I found this definition to be rather what I had intended and decided to now find how the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn used the river in the context as a whole but more importantly as symbolism in the middles sections of Chapters 16-31.
The maximum time limit of the shot clock varies by level of play and league: The National Basketball Association has had a 24-second limit since first introducing the clock in the 1950s; and college basketball for both men and women has a 30-second limit.
Answer by Squirrel Man. Confidence votes 43.9K. An NBA game consists of 48 minutes of play. However, with timeouts, halftime, free throws, and other parts of the game that cause time to stop, NBA games actually last around 2 hours and 15 minutes.