Many significant rules were added the the game of basketball throughout the 50s and 60s. In 1951, the lane or key’s width was changed from 6 feet to 12 feet (Evolution). This allowed a greater chance for a team to be able to rebound. The game was dominated by tall men at the time and it was tough to rebound. This made it much easier. Later in 1954, a 24 second shot clock was introduced into the NBA (Evolution). If a team did not shoot the ball within 24 seconds, the ball would be turned over to the opponent. This rule was huge, college basketball was much more popular at the time compared to the NBA. This was because the NBA game was slow, with a bunch of stalling. But, this rule stops teams from having the ability to stall for a long period
