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.
, big basketball fan for a loooong time. In the NBA, there are 4 quarters, each lasting 12 minutes = 48 minutes of playing time. But with all the other 'interruptions' (timeouts, halftime, etc. etc.), it's easily double that.