3x3 Basketball vs Creator Basketball (NBA Creator Cup) — Same Game, Different Rules

Personal fouls in the act of shooting: free throws are awarded as in 5-on-5 basketball; Free throw outside the arc: 2 free throws; Free throw inside the arc: 1 free throw

Each successful free throw is worth 1 point.

Size 6 (28.5 inches / 72.4 cm circumference) — sized between a women's 5-on-5 ball and a men's 5-on-5 ball; Weight equivalent to a men's 5-on-5 basketball (approximately 580-620 g); FIBA-approved 3x3 ball with grooved grip pattern designed for outdoor use

Protective accessories such as mouthguards, ankle braces, or knee pads are not established as mandatory for Creator Cup participants in available NBA reporting and are omitted here rather than assumed.

The check-ball restart area is the top of the arc at the half-court line opposite the basket. After a made basket and on out-of-bounds restarts in specific scenarios, the offensive team takes the ball at the check-ball spot and passes it to a defe...

The sixth-edition 2026 Creator Cup was staged at The Pavilion at UNLV in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the closing game of NBA Summer League's opening night (July 9, 2026), on the venue's standard NBA-spec hardwood court.; The separate All-Star "Season 2" staging of the Creator Cup was played on Creator ...

3x3 is unique among FIBA disciplines in that coaches are not permitted on the bench during play in standard FIBA 3x3 competition — the players themselves manage strategy, substitutions, and timeout...

Sixth-edition (2026 Summer League) format: two creator rosters of nine players each — per NBA.com reporting, this is "two competing creator rosters" rather than a traditional 3-on-3 setup. In the 2026 staging, Team Pierre (coached by Pierre Andresen of Enjoy Basketball) faced Team Darrick (coache...

If the game is tied at the end of regulation (neither team reached 21 before time expired and both have equal points), untimed overtime is played: the first team to score 2 points in overtime wins. There is no overtime clock; play continues from t...

, a foul on a 2-point attempt is worth two points on a single made free throw; a foul on a 3-point attempt is worth three points on a single made free throw). This rule was adapted from a G League procedure used since the 2019–20 season.

Each successful free throw is worth 1 point.

Baseline scoring values (field goal, three-point shot) follow standard basketball scoring; free-throw scoring during regulation levels follows the One Free Throw Rule described in Section 5, where a single made free throw carries the full point value (1, 2, or 3) of the shooting foul it replaces....

If the offensive team fails to attempt a rim-contacting shot within 12 seconds, the defensive team gains possession at the check-ball area.

Standard basketball violations (traveling, double-dribble, backcourt/shot-clock violations where a shot clock is in use) apply as in standard play; Creator Cup reporting does not document Creator-Cup-specific violation categories beyond the modified shooting-foul procedure covered in Section 5.; ...

FIBA follows the IOC consensus on concussion in sport: any player with a suspected concussion is removed from play and is subject to a graduated return-to-play assessment before being cleared for subsequent competition. Match-day diagnosis is the ...

As an NBA-branded exhibition staged inside NBA and Summer League venues (The Pavilion at UNLV; NBA Crossover at the Los Angeles Convention Center), the Creator Cup operates within the host venue's standard event medical and athletic-safety provisi...