| 100% | CAVALIERS | 9 | The hometown team which picked up LeBron James in 2003 draft and where he returned back in 2014, Cleveland ___ |
| 47% | MIAMIHEAT | 9 | The team which picked up LeBron James after he became a free agent, and then went on to win back to back championships: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ANGELESLAKERS | 13 | The team which LeBron James signed up with in 2018 after a stint with his home team, Los ___: 2 wds. |
| 30% | STATE | 5 | Golden ___ Warriors, team against which LeBron James led Cleveland Cavaliers to a win in the 2016 NBA finals |
| 27% | CAVALIERS | 9 | Cleveland NBA team that LeBron James rejoined in 2014 after leaving in 2010 |
| 27% | CITY | 4 | Oklahoma ___ Thunder, team that picked James Harden in the 2009 NBA draft |
| 25% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | LA Laker and 16-time All-Star who was the #1 NBA draft pick in 2003: 2 wds. |
| 25% | BAAS | 4 | David ___, picked up by the 49ers in the 2005 draft and played center for the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI |
| 24% | NBA | 3 | The league in which LeBron James plays: Abbr. |
| 24% | NEWRULES | 8 | Dua Lipa hit whose title instructions are “Don’t pick up the phone,” “Don’t let him in,” and “Don’t be his friend” |
| 23% | ITAR | 4 | Letters picked up by TASS in 1992 and dropped again in 2014 |
| 23% | DLO | 3 | Place where your correspondence ends up when there's no return address and the main address seems to written in Klingon (abbr.) |
| 23% | PETSEMATARY | 11 | Horror novel where animals come back to life (and which has a misspelled word in the title): 2 wds. |
| 22% | OVEN | 4 | Where the witch in "Hansel and Gretel" ends up |
| 22% | OVEN | 4 | Where the witch in "Hansel and Gretel" ended up |
| 22% | HEAT | 4 | Miami ___, NBA team for which LeBron James played from 2010 to 2014 |
| 22% | LAKERS | 6 | Los Angeles ___, NBA team for which LeBron James started playing in 2018 |
| 22% | SEE | 3 | "'I ___,' said the blind man, as he picked up a hammer and saw" |
| 22% | REDSQUARE | 9 | Where McCartney sang ''Back in the USSR'' in 2003 |
| 22% | RAPTORS | 7 | Toronto ___, NBA team which competes in the Eastern Conference and was established in 1995 |
| 22% | PACERS | 6 | Indiana ___, NBA team which competes in the Eastern Conference and was established in 1967 |
| 22% | PISTONS | 7 | Detroit ___, NBA team which competes in the Eastern Conference and was established in 1941 |
| 22% | MAGIC | 5 | Orlando ___, NBA team which competes in the Eastern Conference and was established in 1989 |
| 21% | OPERA | 5 | Peter Benchley described it as "where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings" |
| 21% | ESTREETBAND | 11 | Longtime backing group for the Boss inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014: 3 wds. |
| 21% | IFORMATIONS | 11 | Alignments in which the running backs line up behind the quarterback |
| 21% | WASHINGTON | 10 | University where 17-Across and 28-Across both played college basketball, and the only school to produce both the WNBA and NBA #1 draft picks in the same year |
| 21% | TRAINWRECK | 10 | American romantic comedy starring Bill Hader and Amy Schumer in which LeBron James cameoed as himself |
| 21% | ISAAC | 5 | Cleveland Cavaliers forward Okoro who was the fifth overall NBA draft pick in 2020 |
| 21% | BROWNS | 6 | Cleveland ___, NFL team that moved and was rebranded as the Baltimore Ravens in 1996 |