NBA tests single free throw attempt at Summer League as sport pushes for a faster game

A large experimentation volition beryllium going connected during this year's NBA Summer League.

The NBA announced Thursday that the "one escaped propulsion rule" volition beryllium utilized astatine the Summer League events happening this period successful Salt Lake City, Northern California and Las Vegas.

The G League has utilized this regularisation since the 2019-20 season, which is designed to velocity up play.

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Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks shoots a escaped propulsion during the crippled against the San Antonio Spurs during Game 5 of the 2026 NBA Finals connected June 13, 2026 astatine Frost Bank Center successful San Antonio, Texas. (Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images)

Any foul that would typically effect successful the awarding of one, 2 oregon 3 escaped throws volition alternatively effect successful a azygous free-throw attempt. That effort volition beryllium worthy the aforesaid full fig of points arsenic the escaped throws it replaces.

The regularisation doesn’t use to the full game, though. Standard free-throw rules — 2 shots for a two-shot foul, etc. — volition beryllium utilized for the past 2 minutes of 4th quarters and successful each of overtime.

Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs takes a foul changeable against the New York Knicks successful Game Four of the 2026 NBA Finals astatine Madison Square Garden connected June 10, 2026 successful New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) ((Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images))

It's unclear whether the one-free-throw regularisation volition marque it into NBA games, but akin to the insignificant and autarkic leagues and Major League Baseball, the Summer League has been a proving crushed for eventual regularisation changes.

Among those that started astatine those levels and yet got to the NBA are the coach's challenge, resetting the 24-second changeable timepiece to 14 seconds aft violative rebounds and the one-shot grant for a modulation instrumentality foul — which is erstwhile a defender intentionally commits a foul to halt a modulation accidental for the opposition.

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers shoots a escaped propulsion during the archetypal fractional of Game 4 against the New York Knicks successful the 2nd circular of the NBA playoffs successful Philadelphia connected May 10, 2026. (Matt Slocum/AP)

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The G League besides plays 10-minute quarters, thing NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has openly advocated for. The league erstwhile tested 11-minute quarters successful a preseason game, portion accumulation games anterior to the "bubble" successful 2020 utilized 10-minute quarters.

The Summer League begins connected July 9.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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