What is being measured?
Regulation horizontal dimension of the NBA backboard; not the width of the marked target rectangle.
Use the named object, variant and dimension. A manufactured or natural object can differ from this reference.
- Dimension
- backboard width
- Reference value
- 6 ft
- Evidence
- Nominal standard size
- In metres
- 1.8288 m
Put the length in perspective
One NBA basketball backboard represents approximately 21.4 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
NBA basketball backboard · 1.8288 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m