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Why does "downtown" mean the area farthest from the hoop in basketball?
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March 6th, 2008
When someone shoots a three they say he is shooting “from downtown”. Doesn’t this sound backwards? You would expect “downtown” to mean the center of the action, i.e. “in the paint”. Outside the 3-point line should be “the suburbs” or better yet “outside the beltway”. Any idea who started this expression and why?
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