Shot clock
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A shot clock 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 the pitch clock used in baseball. This article deals chiefly with the shot clock used in basketball.
Stall tactics to limit big man George Mikan (#99) led to the shot clock's creation by the NBA.
The Shot Clock Monument in Syracuse, New York.
Close-up of Syracuse's Shot Clock Monument.
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Lacrosse
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Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively modified by European colonists, reducing the violence, to create its current collegiate and professional form.
Men's field lacrosse game between North Carolina and Duke
Ball-play of the Choctaw – ball up by George Catlin, c. 1846–1850
Ball Players by George Catlin
Richmond Hill "Young Canadians" lacrosse team, 1885