Court length28.6 m
6.5 hundredthsEmpire State Buildings
20 trillionthsSaturn orbit radii
115Wrench lengths
94 feet in freedom units
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Basketball Court
436 square meters of squeaking sneakers and dramatic flopping/Sports
An NBA regulation basketball court is 28.65 meters long and 15.24 meters wide, giving a total playing area of about 436.6 square meters. The court surface is typically made of hard maple wood, specifically sugar maple (Acer saccharum), which provides the optimal balance of hardness, smoothness, and bounce. Each floor consists of 220 panels, and many are sourced from the same forests in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Measurements
Court width15.2 m
42.8Violins
3.11Mail truck lengths
50 feet wide
Total playing area437 m²
117King-size beds
437 millionPinheads
794 millionthsGolf courses
About 437 m²
Rim height3.05 m
2.03Bathtub lengths
32.1Chess kings
381Lego studs
Exactly 10 feet; unchanged since 1891
Three-point line distance7.24 m
207Walnut diameters
24.1Lily pad diameters
241Olive lengths
NBA three-point arc (23 feet 9 inches)
Free-throw distance4.57 m
22.9Dinner forks
2.25King size beds
15 feet from the backboard
Rim diameter4.6 tenths m
127 trillionAlpha particles
3.1 tenthsDanny DeVitos
587 quadrillionthsJupiter orbit radii
18 inches; just wide enough for the ball with clearance