Editing Scoreboard (section)

===Basketball===
[[File:Daktronics Scoreboard Blue and Yellow.png|thumb|A basketball/volleyball scoreboard]]
A [[basketball]] scoreboard will at the minimum display the time left in the period and both teams' scores. The last minute of each quarter is usually displayed with [[Millisecond|tenths]] of a second, which is required in FIBA, NBA (since 1989), and NCAA (since 2001). Most high school scoreboards also include a display of the number of team fouls, the number of the last player to commit a [[Personal foul (basketball)|personal foul]] (with the total number of personal fouls for that player), the period, and indicators of which team is in the team foul penalty situation, and possession (with a separate possession arrow display at half-court; not used in the NBA). College basketball scoreboards include [[shot clock]]s and the number of time-outs left for each team, with some high school state athletics bodies also beginning to adopt shot clocks to remove end of game [[Running out the clock|stalling]].  Larger scoreboards include statistics on the players in the game. Basketball scoreboards must include a [[Klaxon|horn]] or [[buzzer]] to signal the end of a period, fouls, and substitutions; the shot clocks have their own buzzer system sounding a different octave to avert any confusion with the game clock system.

In some multipurpose venues where ice hockey and basketball are played, the scoreboard unit which shows penalties will be used to display the player on the court, number of fouls, and points scored in the game.  The team fouls are usually placed in the same position as shots on goal in hockey games. In some university arenas, the scorer's table, which has traditionally been used for displaying physically scrolling advertising boards along its face, may also feature either a traditional mechanical scoreboard, or a scoreboard display within a [[Light-emitting diode|LED display]] on the front of the table which also functions with virtual scrolling advertisements.

Since 1991, the NBA has mandated that each shot clock carry a duplicate readout of the time left in the period in addition to the shot time. Since 2011, the shot clock also shows tenths of a second past five seconds left on the shot clock. Many college and even some high-school shot clocks (in states where a shot-clock rule is in effect for high-school basketball) now also include a game timer.

Three-sided game shot clocks became a trend in the 1990s, and after a controversial series of calls during the [[2002 NBA Playoffs]], the NBA instituted a new game shot clock rule in 2002, requiring specific visibility of the game- and shot-clock time for [[instant replay|instant-replay]] purposes. FIBA installed a similar three-sided rule in 2004. The rule was further changed in 2005 by permitting a new [[Daktronics]] see-through model (one on top of the basket, one on the end of the basket unit) that has gained popularity as many OES and Daktronics venues have adopted the system. Since [[2016-17 NBA season|2016]], see-through clocks made by [[Tissot]] are what the NBA use for all venues.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBA, watchmaker Tissot announce multiyear partnership|date=5 October 2015|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/13813208/nba-watchmaker-tissot-announce-multi-year-partnership|publisher=ESPN|access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref>

Daktronics has introduced a technology called ColorSmart, which denotes the trailing team's score numbers with red lighting, while the leading team is in green. However this technology has yet to be utilized in a game settings as the bylaws of the major basketball sanctioning bodies and many of the high school athletic bodies decree that both scores must display in the same color; the rule came into effect in 1994 after Spectrum Scoreboards introduced an earlier version of the concept. This is used almost exclusively in recreation leagues.