| 100% | STATE | 5 | The N.B.A.’s Golden ___ Warriors |
| 63% | CAL | 3 | The N.C.A.A.’s Golden Bears, familiarly |
| 63% | STEPH | 5 | The N.B.A.'s Curry, informally |
| 63% | STEPH | 5 | The N.B.A.'s Curry, familiarly |
| 62% | SHAQ | 4 | The N.B.A.'s O'Neal, familiarly |
| 62% | HOU | 3 | The N.B.A.'s Rockets, on scoreboards |
| 62% | STEPH | 5 | The N.B.A.'s Curry, to fans |
| 62% | CLE | 3 | The N.B.A.’s Cavaliers, on scoreboards |
| 62% | OKC | 3 | The N.B.A.'s Thunder, on scoreboards |
| 62% | CHA | 3 | The N.B.A.'s Hornets, on scoreboards |
| 61% | BIGE | 4 | The N.B.A.'s Elvin Hayes, to fans |
| 61% | DRJ | 3 | The N.B.A.’s Julius Erving, to fans |
| 60% | MIAMI | 5 | Home of the N.B.A.'s Heat |
| 60% | SIXTHREE | 8 | Like the N.B.A.'s Rod Strickland |
| 60% | MIAMI | 5 | Home to the N.B.A.'s Heat |
| 60% | UTAH | 4 | Home of the N.B.A.'s Jazz |
| 59% | DRAYMOND | 8 | Warriors forward Green who was the N.B.A.’s 2017 Defensive Player of the Year |
| 59% | GAY | 3 | Like the N.B.A.'s Jason Collins, notably |
| 59% | SEVEN | 5 | *Height of the N.B.A.'s Gheorghe Muresan |
| 59% | MAV | 3 | Athlete in the N.B.A.'s Southwest Div. |
| 59% | NOLA | 4 | Home of the N.B.A.’s Pelicans, familiarly |
| 58% | THUNDER | 7 | What the N.B.A.'s SuperSonics became in 2008 |
| 58% | OKC | 3 | Home of the N.B.A.'s Thunder, for short |
| 58% | SONICS | 6 | Former name for the N.B.A.'s Thunder, informally |
| 57% | ADMIRAL | 7 | Nickname of the N.B.A.'s David Robinson, with "the" |
| 57% | NATEBITATIBETAN | 15 | What the N.B.A.'s Thurmond did in Lhasa, palindromically? |
| 57% | CAVS | 4 | #1 seed in the N.B.A.'s Eastern Conference, informally |
| 56% | JAMAL | 5 | ___ Crawford, the N.B.A.'s all-time leader in four-point plays |
| 56% | KIA | 3 | Car company that sponsors the N.B.A.’s M.V.P. award |
| 55% | SLC | 3 | Host location of the N.B.A.’s 2023 All-Star Weekend, for short |