The Portland Trail Blazers star, who comes from being champion with the United States at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, referred to the differences between the North American league and FIBA basketball.
Damian Lillard, the basis of Portland Trail Blazers, He referred to the differences that exist between the basketball of the North American league and that of the FIBA, after being gold medal with the United States at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and assured that in the NBA it is easier to score.
Damian Lillard assured that in the NBA it is easier to score points
“Many of the best scorers in the NBA do it from three or go to the basket and need them. At FIBA, there are not so many fouls. It is more physical and there are no defensive three seconds either, therefore the paint zone ( near the rim) is usually with many players, is playing in a crowd “the 31-year-old basketball player said surprisingly.
In turn, he added: “The referees are not going to give you the benefit of the doubt. And it is difficult to play with so many players, with so many bodies that focus on occupying spaces in a small area. That’s tough.”.
Luka Doncic had also marked the differences between the NBA and FIBA basketball
This is not the first time that a star player in the North American league has highlighted these differences since Luka Doncic, the figure of Dallas Mavericks, had assured: “In the United States it is easier to score than in Europe. There the court is smaller and in the NBA there is the three-second rule”.
What are the differences between FIBA basketball and the NBA?
Although over the years the differences have narrowed, tThere are still several, such as the playing time, which in the NBA is 12 minutes every quarter and in FIBA it is 10, the distance from the dotted line and the steps, to name a few.
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