of
5183-414: Was incorporated by Russ Cline and Chris Fritz . The "Eagle League" moniker was inspired by a meeting with Iroquois leaders, whose culture views the animal as a tutelary spirit . Previously, in 1985, box lacrosse sponsored an event played at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. The USA/Canada Superseries was an eight-game series seen as a precursor to the new league. Darrell Russell was named Commissioner of
5256-437: Was initial resistance to the implementation of a shot clock for men's NCAA basketball, due to fears that smaller colleges would be unable to compete with powerhouses in a running game. However, after extreme results like an 11–6 Tennessee win over Temple in 1973, support for a men's shot clock began to build. The NCAA introduced a 45-second shot clock for the 1985-86 season; several conferences had experimented with it for
5329-400: Was sent to Baltimore in a blockbuster trade involving player and cash compensation. The Philadelphia Wings swept the best-of-three Championship Series with 16–12 and 17–12 victories. The second game marked the first title game appearance by Baltimore since 1991, and the win was Philadelphia's fifth in franchise history. Wings goaltender Dallas Eliuk was named Championship Series MVP. In 1999,
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