| 100% | ONFIRE | 6 | Scoring point after point, as an NBA player |
| 60% | WILT | 4 | First name of the only player to score 100 points in an NBA game |
| 59% | EARL | 4 | Cager Boykins who's the shortest player to score 30 points in an NBA game |
| 56% | STAT | 4 | Points, for an NBA player, e.g. |
| 47% | ONFIRE | 6 | Scoring point after point |
| 47% | WILT | 4 | Chamberlain who is still the only person to ever score 100 points in an NBA game |
| 45% | PAT | 3 | Only NA coach to win an NBA championship as a player,coach and executive |
| 44% | WILT | 4 | ___ Chamberlain, NBA player who scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks |
| 44% | CURRY | 5 | Stephen ___, NBA player who scored 62 points in a game against the Portland Trail Blazers |
| 43% | DEUCE | 5 | Score point after key cue broke |
| 41% | PENNYHARDAWAY | 13 | NBA player who was an unconventionally tall point guard and whose career was plagued and ended by several knee injuries: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SHOPPINGCENTERS | 15 | NBA players working as Instacart employees? |
| 40% | GPA | 3 | Grade point average, as an initialism |
| 39% | ELGINBAYLOR | 11 | Former Lakers player and 11-time NBA All-Star who scored 60+ points in a game four times: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Former Bulls player and 14-time NBA All-Star who scored 60+ points in a game five times: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WILT | 4 | ___ Chamberlain, American basketball player who is the only player to score 100 points in a single NBA game |
| 39% | FIVELOVE | 8 | Score after opening with an ace, informally |
| 39% | TACKLE | 6 | Bring down, as an opposing football player |
| 39% | MOOT | 4 | Academic, as an arguable point |
| 39% | JAMESHARDEN | 11 | Current Rockets player and 8-time NBA All-Star who's scored 60+ points in a game four times: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HGT | 3 | Measurement often given in an NBA player's bio (Abbr.) |
| 38% | LAKER | 5 | NBA player sharing an arena with the Sparks |
| 38% | TAKEAIM | 7 | Point, as at an archery competition |
| 38% | SALIENCE | 8 | Importance, as points in an argument |
| 38% | ABDUL | 5 | Kareem ___-Jabbar, one of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who has scored the most points in NBA history with 38,387 points |
| 38% | PORTAL | 6 | Website that serves as an entry point |
| 38% | SIDE | 4 | Point of view, as in an argument |
| 38% | ADOUT | 5 | Score after seven points, maybe |
| 37% | GIANNIS | 7 | ___ Antetokounmpo, Greek athlete who is an NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks |
| 37% | JAKE | 4 | ___ Tsakalidis, Greek athlete who was an NBA player for the Memphis Grizzlies |