Kevin Love Goes For Record

by Telemachus on Aug 9, 2009 9:10 PM PDT Comment 5 comments

FSN has a series called Sport Science. A recent episode featured two former Bruins, Baron Davis (via NBA highlight) and Kevin Love. Davis owns the record for longest (89 feet) basket during a NBA game. Sport Science wanted to see if Love could beat the record (albiet not in a game situation) while explaining the science behind the shot. Here's a video clip of that segment.

Now, the part I don't understand is that I have a clip (below) of Love sinking a fullcourt shot during at a during the 2008 NCAA tournament at the Honda Center in Anaheim. I'm sure many of you have seen it. I've checked and the court dimensions of pro and college basketball courts are the same; the length of the court is 94 feet. It would seem Love already beat the record and by a lot, plus he didn't have as much problem then as during this Sport Science segment. An explanation could be that the Honda Center uses high school basketball court dimensions, making the length of the court 84 feet. That would seem dubious, since we're talking the NCAA tournament. Any one have theories?

In any case, just another excuse to talk about former Bruins!

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From that clip

It seems like the shot he made should have been just under 98 feet.

by Tydides on Aug 9, 2009 9:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Actually...

I omitted the early parts of the segment. The line Love shot behind was measured to be just one more foot further than Baron’s shot, so 90 feet.

by Telemachus on Aug 9, 2009 11:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Shot at the Honda Center

If we take the liberty to assume that he shot from the very corner of the court and also that it is a regulation NCAA basketball court, the shot in Anaheim should have been about 92.2 feet.

Being that the middle of the goal is 63 inches (5.25 ft) from the baseline, his shot would have been the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of 25 ft and 88.75 ft. Seeing how the shot was filmed at a NCAA sanctioned event, I can’t imagine why it wouldn’t be considered a record if Baron’s shot counted. In any case, he’s got the record now anyways.

If the court had high school dimensions, the shot would have been about 82.6 ft.

by truebluebruin on Aug 9, 2009 11:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Does it have to do with status?

Maybe they mean a record breaking shot for an NBA player. He wasn’t a professional back then. I dont know… seems silly.

by BruinGold82 on Aug 10, 2009 2:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Kevin Love

Even though Kevin was only with us for 1 year, I LOVE THE GUY!!!!! I saw this shot and it made me laugh when he bowed at the end. He is a GREAT person.

by Forever a Bruin on Aug 10, 2009 1:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs