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.
The allotted time of a NBA game is 48 minutes, split into 4 quarters of 12 minutes but normally it takes a much longer time to finish an NBA game as there are so many interruptions and delays involve in a game. A college (NCAA) game lasts about 40 minutes (2 halves of 20 min).A high school game is divided into 4 quarters of 8 minute each. Its total duration is 32 minutes. In WNCAA time limit is similar to men,s NCAA. WNBA also follow men,s NBA in terms of time regulation.The duration of half-time interval is 15 minutes in FIBA, NBA and NCAA competitions but in high school level, the length of half-time is 10 minutes. The time of a basketball game begins with the opening jump ball when the ball is tapped by a player in the game.he duration of half-time interval is 15 minutes in FIBA, NBA and NCAA competitions but in high school level, the length of half-time is 10 minutes. The time of a basketball game begins with the opening jump ball when the ball is tapped by a player in the game.