Rules
The game is played with the standard NBA rules however are several rule changes that are used in this game.
- Games are played in four quarters of 8 minutes from 2004–11, the game was extended to 10 minutes a quarter in 2012.
- The game clock does not stop while the play is not active except for timeouts, the final two minutes of the second and fourth quarters, or at the official's discretion. In 2013, the clock stops during the final two minutes of every quarter except for overtime.
- Overtime periods are two minutes in length with a running clock.
- There are no foul outs in the game, however players and/or coaches can be assessed technical fouls and can be ejected from the game.
- There was no Most Valuable Player in 2004. From 2005-10, the media members in attendance voted for the MVP. Since 2011, the fans and TV viewers now vote for the MVP through text messaging.
- The game does not use the shot clock rule put into place during the 2011-12 season which the last five seconds of the shot clock were modified to include tenths of a second.
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