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NBA
Sports - NBA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| NBA shot clock (and after offensive rebound) - and NCAA | 24/14 (NCAA is 30) |
| NBA games are ___ minutes | 4 X 12 = 48 |
| Basketball screen play is a | 'pick and roll' |
| 4 teams merged from ABA | Nuggets, Nets, Pacers, Spurs |
| NBA rosters | 15 (13 active) |
| First champion in 1947 | Philadelphia Warriors |
| First post-merger champion - in 1950 | MN Lakers |
| All-Star game in | February |
| Current NBA Commissioner | Silver |
| Team with more inductees of the Naismith Memorial HOF | Celtics |
| Most championships as coach | Phil Jackson |
| Coach with most championships with one team | Red Auerbach |
| Larry Brown (3) | Only coach to win NCAA and NBA titles; First to play and coach in Olympics, Only to coach 2 NBA teams in same season |
| Teams led to a championships by Larry Brown | Kansas & the Pistons |
| NBA championship trophy named for | Larry O'Brien (former Postmaster General) |
| GSW coach | Steve Kerr |
| Dick Vitale coached the | Pistons |
| Michael Jordan part owner of | Hornets |
| Timberlake and wife Biel are part owners of | Grizzlies |
| Most career points (2) | Lebron, then Kareem |
| Most minutes played (2) | Lebron, then Kareem |
| In 2025-2026 season ___ will break tie with ___ for most seasons played | Lebron, Vince Carter |
| Career field goals | Lebron may pass Kareem in 25-26 |
| Career assists (2) | John Stockton, then Chris Paul |
| Career steals (2) | John Stockton, then Chris Paul |
| Free throws | Karl Malone |
| Number of 3-pointers made by Kareem | 1 |
| Oldest triple-double | Karl Malone |
| Karl Malone nickname | The Mailman |
| Most fouls | Kareem |
| Kareem's original name and team | Lew Alcindor, Bucks |
| 3-point leaders (2) | Steph Curry, then James Harden |
| Most points in a playoff game | Jordan (63) |
| Most playoff points in a career | LeBron, then Jordan (West has most for finals) |
| Highest scoring average for both regular season & playoffs | Jordan |
| Rebounds (2) | Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell |
| Missed shots (2) | Lebron, then Kobe |
| Blocks (2) | Olajuwon, then Mutombo |
| Most points in a season | Wilt Chamberlain |
| Most games played (2) | Parish, then Lebron (closing) |
| Played with one team the longest | Nowitzki (Mavericks) |
| Double-doubles (2) | Tim Duncan, then Karl Malone |
| Triple-doubles (3) | Westbrook, Robertson, Jokic (2025) |
| Only with 30(pts)-20(rbds)-20(assits) in single game | Jokic |
| Last of 4 to record Quadruple-Double | David Robinson |
| 50-40-90 Club (FG-3P-FT) first and most | Bird and Nash |
| Only 50-40-90 to lead league in scoring in same season | Curry |
| Only 50-50-100 | Snell |
| Points by Decade: 60's 70's & 80's | Wilt 60, Kareem 70 then Alex English 80 (Nuggets) |
| Points by Decade: 90s, 00's, & 10's | Karl Malone 90, Kobe Bryant 00, Lebron 10 |
| Finals: most assists and steals | Magic Johnson |
| Finals and playoffs: most rebounds | Bill Russell (both) |
| Finals: most blocks | Kareem (Duncan for playoffs) |
| Finals: most free throws | Jerry West |
| Most turnovers - both career and finals | Lebron |
| Finals: most points (2) | West, then Lebron |
| Two Western divisions | Pacific and Central |
| Two Eastern divisions | Atlantic and Southeast |
| Most scoring titles 1 and 2 | MJ (10), then Chamberlain (7) |
| Scoring titles: three players tied at 3rd with 4 | Iverson, Durant and Gervin |
| Oldest with scoring title | Jordan |
| Youngest with scoring title | Durant |
| Only to win scoring title without making a 3-pointer during season (after it was introduced in 1979) | Shaquille |
| Number of 3-pointers made by Shaq | 1 |
| League MVP award, height and weight | Jordan, 23 and 23 lbs |
| Only unanimous league MVP | Steph Curry |
| Only back-to-back league MVP winner on different teams | Moses Malone |
| Oldest league MVP | Karl Malone |
| Youngest league MVP | Derrick Rose |
| Only to win league MVP without making playoffs | Kareem |
| Most league MVPs | Kareem (6) |
| League MVPs, tied for second with 5 | Russell and Jordan |
| 3 players who have exactly 6 championships | Jordan, Pippen and Kareem |
| LeBron entered league in ___, has ___ championships with ___ teams | 2003, 4 with 3 teams |
| Shaq has how many championships? | 4 (3 w/ Lakers, 1 w/ Heat) |
| Rodman, Kobe, Duncan and Magic have how many championships | 5 |
| Finals MVP award named for | Russell |
| Only losing player to win Finals MVP (and team) | Jerry West (Lakers) |
| Bill Russell number and college | 6, SF |
| Youngest all-Star | Kobe |
| Kobe drafted by ___ in ___ | Hornets, 1996 |
| Only team other than Celtics to be in 5 straight finals | Warriors |
| Lowest seed to win finals (and year) | Rockets, 1995 |
| First team to make finals after Play-In Tournament | Heat |
| Which two teams won championships during Jordan's leave | Rockets |
| Only two Western Conference teams to reach finals in 1980s | Lakers and Rockets |
| Most career points in Finals | Jerry West |
| Warriors moved to GS in | 1962 |
| 76ers started in ___ as ___ | Syracuse as Nationals |
| 4 ABA teams that joined in 1976 | Spurs, Pacers, Nuggets and Nets |
| Two teams that joined in 1995 | Grizzlies and Raptors |
| Considered newest team (and year) | Pelicans, 2002 |
| Celtics record in finals | 18-5 |
| Team that started in Fort Wayne, IN | Pistons |
| Oldest and second oldest teams | Kings, then Pistons |
| Former Buffalo Braves | Clippers |
| Began as Chicago Packers/Zephyrs in 1961 | Wizards |
| Former Buffalo Bison | Hawks |
| Hawks played in ___ before moving to St. Louis | Milwaukee |
| First to draft a black player, name and year | Celtics, Cooper in 1950 |
| Long-time Lakers announcer who came up with 'air ball' and 'slam dunk' | Chick Hearn |
| Tallest two players | Murasan (Romania) then Bol |
| Shortest to win Slam Dunk contest | Anthony Spud Webb |
| Shortest NBA player | Muggsy Bogues |
| Pearl Jam originally named | Mookie Blaylock |
| Wilt Chamberlain's nickname | The Big Dipper |
| "The Dream" | Hakeem Olajuwon, moves called "The Dream Shake" |
| Only NBA player to retire with more career blocked shots than points scored | Manute Bol |
| South African born | Steve Nash (grew up in Canada) |
| Ewing born in | Jamaica |
| Steve Kerr born in | Beirut |
| Victor Wembanyama plays for | Spurs |
| Most victories with one team | Tim Duncan of the USVI |
| MJ - of seasons with the Bull - and last team | 13, Wizards |
| MJ's year with Barons and batting average | 1994, .202 |
| Dwayne Wade married to ___, played for ___, co-owner of ___ | Union, Heat, Jazz |
| Whose finger did Tree Rollins bite? | Danny Ainge |
| CP3 shoes named after | Chris Paul |
| Doc Rivers first name | Glenn |
| Shaq's shoe size and 'handle' | 23, DJ Diesel |
| 'Uncle Drew' Kyrie Irving born in | Australia |
| Bird and Kareem both wore | 33 |
| Magic Johnson wore | 32 |
| Shaq wore ___ with LSU, then ___ with Magic/Heat, and ___ with Lakers | 33, 32 (step down with Magic), 34 (step up with Lakers) |
| Shaq's last team | Celtics |
| Jerry West's number and college | 44, WVU |
| Karl Malone's last year with | Lakers |
| Kevin Durant's two championships were with | GS Warriors |
| Two teams with no other retired numbers | Clippers and Raptors |
| Numbers retired by teams they never played for | Jordan, Russell and Maravich |
| Numbers retired by three teams | Shaq, Wilt and Maravich |
| Only player in any sport to have different numbers retired by same franchise | Kobe (8, 24) |
| Basketball circumference | 29.5" in NBA |
| Area of court around the net (2) | Low post or block |
| High post at top corner of paint also called | Elbow |
| Area between Low Post and Corner | Short Corner |
| Three lines that define the paint | Foul, Lane Lines and Base/End |
| Three-point line also called | The Arc |
| Finals MVP and #2 | Jordan (6), LeBron (4) |
| 1988 Teams | Heat and Hornets |
| Dallas entered league in | 1980 |
| Entered league in 1989 | Magic & TWolves |
| Entered league in 1974 | Jazz |
| Grizzlies and Raptors entered in | 1995 |
| Entered in 1966 | Bulls |
| Entered in 1967 | (San Diego) Rockets and Supersonics (Thunder) |
| Westernmost (and #2) | Portland (GSW #2) |
| Northernmost | Portland |
| Entered in 1968 | Bucks and Suns |
| Bill Russell drafted by | St. Louis Hawks |
| Who has 10 championships? | Sam Jones (Not KC, who was also on Celtics) |
| Who won 1971 championship | Bucks, with Kareem |
| Who choked who in 1997 and what team | Letrell Sprewell choked PJ Carlesimo, Warriors |
| Earl the Pearl's last name | Monroe |
| Phil Jackson played in college for | North Dakota |
| What Rhodes Scholar attended Princeton | Bill Bradley |
| Oldest All-Star | Kareem (41) |
| All-star MVP named for | Kobe |
| Most all-time playoff games | LeBron |
| "Black Jesus" | Earl 'the Pearl' Monroe |
| First 2 players mentioned on Kurtis Blow's "Basketball" | Dr. J and Moses Malone |
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