In 1954, the league introduced the 24-second shot clock, mounting it atop the backboard ... NBA team. There it has remained, with the shot clock in massive numbers beneath the regulation clock ...

Via the NBA's official rulebook, "a player may not be the first to touch his own pass unless the ball touches his backboard, basket ring or another player." Throwing it off a teammate should ...

However, you’d be hard-pressed to believe that one of Jordan’s most iconic memories in basketball actually ... his rookie season when he shattered a backboard on a transition dunk.