| 100% | KERR | 4 | Steve with eight N.B.A. championships |
| 97% | KERR | 4 | Steve with eight N.B.A. championship rings |
| 75% | KERR | 4 | Steve with four N.B.A. coaching championships |
| 57% | STEVEKERR | 9 | N.B.A. great with five championship rings as a player and three as a head coach |
| 54% | GREGG | 5 | Coach Popovich with five N.B.A. championships |
| 53% | PATRILEY | 8 | Five-time N.B.A. championship-winning coach with the Lakers and the Heat |
| 50% | JAZZ | 4 | N.B.A. team with a non-plural name |
| 50% | LALAKERS | 8 | N.B.A. franchise with a famous “Showtime” era |
| 50% | ONEAL | 5 | N.B.A. great with a doctorate in education |
| 50% | LALAKERS | 8 | N.B.A. team with a 1980s "Showtime" era |
| 49% | EARL | 4 | N.B.A. legend Monroe with a signature spin move |
| 49% | SUNS | 4 | N.B.A. team with a gorilla mascot, strangely enough |
| 46% | KERR | 4 | N.B.A. coach Steve |
| 45% | KERR | 4 | N.B.A. head coach Steve |
| 45% | ONEAL | 5 | 2000 N.B.A. championship star |
| 45% | OMNI | 4 | N.B.A. venue, with "the" |
| 45% | GARDEN | 6 | N.B.A. venue, with "the" |
| 44% | TATUM | 5 | Jayson who won an N.B.A. championship with the Celtics and an Olympic gold medal with the U.S.A. (June and August, 2024) |
| 44% | LAMAR | 5 | With 44-Across, N.B.A. player once married to a Kardashian |
| 44% | ONEAL | 5 | N.B.A. star with size 22 shoes |
| 44% | ONEAL | 5 | N.B.A. great with size 22 shoes |
| 43% | LARRYBIRD | 9 | Former N.B.A. star with a hint to 17-, 23-, 52- and 60-Across |
| 43% | NETS | 4 | N.B.A. team with black-and-white uniforms |
| 43% | KERR | 4 | Six-time N.B.A. champion Steve |
| 43% | RODMAN | 6 | Former N.B.A. star who has unofficially served as a peace ambassador with North Korea |
| 42% | KERR | 4 | Steve with nine NBA titles as a player and coach |
| 42% | OSU | 3 | Big Ten sch. with eight national football championships |
| 42% | RAPTOR | 6 | Any member of the 2019 N.B.A. championship team |
| 41% | PHIL | 4 | Jackson who won 11 N.B.A. championships as head coach |
| 41% | FRYE | 4 | Channing with a 14-year N.B.A. career (2005-19) |