| 100% | QTR | 3 | 12 mins., in the N.B.A. |
| 69% | SHORTY | 6 | Unlikely nickname in the N.B.A. |
| 69% | OTS | 3 | Exciting periods in the N.B.A. |
| 69% | KAREEM | 6 | First name in the N.B.A. |
| 69% | TORONTORAPTORS | 14 | Canadian team in the N.B.A. |
| 69% | MIAMIHEAT | 9 | Southernmost team in the N.B.A. |
| 69% | ALLSTARBREAK | 12 | "Time out" in the N.B.A. |
| 68% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname in the N.B.A. |
| 68% | SHAQ | 4 | Nickname in the N.B.A. |
| 67% | QTRS | 4 | Periods in the N.B.A.: Abbr. |
| 66% | KAREEM | 6 | First name in the N.B.A., once |
| 66% | FLAGRANTFOUL | 12 | Reason for an ejection in the N.B.A. |
| 66% | MAV | 3 | Athlete in the N.B.A.'s Southwest Div. |
| 66% | THREE | 5 | Long shot to make in the N.B.A. |
| 65% | SETH | 4 | Steph Curry’s younger brother in the N.B.A. |
| 64% | LLOYD | 5 | Earl ___, first African-American to play in the N.B.A. |
| 63% | EAST | 4 | One team in the N.B.A. All-Star Game, with "the" |
| 63% | NET | 3 | Kevin Durant, James Harden or Kyrie Irving, in the N.B.A. |
| 63% | DORAG | 5 | Headwear the N.B.A. banned in 2005 |
| 62% | ONEAL | 5 | "Inside the N.B.A." analyst beginning in 2011 |
| 61% | THUNDER | 7 | What the N.B.A.'s SuperSonics became in 2008 |
| 60% | DRJ | 3 | N.B.A. star who started in the A.B.A. |
| 60% | NATEBITATIBETAN | 15 | What the N.B.A.'s Thurmond did in Lhasa, palindromically? |
| 60% | ONEAL | 5 | The Big Aristotle, in the N.B.A. |
| 59% | MVPS | 4 | Joel Embiid and Patrick Mahomes are reigning ones, in the N.B.A. and N.F.L. |
| 59% | TOTAL | 5 | The "c" in a + b = c |
| 59% | JAMAL | 5 | ___ Crawford, the N.B.A.'s all-time leader in four-point plays |
| 58% | ASSN | 4 | The "A" in N.B.A.: Abbr. |
| 58% | DHS | 3 | Positions in the A.L. but not the N.L. |
| 57% | ASSN | 4 | The "A" in N.B.A, for short |