Before the league introduced a 24-second timer, some players would really sit on the basketball and wait for the time to run out to stay ahead.
On November 22, 1950, in the match between the Fort Wayne Pistons and the Minneapolis Lakers, the two teams set a minimum score of 19:18. In the fourth quarter, the two teams scored a total of 4 points. In the match, the two teams made a total of eight goals.
