| 100% | LAKER | 5 | NBA player sharing an arena with the Sparks |
| 58% | SIXERS | 6 | Team sharing an arena with the Flyers, informally |
| 58% | LEAFS | 5 | Team that shares an arena with the Raptors |
| 58% | NETS | 4 | Team that shares an arena with the Liberty |
| 57% | MIAMISOL | 8 | Former WNBA team that shared an arena with the Heat |
| 55% | STING | 5 | Former W.N.B.A. team that shared an arena with the Hornets |
| 53% | MAVS | 4 | N.B.A. team that shares an arena with the N.H.L.'s Stars, familiarly |
| 46% | BENWALLACE | 10 | Undrafted NBA player who became an All-Star in 2003 with the Detroit Pistons: 2 wds. |
| 46% | FREDVANVLEET | 12 | Undrafted NBA player who became an All-Star in 2022 with the Toronto Raptors: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOHNSTARKS | 10 | Undrafted NBA player who became an All-Star in 1994 with the New York Knicks: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BCC | 3 | Share an e-mail with on the sly |
| 41% | ROBINLOPEZ | 10 | NBA player with the nicknames "Captain Hook" and "RoLo" |
| 40% | ROTTERDAM | 9 | City that shares an airport with the Hague |
| 40% | LACLIPPERS | 10 | One of the only two NBA teams that share an arena |
| 40% | HAITI | 5 | Nation that shares an island with the Dominican Republic |
| 40% | HAITI | 5 | Country that shares an island with the Dominican Republic |
| 38% | DOMINICAN | 9 | The __ Republic shares an island with Haiti |
| 37% | CALRIPKENJR | 11 | Infielder with the most career homers (431) as an Orioles player: 3 wds., abbr. |
| 37% | NETS | 4 | Team sharing a home arena with the Liberty |
| 36% | KENNY | 5 | With 36-Across, Rockets great who's an analyst for "Inside the NBA" |
| 36% | LIN | 3 | Jeremy who is the only Taiwanese American with an NBA championship title |
| 36% | NETS | 4 | They share their home arena with the WNBA's Liberty |
| 36% | KEVINDURANT | 11 | NBA player, now with the Phoenix Suns, who signed a lifetime endorsement deal with Nike in 2023: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DIEGOMARADONA | 13 | *Argentine who shared the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award with Pelé |
| 35% | ANTAWN | 6 | __ Jamison, one of two NBA players with 20,000+ points who's not in the Hall of Fame |
| 35% | GOPRO | 5 | Sign with the Sparks, say |
| 35% | WILT | 4 | First name of the only player to score 100 points in an NBA game |
| 35% | OFFS | 4 | Suffix with "play" to mean an elimination tournament played after the regular NBA season |
| 34% | SHUMPERT | 8 | Iman ___, NBA player who partnered with dancer Daniella Karagach on "Dancing with the Stars" season 30 and placed first |
| 34% | RONNY | 5 | ___ Turiaf, French former basketball player who won an NBA championship with Miami Heat in 2012 |