The NBA is already studying possible changes to the regulations for next season, and the one that seems most likely has to do with the use of the coach challenge. As Eric Pincus, a journalist from Bleacher Reporteverything indicates that the coaches will be able to keep the challenge if the members agree with them after the review, one of the modifications that have been requested the most since the implementation of this regulation. Right now, many coaches do not dare to use it even after flagrant errors by the referees for fear of needing it in more decisive actions at the end of the games, a fear that will be partly mitigated with this small change.
It remains to be seen, however, if some type of limit will be added to the number of times that this option can be used even if the reason is granted to the team that requests it, since precisely another aspect on which the league has focused is in the duration of the meetings. According to this information, the goal is for each clash to last around two and a quarter hours, for which it is essential to end excessive interruptions and be able to speed up the game.
Also relative to duration, the way overtime works could radically change, ending the current system of five more minutes of play and setting a target score that teams must reach. To give an example, if a game ends with a tie at 100-100, with this measure, five minutes of extra time would not be played, but it would be played until one of the two teams reached, for example, 107 points, making that team a winner.
This is a measure that has already been tested in the G League, and has served to reduce the average duration of overtimes from 13 minutes to 8 and a half. Although in some cases the extra times would become longer, it seems that in general they tend to be shorter, and double, triple or successive overtimes would definitely end. Apparently, many members of the NBA welcome this measure, although it is not so clear that it will already be put into practice.
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