Why is punching the basketball illegal? What happens if an entire NBA team fouls out? And why does the NBA have a “disaster draft” for catastrophic situations? This week on Go Team Score Points, we dig into some of the strangest rules hiding in the NBA rulebook — including mandatory timeouts, accidental baskets, shot-clock chaos, coach restrictions, and a rule that lets a fouled-out player come back into the game under very specific circumstances.
We also go back to the early days of basketball and explore how the game was adapted for women, from three-zone basketball and limited dribbling to the eventual arrival of five-on-five play and the WNBA.
Plus: Jalen Duren’s contract situation, Steph Curry’s future, the invention of the backboard (spoiler: fans were cheating), and why the shot-clock operator has a surprisingly stressful job.
No gatekeeping. Just basketball, weird rules, and learning as we go.
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