shot clock
noun
: a clock in basketball that displays a countdown of the time within which shooting the ball is required
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His presence would lead immediately to a ban on dunking and, indirectly and years later, to a shot clock.
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 5 July 2025
But thanks to the new 24-second shot clock, which Syracuse brass famously suggested for the league, the Pistons couldn’t stall.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 22 June 2025
As the shot clock wound down, Mystics guard Brittney Sykes missed a shot fading to her left when Iriafen was there to clean up the miss and put the ball in the basket.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
The first was fired just two seconds into the 24-second shot clock 33 feet away over Marine Johannes.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 5 July 2025
But thanks to the new 24-second shot clock, which Syracuse brass famously suggested for the league, the Pistons couldn’t stall.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 22 June 2025
As the shot clock wound down, Mystics guard Brittney Sykes missed a shot fading to her left when Iriafen was there to clean up the miss and put the ball in the basket.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
The first was fired just two seconds into the 24-second shot clock 33 feet away over Marine Johannes.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
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“Shot clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shot%20clock. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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