The NBA is hoping to bring back some end-of-quarter long-range highlights ... or at least encourage players to try for them. The NBA will attribute missed heaves at the end of the first three quarters ...

Every NBA fan knows the experience: a player has the ball approaching halfcourt as the buzzer is about to sound on the end of the quarter, and their last-second heave comes just late so the shot doesn ...

In October, during the league’s opening week, Jamal Murray received the ball at the death of the first quarter just steps away from his own baseline. “Remember, heaves are not counted,” said Chris ...

The rule change allows players to try heaves in the final 3 seconds without them counting as missed field-goal attempts. Steve Aschburner Jamal Murray hit a buzzer-beater in Denver’s 2nd game of the ...

"Heaves" sounds bad, like something from college that was decidedly uncool. Heaves, in the NBA, are defined as any field-goal attempt from 36 or more feet in the final three seconds of a quarter, so ...

After testing it out in Summer League this year, the NBA is instituting a big rule change for next season. ESPN's Shams Charania reported on Wednesday that half court heaves as time expires will no ...

BOSTON — While other players around the NBA opt out of taking end-of-quarter heaves, Payton Pritchard has been fearless in those scenarios all season. Even when there’s less than a second left on the ...

The best players in Miami Heat history knew how to play one particular "game" better than anyone. Back in the Big 3 days, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James would joke about how they would hold the ball ...