| 100% | SIMON | 5 | Herb ___, owner of the Indiana Pacers NBA team |
| 55% | JOE | 3 | ___ Lacob, majority owner of the Golden State Warriors NBA team |
| 55% | GORES | 5 | Tom ___, owner of the Detroit Pistons NBA team |
| 55% | GLEN | 4 | ___ Taylor, owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA team |
| 55% | HARRIS | 6 | Josh ___, owner of the Philadelphia 76ers NBA team |
| 54% | BUSS | 4 | ___ Family Trust, majority owners of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA team |
| 52% | LARRYBIRD | 9 | Former President of the Indiana Pacers, NBA legend who twice reached the 50-40-90 stats in two consecutive seasons: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MAV | 3 | Member of the Dallas NBA team Mark Cuban co-owns, for short |
| 44% | LAKERS | 6 | Dominant NBA team of the 1980s |
| 44% | LUVABULLS | 9 | Cheerleaders of the Chicago Bulls NBA team |
| 43% | NETS | 4 | NBA team in the Atlantic division of the Eastern Conference |
| 43% | NETS | 4 | NBA team, one of whose mascots is Duncan the Dragon |
| 43% | OHIO | 4 | Home state of the NBA team Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 42% | SUNS | 4 | NBA team that retired the numbers of Steve Nash and Charles Barkley |
| 42% | GREENBAY | 8 | Home of the only publicly owned N.F.L. team |
| 42% | PACER | 5 | Member of Indiana's NBA team |
| 42% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "Noah" star who's part owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby team: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LACLIPPERS | 10 | One of the only two NBA teams that share an arena |
| 41% | IND | 3 | Home to the Pacers of NBA: Abbr. |
| 41% | THUNDER | 7 | Team that defeated the Pacers in the 2025 NBA Finals |
| 40% | CHICAGOBULLS | 12 | NBA team whose name includes the symbol of a sign of the zodiac (Taurus): 2 wds. |
| 40% | OLYMPIANS | 9 | Indianapolis ___, extinct NBA team from Indiana whose name is inspired by the Greek Gods |
| 39% | RICK | 4 | ___ Carlisle, coach for NBA's Indiana Pacers who was Coach of the Year in 2002 |
| 39% | MALE | 4 | Owner of the Y? |
| 39% | WHITESTAR | 9 | Owner of the Titanic |
| 39% | RILEY | 5 | NBA Coach of the Year Award winner for three different teams |
| 38% | MILWAUKEE | 9 | ___ Bucks, NBA team formed in 1968 who achieved their first victory on the day of Halloween |
| 38% | BOSTON | 6 | ___ Celtics, NBA team with a 19-game winning streak in the regular season of 2008-09 |
| 38% | HEAT | 4 | Miami ___, NBA team with a 27-game winning streak in the regular season of 2012-13 |
| 38% | BUCKS | 5 | Milwaukee ___, NBA team with a 20-game winning streak in the regular season of 1970-71 |