Philippine Basketball Association - Rules

Rules

The PBA has a hybrid of FIBA and NBA rules:

  1. A game consists of four 12-minute quarters, the NBA standard.
  2. The three-point line's distance is set back to 6.75 m (22.1 feet), which is the FIBA's three-point distance for international competitions.
  3. Post up players can now muscle their way into the basket without automatically getting a foul called.
  4. A player can now hang on the rim after a dunk without getting called for a technical foul.
  5. Zone defenses are allowed, the FIBA standard.
  6. A team enters the penalty situation after the fifth foul in a quarter, with each successive foul entitling the fouled player to two free-throw attempts. In the last two minutes of regulation, both teams are only allowed one foul to give, as in NBA rules. Overtime periods allow each team two fouls in the first three minutes and one foul in the last two minutes, as in NBA rules.
  7. Newcomers enter the league via a draft.
  8. Non-Filipinos can play as "imports" and only in certain conferences. Currently in the Commissioner's Cup, imports of unlimited height are allowed to play. In the Governor's Cup imports within the height limit of 6'5" are allowed to play.
  9. The league implements the Trent Tucker Rule.
  10. An advantage foul, similar to the "unsportsmanlike foul" of FIBA rules, is called when the offensive player is fouled by an opposing player while in a fastbreak situation without going for the ball. The offense is given two free throws and regains the ball.

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