Overview

• Owners finalized the adjustment at Wednesday’s Board of Governors meeting, setting it for the 2025-26 season.
• Unsuccessful shots launched from at least 36 feet in the final three seconds of the first three quarters on plays starting in the backcourt will be recorded as team attempts, not individual misses.
• The league will instruct teams on the new stat-keeping criteria ahead of the season.
• Testing at July’s Summer League and events in Utah and California informed the shift, which had backing from the competition committee.
• SportRadar data shows such attempts went in about 4% of the time last season, with Stephen Curry making four and Nikola Jokic three under those parameters.