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A basketball court is 28 by 15 metres

That is the international size, while the NBA uses a slightly longer floor FIBA sets the court at 28 metres long and 15 wide, with a basket rim 3.05 metres above the floor. The NBA court is 94 feet by 50 feet, about 28.7 by 15.2 metres. The free throw line sits 4.6 metres from the backboard in international play. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: That is the international size, while the NBA uses a slightly longer floor. The figure is taken from Fédération Internationale de Basketball, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.