| 100% | NBA | 3 | An organisation in which the LA Lakers and Chicago Bulls play: Abbr |
| 90% | NBA | 3 | Organisation in which the LA Lakers and Chicago Bulls play: Abbr. |
| 62% | NBA | 3 | An organisation which the Chicago Bulls and LA Lakers belong to |
| 54% | NBA | 3 | Organization in which the LA Lakers play: Abbr |
| 45% | NBA | 3 | Organization of which the LA Lakers and Miami Heat are a part: Abbr. |
| 40% | MLS | 3 | Where the LA Galaxy and NY Red Bulls play: Abbr. |
| 38% | JAMES | 5 | LeBron ___, LA Lakers basketball player and 2004 NBA "Rookie of the Year" who also played football in school |
| 37% | NATO | 4 | An alliance between American and European forces, that played a big part in the occupation of Afghanistan: Abbr |
| 35% | STYMIE | 6 | Former situation on a golf green in which an opponent's ball blocked the line between the hole and the ball about to be played |
| 34% | NBA | 3 | Organization for Chicago Bulls and L.A Lakers: Abbr. |
| 34% | DANGELORUSSEL | 13 | No. 1 guard for the LA Lakers, and Jerry West award winner in 2015 : 2 wds. |
| 34% | KICKBOXING | 10 | Martial art in which the hands and feet are used for striking an opponent |
| 33% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | LA Laker and 16-time All-Star who was the #1 NBA draft pick in 2003: 2 wds. |
| 33% | PREV | 4 | The third button in media players, besides Play/Pause and Next: Abbr. |
| 33% | NBA | 3 | League in which the 28-Across play (Abbr.) |
| 33% | NBA | 3 | The league in which LeBron James plays: Abbr. |
| 33% | HER | 3 | 2013 film in which Scarlett Johansson plays the voice of an operating system |
| 33% | IRIS | 4 | 2001 film in which Kate Winslet and Judi Dench played the title role |
| 33% | NBA | 3 | League that the L.A. Lakers play in: Abbr. |
| 33% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 31% | NBA | 3 | Organization in which Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant played: Abbr. |
| 31% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Former Chicago Bulls player who won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1987 and 1988: 2 wds. |
| 30% | NBA | 3 | Organization for the LA Lakers: Abbr. |
| 30% | ASL | 3 | Syst. in which making an "L" with the thumb and index finger and raising the pinkie means "I love you" |
| 30% | MRSUNSHINE | 10 | 2011 American sitcom starring Matthew Perry in which he plays the manager of an arena in San Diego: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BOBSLEIGH | 9 | Winter Olympic sport in which teams of two race on narrow iced tracks and was first played in the 1870s |
| 30% | CINDERELLAMAN | 13 | 2005 film in which Renée Zellweger plays the wife of an injured boxer trying to revive his career: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ROYALMINT | 9 | Organisation based in Llantrisant, Wales, which possesses the sole right to manufacture coins and notes of the realm |
| 30% | ASL | 3 | In which the letter “R” resembles “fingers crossed”: Abbr. |
| 30% | NBA | 3 | Sports organization containing the LA Lakers: Abbr. |