Encourage "super long" winning shots! New NBA rules for ultra-long-distance shooting in the last three seconds are not counted as hit rate

NBA players can now rest assured to shoot from a distance at the end of the game without worrying about their shooting percentage being affected. The league has approved changes to the recording method of statistics, which may inspire players to try more long shots from very long distances, hoping to score miraculously. The decision was finalized at a league board meeting on Wednesday.

The rule changes were tested in the summer league in Las Vegas in July and in the minor leagues in Utah and California that month.

For statistical purposes, the NBA will inform teams that any shots that are shot within the last three seconds of the first three quarters of the game and at least 36 feet of the shooting distance in any offense starting in the backcourt will be recorded as a team’s shooting attempt—but not as an individual shooting attempt.

In order to avoid affecting individual shooting percentage, many players choose not to shoot that critical 50 feet or more at the end of the game. The league hopes that the "emergency shooting rules" will solve this problem.

Players shot about 4% from the field at least 36 feet in the last three seconds of the first three quarters of the game, according to SportRadar. According to its tracking data, Golden State's Stephen Curry made four shots last season that met those criteria, and Denver's Nikola Jokic made three.