sports dictionary Basketball - quarter

Basketball quarter a game period of time in basketball. One quarter lasts 10 minutes in European championships, 12 minutes in the NBA. This is the net game time that the teams have to play. Timeouts, delays, and other non-game moments dont count, so in fact one quarter is much longer than its actual time. There is a two-minute rest period between the quarters, and a big fifteen-minute break between the halves of the match. The first two quarters are called the first half of the game, and the last two are called the final half, during which all the most interesting things happen.