NBA Trivia Questions: Take our NBA Quiz!

0 votes, 0 avg

NBA Basketball Trivia

Try to slam dunk our NBA Basketball trivia quiz! Test your knowledge on our challenging questions on NBA teams, the Finals, MVP players, and legendary game performances from Johnson, Jordan, Bird and others. We have questions ranging from the old days of the NBA to the Lakers to the Chicago Bull dynasties. Try it now.

1 / 50

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

Boston Celtics

Golden State Warriors

Los Angeles Lakers

Chicago Bulls

2 / 50

What teams were added when the NBA expanded to Canada?

Toronto and Ottawa

Vancouver and Toronto

Vancouver and Winnipeg

Ottawa and Vancouver

3 / 50

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

Toronto Raptors

Los Angeles Lakers

Boston Celtics

Chicago Bulls

4 / 50

Who was the first commissioner of the NBA?

Maurice Podoloff

J. Walter Kennedy

Larry O'Brien

Adam Silver

5 / 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

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Michael Jordan

6 / 50

What team did Tim Duncan play his entire career for?

Miami Heat

Dallas Mavericks

San Antonio Spurs

Los Angeles Clippers

7 / 50

Besides the NBA, what are the other major sports leagues in the U.S.A.?

NHL

NFL

All answers are correct

MLB

8 / 50

The NBA league is composed of how many teams?

9 / 50

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

Chicago Bulls

No answers are correct

Boston Celtics

Los Angeles Lakers

10 / 50

What NBA records does Wilt Chamberlain hold?

scoring 100 points in a single game

All answers are correct

55 rebounds in a single game

None of the above

11 / 50

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

Canada

Hawaii

Puerto Rico

Jamaica

12 / 50

The NBA was founded on what city?

Los Angeles

Chicago

Phoenix

New York

13 / 50

This team set the record for most points scored in a season in 1981-1982....

Sixers

Bullets

Nuggets

Warriors

14 / 50

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

1966 to 1968

1966 to 1967

1965 to 197

1965 to 1968

15 / 50

What was Steve Kerr's career three point percentage?

0.443

0.398

0.426

0.454

16 / 50

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

G League

American Basketball Association

East Coast Basketball League

No answers are correct

17 / 50

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

Golden State Warriors

Los Angeles Lakers

Dallas Mavericks

Phoenix Suns

18 / 50

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

NFL

FIBA

NBA

19 / 50

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

Earl Lloyd

All answers are correct

Nathaniel Clifton

Chuck Cooper

20 / 50

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

55000

50000

65000

60000

21 / 50

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

Fédération Internationale de Basketball

American Basketball Association

Basketball Association of America

National Basketball League

22 / 50

When did the American Olympic team first started to feature active professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA)?

1990

1992

1995

1991

23 / 50

Which building hosted the first ever NBA game?

Amway Center

Maple Leaf Gardens

Madison Square Garden

Paycom Center

24 / 50

What team did Shaquille O'Neal win three consecutive championships with from 2000-2002?

Los Angeles Lakers

Miami Heat

Orlando Magic

Houston Rockets

25 / 50

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

Ricky Green

Charley Rosen

Ossie Schectman

Ben Gordon

26 / 50

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

Syracuse

Tri-Cities

All answers are correct

Anderson

27 / 50

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

Boston Celtics

Denver Nuggets

Miami Heat

Los Angeles Lakers

28 / 50

The iconic NBA logo debuted in...

1970

1969

1971

1967

29 / 50

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

Los Angeles Lakers

Golden State Warriors

Chicago Bulls

Boston Celtics

30 / 50

Which team is considered as the first dynasty in the NBA?

Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons

Minneapolis Lakers

Chicago Bulls

31 / 50

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

Harlem Globetrotters

Minneapolis Lakers

San Diego Clippers

Los Angeles Clippers

32 / 50

Which NBA franchise has won 17 championships?

None of the above

All answers are correct

Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers

Boston Celtics

33 / 50

Who was the first winner of the first ever three point contest in the NBA?

Mark Price

Dale Ellis

Craig Hodges

Larry Bird

34 / 50

The NBA was originally named as...

League of American Basketball Players

Basketball Association of America

National American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association

35 / 50

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

Chicago Bulls

Boston Celtics

Los Angeles Lakers

Charlotte Hornets

36 / 50

Which NBA franchise has won 3 titles in a row?

Chicago Bulls

Los Angeles Lakers

All answers are correct

Boston Celtics

37 / 50

Who broke the color barrier and became the first non-white player and the first player of Asian descent to play in the NBA?

Yuta Tabuse

Yao Ming

Wang Zhizhi

Wat Misaka

38 / 50

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

Chicago Bulls

Los Angeles Lakers

Boston Celtics

Golden State Warriors

39 / 50

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

Nikola Jokic

Lebron James

Steph Curry

Karl-Anthony Towns

40 / 50

What team has the most consecutive NBA championships with eight?

Chicago Bulls

Boston Celtics

Los Angeles Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers

41 / 50

In what format is the NBA finals played?

Best of 5

Best of 3

Best of 9

Best of 7

42 / 50

Wilt Chamberlain famously scored 100 points against which team?

Knicks

Lakers

Celtics

Hawks

43 / 50

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

Thunder

Pelicans

Jazz

Kings

44 / 50

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

NBA

MLS

NFL

MLB

45 / 50

What franchise became the first former ABA team to win the NBA championship?

Indiana Pacers

New York Nets

Denver Nuggets

San Antonio Spurs

46 / 50

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

Cleveland Cavaliers

Miami Heat

Los Angeles Lakers

Golden State Warriors

47 / 50

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

48 / 50

What franchise became the ninth team in 1961?

Syracuse Nationals

Philadelphia Warriors

Minneapolis Lakers

Chicago Packers

49 / 50

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

David Stern

J. Walter Kennedy

Maurice Podoloff

Larry O'Brien

50 / 50

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

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Deandre Ayton

Jaren Jackson Jr.

Trae Young

Your score is

The average score is 45%

No Jumpshot Necessary

Not everyone has Steph Curry range when it comes to shooting a basketball, but your knowledge of the game could take you a long way on this challenging NBA trivia quiz. If you’ve spent an inordinate amount of time watching the NBA over the years you can finally put that knowledge to use by putting up a big score on our trivia quiz. To see NBA trivia questions with answers you’ll need to first complete the quiz above. You can see some sample questions below.

NBA Trivia Questions

Who is the only player in NBA history to earn the accolades of Most Valuable Player, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year?
What jersey number did Larry Bird wear during high school, college and with the Boston Celtics?
Twitter’s first logo was named after whom?
Metta World Peace was previously known as…
Who is the shortest NBA player of all time?
How tall is Muggsy Bogues?
Who was Isaiah Thomas named after?
How tall is Isaiah Thomas?
What was the 2000 Summer Paralympics infamous for?
How many of the Spanish basketball team members from the 2000 Summer Paralympics had no disability?
Who was 139th overall pick in the seventh round of the 1977 NBA draft?
The NBA was founded in the year…
Who scored the first basket in the first ever NBA game?
Who is the only NBA player to score 100 points in a single game?
Who is the first NBA player to accumulate a score of over 30,000 points during his career?
The youngest NBA player to score 10,000 career points is…
Who is the first African American to play in the NBA?
In what year was the WNBA launched?
Who holds the record for the most finals MVP in the WNBA?
How many finals MVPs did Cynthia Cooper-Dyke earn during her career?
Who are considered as the tallest identical twins in WNBA history?
What is the height of WNBA twins Heidi and Heather Burge?
This player scored the first basket in WNBA history…
The following teams participated in the first ever WNBA playoffs except…
Which WNBA team won the 1997 championship?
Who has the honor of scoring the first ever dunk in the WNBA?

NBA Trivia

No Jumpshot Necessary

NBA Trivia Questions

Other Trivia You May Enjoy...