RULE 1 - SECTION 4
THREE-POINT LINE

ART. 1 . . . A three-point line, 2 inches wide in the form of a semicircle, must be drawn at each end of the court as shown in Figure 1-1. The semicircle has a radius of 19 feet 9 inches from a point in the middle of the free-throw lane directly below the center of the basket to the outside edge of the line. The semicircle must be extended with a 2-inch wide line perpendicular to the end line, the length of which must be 63 inches from the inside edge of the end line.

ART. 2 . . . The three-point line must be the same color as the free-throw lane boundary lines and free-throw semicircle.

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