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The 2010 NBA All-Star Game broke the record for the single largest attendance for an indoor event, how many attendees?

108713

100000

98010

102436

2 / 50

The NBA was founded on what city?

Los Angeles

New York

Chicago

Phoenix

3 / 50

Which team won the 2021 finals?

Milwaukee Bucks

Miami Heat

Los Angeles Lakers

Phoenix Suns

4 / 50

When LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh played for the Miami Heat, they were collectively known as the...

Fast and the Furious

Trio of Doom

Big Three

Can't Beat the Heat

5 / 50

Which professional sports league is considered the third in terms of revenue?

NFL

NBA

FIBA

NFL

6 / 50

What team holds the record for the most wins in a single NBA regular season?

Los Angeles Lakers

Chicago Bulls

Boston Celtics

Golden State Warriors

7 / 50

Which of the following early basketball leagues become the choice for collegians looking to turn professional?

American Basketball League (ABL)

National Basketball Association (NBA)

Basketball Association of America (BAA)

National Basketball League (NBL)

8 / 50

The Buffalo Braves was renamed into what team when it was moved to San Diego?

Los Angeles Clippers

Harlem Globetrotters

San Diego Clippers

Minneapolis Lakers

9 / 50

The NBA was originally named as...

American Basketball Association

Basketball Association of America

National American Basketball Association

League of American Basketball Players

10 / 50

What NBA records does Wilt Chamberlain hold?

55 rebounds in a single game

None of the above

All answers are correct

scoring 100 points in a single game

11 / 50

Who was the first commissioner of the NBA?

Larry O'Brien

Maurice Podoloff

J. Walter Kennedy

Adam Silver

12 / 50

What NBA team has won the most championships in NBA history?

Boston Celtics

Chicago Bulls

Los Angeles Lakers

Golden State Warriors

13 / 50

What playoff seed were the Houston Rockets when they won the NBA title in the 1994-95 season?

14 / 50

Which of the following was nickname for Wilt Chamberlain?

All answers are correct

Wilt the Stilt

Goliath

The Big Dipper

15 / 50

What team won the NBA championship in the 2019-2020 season held in the NBA bubble?

Boston Celtics

Denver Nuggets

Los Angeles Lakers

Miami Heat

16 / 50

Which league in the world owns the prestige of having the best paid athletes by average annual salary per player?

NFL

NBA

MLB

MLS

17 / 50

What team has won the most games in a single NBA season without winning a championship?

Los Angeles Lakers

Dallas Mavericks

Golden State Warriors

Phoenix Suns

18 / 50

The iconic NBA logo debuted in...

1971

1970

1969

1967

19 / 50

Which NBA franchise has won 3 titles in a row?

Boston Celtics

All answers are correct

Los Angeles Lakers

Chicago Bulls

20 / 50

Whos is the only player in NBA history to average at least 30 points and 20 rebounds per game in a season?

Kobe Bryant

Wilt Chamberlain

Michael Jordan

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

21 / 50

What team did Tim Duncan play his entire career for?

Dallas Mavericks

San Antonio Spurs

Los Angeles Clippers

Miami Heat

22 / 50

Besides the NBA, which of the following are considered as premier basketball leagues in the world?

American Basketball Association

East Coast Basketball League

No answers are correct

G League

23 / 50

What was introduced in 1954 to encourage shooting and discourage stalling?

Shot clock

Travelling

Flagrant foul

Buzzer beaters

24 / 50

Kobe Bryant was drafted straight out of high school by what team?

Los Angeles Lakers

Chicago Bulls

Charlotte Hornets

Boston Celtics

25 / 50

In 1949, which of the following NBL teams merged into the BAA?

All answers are correct

Syracuse

Anderson

Tri-Cities

26 / 50

What team is known as "The Greek Freak's" team?

Houston Rockets

Milwaukee Bucks

Miami Heat

Los Angeles Clippers

27 / 50

The three-point field goal that well all know today was adapted from what league?

Basketball Association of America

Fédération Internationale de Basketball

National Basketball League

American Basketball Association

28 / 50

What was Steve Kerr's career three point percentage?

0.443

0.454

0.426

0.398

29 / 50

Besides the U.S.A., what other country does the NBA have a team from?

Puerto Rico

Hawaii

Canada

Jamaica

30 / 50

What teams were added when the NBA expanded to Canada?

Vancouver and Winnipeg

Vancouver and Toronto

Ottawa and Vancouver

Toronto and Ottawa

31 / 50

What team did LeBron James win his first NBA championship with?

Golden State Warriors

Los Angeles Lakers

Miami Heat

Cleveland Cavaliers

32 / 50

Who was the player that scored the first ever basket in the Basketball Association of America (BAA)?

Ben Gordon

Ricky Green

Ossie Schectman

Charley Rosen

33 / 50

What team was the first to win an NBA championship?

Boston Celtics

Minneapolis Lakers

New York Knicks

Philadelphia Warriors

34 / 50

What team did Michael Jordan play for during his six championship runs?

Chicago Bulls

Boston Celtics

Los Angeles Lakers

Golden State Warriors

35 / 50

Who served as president of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) between 1946 and 1949?

Maurice Podoloff

Larry O'Brien

J. Walter Kennedy

David Stern

36 / 50

How much was Wilt Chamberlain's salary when he spent one year with the Harlem Globetrooters?

50000

65000

55000

60000

37 / 50

Which NBA team holds the longest consecutive NBA Finals appearance streak?

Los Angeles Lakers

Boston Celtics

Chicago Bulls

No answers are correct

38 / 50

The NBA's regular season begins and ends from...

October to May

September to April

September to May

October to April

39 / 50

How many games does each team play during a regular season?

40 / 50

Who among the following became the first African-American players in the NBA?

Chuck Cooper

All answers are correct

Earl Lloyd

Nathaniel Clifton

41 / 50

Which of these players was picked before Luka Doncic in the 2018 draft?

Trae Young

Deandre Ayton

Jaren Jackson Jr.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

42 / 50

From what period did the NBA expanded from 9 to 14 teams?

1965 to 197

1965 to 1968

1966 to 1967

1966 to 1968

43 / 50

What team has the most consecutive NBA championships with eight?

Chicago Bulls

Boston Celtics

Los Angeles Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers

44 / 50

Who are known as the "Splash Brothers"?

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson

Klay Thompson and Andre Iguodala

Steph Curry and Mychal Thompson

Steph Curry and Draymond Green

45 / 50

In 2016 this player was the first to be a unanimously voted MVP

Karl-Anthony Towns

Steph Curry

Lebron James

Nikola Jokic

46 / 50

What team was known as the Seattle SuperSonics before moving to Oklahoma City in 2008?

Thunder

Kings

Jazz

Pelicans

47 / 50

In what format is the NBA finals played?

Best of 7

Best of 3

Best of 9

Best of 5

48 / 50

Wilt Chamberlain famously scored 100 points against which team?

Knicks

Hawks

Lakers

Celtics

49 / 50

What team did Kobe played against when he scored both his lowest and highest game ever?

Toronto Raptors

Chicago Bulls

Boston Celtics

Los Angeles Lakers

50 / 50

What was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar birth name?

Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.

Lew Alcindor

Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.

Walker Smith Jr.

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The youngest NBA player to score 10,000 career points is…
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