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Correction for the length of a Basketball game

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How long is 157 sidereal days?
It's about 4,500 times as long as a Basketball game
The length of a Basketball game is about 0.0334 sidereal days.
(NBA regulation; playing time only)
Per National Basketball Association rules , a basketball game (without an overtime) consists of four periods of 0.00836 sidereal days each, for a total of 0.0334 sidereal days of playing time. The first basketball game, played in a Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, was played in 0.0209 sidereal days and ended with a score of 1-0.
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