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What is the duration of the game?
Answer in Brief
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Solution
- The duration of a basketball game depends on the level of play.
- In international competitions, such as those governed by FIBA, a game lasts 40 minutes.
- In the NBA, the game is slightly longer, lasting 48 minutes. In college basketball, like the NCAA in the USA, the game lasts 40 minutes.
- If the game is tied at the end of regulation time, overtime periods of 5 minutes are added until a winner is determined.
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