{"id":16728,"date":"2025-01-30T05:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T04:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=16728"},"modified":"2025-01-30T06:06:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T05:06:46","slug":"i-am-a-fan-of-four-10-minute-quarters-adam-silver-proposes-idea-of-shortening-nba-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/i-am-a-fan-of-four-10-minute-quarters-adam-silver-proposes-idea-of-shortening-nba-games\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI am a fan of four 10-minute quarters\u201d- Adam Silver proposes idea of shortening NBA games"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBA<\/a> commissioner Adam Silver proposed the idea of shortening NBA games and said that he is a fan of 10-minute quarters rather than 12 minutes. The NBA games have experienced a severe decline in the viewership and their ratings have gone down to 25% across various broadcasters. <\/p>

Not only this, but the games this season have run for about 2 hours and 16 minutes on an average. If the league decides to alter the duration of the game, which has been the same, 48 minutes throughout the history of the league, can have a major impact on the sport in several ways, big and small. <\/p>

With shortened quarters, it would become nearly impossible to break the single-game and single-season records, but it would also enable players to play the entire game more frequently. <\/p>

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Silver was present on the “The Dan Patrick Show”, where he proposed the idea that the NBA games should be shortened. He said, “As we get more involved in global basketball, the NBA is the only league that plays 48 minutes. And I would be — I am — a fan of four 10-minute quarters.” <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>

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“I’m not sure that many others are. Putting aside what it means for records and things like that, yeah, I think that a two-hour format for a game is more consistent with modern television habits,”<\/em> Silver added. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>

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