3-on-3 Basketball Rules

3-on-3 Basketball is a half court game played by two teams of three players each, including a maximum of one substitute.

Games will be played to 15 fifteen points, win by two, cap of 21. Each basket will be worth one point. Shots made from behind the three-point line will be awarded two points.

Time outs:

  • 1 per game

Substitutions:

  • At a dead ball, made basket, foul shot.

Ball Possession:

  • Changes hands after every made basket.
  • Penalty: 1 team warning, next infraction-change of possession.

Check After:

  • Made baskets, Dead balls, Foul shot. Ball must be checked by the defense and passed in.
  • Penalty: 1 team warning, next infraction- change of possession.

Defensive rebounds or steals:

  • Ball must be returned behind the three-point line extended, both feet must be behind the line.
  • Penalty: Change of possession.

Fouls: All common, personal, and technical fouls shall count against a team total. A free throw will be awarded on a team's seventh team foul. An individual player may not foul out of the game, but may be ejected by the court monitor or supervisors.

Common fouls and Violations (other than basket interference and goal-tending):

  • Loss of possession for offending team

Offensive fouls:

  • Disallow a converted basket and loss of possession

Fouled in the Act of Shooting

  • Missed: retain possession
  • Made: basket awarded change possession

On and after Bonus

  • Common fouls- (1) shot and possession
  • Offensive- disallow basket, (1) shot change possession

Fouled in the Act of Shooting After Bonus

  • Missed: (1) shot and possession
  • Made: award basket and possession

Court Monitors:

Duties include determining possession (coin toss), scoring, time-outs, enforcement of penalties and ejections, and final ruling on foul calls by participants. Court monitors may assess technical fouls and eject players for physical and verbal abuse to players or monitors.

Supervisors:

Shall have the power to make all decisions in conjunction with tournament director on any points not specifically covered in the rules or guidelines. May assess technical fouls and eject players for physical and verbal abuse to players or monitors.