| 100% | HOOPS | 5 | The NBA's game, casually |
| 74% | BBALL | 5 | The NBA's game, for short: Hyph. |
| 57% | TNT | 3 | Channel that carries the NBA All-Star Game |
| 56% | ATL | 3 | The NBA's Hawks |
| 56% | ORL | 3 | The NBA's Magic |
| 55% | DUNK | 4 | The NBA's Slam ___ Contest |
| 55% | OKC | 3 | The NBA's Thunder: Abbr. |
| 55% | CITY | 4 | The NBA's Oklahoma ___ Thunder |
| 54% | EARL | 4 | Cager Boykins who's the shortest player to score 30 points in an NBA game |
| 54% | ORL | 3 | The NBA's Magic, on scoreboards |
| 54% | CHI | 3 | The NBA's Bulls, on scoreboards |
| 54% | ATL | 3 | The NBA's Hawks, on scoreboards |
| 54% | UTA | 3 | The NBA's Jazz, on scoreboards |
| 54% | GSW | 3 | The NBA's Warriors, on scoreboards |
| 54% | PHI | 3 | The NBA's 76ers, on scoreboards |
| 54% | OKC | 3 | The NBA's Thunder, on scoreboards |
| 54% | OKLAHOMACITY | 12 | The NBA's Thunder: 2 wds. |
| 54% | XXX | 3 | The NBA's Grizzlies, on scoreboards |
| 54% | CLE | 3 | The NBA's Cavs, on scoreboards |
| 53% | CAV | 3 | The NBA's King James, e.g. |
| 53% | CLE | 3 | The NBA's Cavaliers, on a scoreboard |
| 53% | CHI | 3 | The NBA's Bulls, on sports crawls |
| 53% | PHI | 3 | The NBA's 76ers, on a scoreboard |
| 53% | ATL | 3 | The NBA's Hawks, on scoreboards (Abbr.) |
| 53% | SERB | 4 | The NBA's Boban Marjanovic, for one |
| 53% | PHI | 3 | The NBA's Sixers, on scoreboards (Abbr.) |
| 53% | DEN | 3 | The NBA's Nuggets, on sports tickers |
| 53% | OTS | 3 | Game extenders in the NBA |
| 52% | MIAMI | 5 | Home of the NBA's Heat |
| 52% | UTAH | 4 | Home of the NBA's Jazz |