I’m new to the NBA and I understand that fouls when you are shooting the ball will give you free throws. What I don’t understand is at times there is a mention of “Team A has X amount of fouls to give”. What does that mean? Can somebody explain this to me??

  • OrdinaryAd8716@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Your explanation is correct but your example is wrong.

    If you have four fouls in the quarter, then you don’t have any fouls to give. The next foul (the fifth foul) will result in free throws

    If you have three fouls, then you have a foul to give, because the next foul (the fourth) will not result in free throws.

    Note than you start the quarter with four fouls to give (fifth foul is the bonus penalty).

    Also note that you cannot have more than one foul to give in the final two minutes of the quarter.