Basketball Scorekeeping
Points in basketball are used to keep track of the score in a game.
Points can be accumulated by making field goals (two or three points) or free throws (one point). The team that has recorded the most points at the end of a game is declared that game's winner.[citation needed]
If a player makes a field goal from within the three-point line, the player scores two points; if that player is fouled in the act of shooting, a made free throw turns it into a three-point play.
If a player makes a field goal from beyond the three-point line, the player scores three points; if that player is fouled in the act of shooting, a made free throw turns it into a four-point play.
Point records
- List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game
- List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders
- List of National Basketball Association season scoring leaders
- List of National Basketball Association players with most points in a game
- List of National Basketball Association players with 50 or more points in a playoff game
- List of National Basketball Association top individual scoring season averages
- List of National Basketball Association top rookie scoring averages
- List of highest-scoring NBA games
- List of National Basketball League (United States) scoring leaders
- List of NBA regular season records
- List of NBA post-season records
- List of WNBA regular season records
References
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