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 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.