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Liam McKeone

NBA to Introduce Big Rule Change Involving Last-Second Heaves Next Season

After testing it out in Summer League this year, the NBA is instituting a big rule change for next season.

ESPN's Shams Charania reported on Wednesday that half court heaves as time expires will no longer count against an individual player's field goal percentage. It will still count as a field goal for the team but similar to end-of-game turnovers where players are just trying to run out the clock it will no longer be an individual statistic.

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