| 100% | DORIS | 5 | N.B.A. analyst Burke |
| 61% | LALAKERS | 8 | N.B.A. team with a 1980s "Showtime" era |
| 59% | TIE | 3 | N.B.A. impossibility |
| 56% | YAO | 3 | N.B.A. All-Star Ming |
| 56% | OTS | 3 | N.B.A. tiebreakers, for short |
| 56% | SUNS | 4 | Phoenix N.B.A. team |
| 56% | WIZARDS | 7 | Washington N.B.A. team |
| 56% | LUC | 3 | Former N.B.A. player Mbah a Moute, who helped discover Joel Embiid |
| 55% | ONEAL | 5 | N.B.A. great nicknamed "Diesel" |
| 55% | ONEAL | 5 | Shaquille of the N.B.A. |
| 54% | SHAI | 4 | N.B.A. All-Star Gilgeous-Alexander |
| 54% | BARKLEY | 7 | N.B.A. great nicknamed "Sir Charles" |
| 54% | RUSS | 4 | N.B.A.'s Westbrook, to fans |
| 54% | NETS | 4 | N.B.A. team originally based in New Jersey |
| 54% | DRJ | 3 | N.B.A. legend Julius Erving, to fans |
| 54% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname for N.B.A. great Erving |
| 54% | RODMAN | 6 | Former N.B.A. star who has unofficially served as a peace ambassador with North Korea |
| 53% | OTTO | 4 | N.B.A. forward ___ Porter Jr. |
| 53% | NETS | 4 | N.B.A. team whose fans include the Brooklyn Brigade |
| 53% | CLE | 3 | N.B.A. Eastern Conference champions from 2015 to 2018 |
| 53% | ONEAL | 5 | "Inside the N.B.A." personality |
| 53% | CAVS | 4 | First N.B.A. team for King James |
| 53% | IDA | 3 | N.A.A.C.P. co-founder ___ B. Wells |
| 52% | SANANTONIOSPURS | 15 | Tim Duncan's longtime N.B.A. team |
| 52% | HEGO/IDTGAME | 12 | 1998 film featuring N.B.A. star Ray Allen |
| 52% | MASAI | 5 | Longtime N.B.A. executive ___ Ujiri |
| 51% | LITTLELEAGUE | 12 | N.B.A. or W.N.B.A. |
| 51% | BALLERINCHINA | 13 | Yao Ming, before joining the N.B.A.? |
| 51% | CHA | 3 | The N.B.A.'s Hornets, on scoreboards |
| 51% | KLAY | 4 | Five-time N.B.A. All-Star Thompson |