There is a significant difference in pace between FIBA games and NBA games.
NBA games consist of four quarters, each 12 minutes long, totaling 48 minutes, with precise timing used.
Every time there is a dead ball, backcourt throw-in, the clock stops to ensure every minute and second is played.
However, FIBA games have two halves of 20 minutes each, totaling 40 minutes, using running time.
Except for free throws, timeouts, and fouls, generally, the backcourt throw-in does not stop the clock.
Meanwhile, NBA games have many pauses, breaks, more frequent fouls, and referee deliberation periods.
These delays in game time and pace do not exist in FIBA games.
Therefore, the pace of FIBA games is much faster than NBA games, and even if a 40-minute game is played intensely, it usually ends just past an hour.
No matter how it's delayed, it's hard to drag it to an hour and a half.
