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The NBA added the three-point line in 1979

It arrived after the rival ABA had shown that long shots drew crowds The NBA adopted the arc for the 1979-80 season, and Chris Ford made the first three-pointer that October. The line stood 23 feet 9 inches from the basket at the top and 22 feet in the corners. It was shortened to a uniform 22 feet for three seasons from 1994 before returning to the original measurements. 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?: It arrived after the rival ABA had shown that long shots drew crowds. The figure is taken from National Basketball Association, 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.