| 100% | ALLEY | 5 | With 81-Across, flashy basketball play |
| 60% | ALLEYOOP | 8 | Flashy basketball play |
| 54% | FAST | 4 | With 5-Across, basketball play |
| 52% | MAD | 3 | With 81 Across, drama featuring the advertising firm Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce |
| 52% | JUMPSHOT | 8 | Basketball play with both feet off the ground |
| 51% | ALLEYOOP | 8 | Basketball play that ends with a slam dunk (Hyph.) |
| 51% | COURT | 5 | Basketball ___, playing area with a "Key" section |
| 49% | PLACEA | 6 | With 96 Across, play roulette, for example |
| 48% | SLOE | 4 | With 81-Across, fruity liqueur |
| 47% | OOP | 3 | Alley-___ (flashy basketball play) |
| 47% | OOP | 3 | Alley ___ (flashy basketball play) |
| 47% | LONZO | 5 | Ball who plays basketball with the Pelicans |
| 46% | UPTEMPO | 7 | Played with a fast speed, as with music or basketball |
| 46% | LACES | 5 | Gets ready to play basketball, say, with "up" |
| 44% | RAZZLE | 6 | With 19-Across, flashy display |
| 43% | OUR | 3 | With 60-Across, Thornton Wilder play |
| 43% | CLASS | 5 | With 81-Across, landmark 1972 album by 3- and 126-Down |
| 42% | FAST | 4 | With 59-Across, basketball tactic |
| 42% | ALLEY | 5 | With 98-Across, showy play |
| 42% | YAO | 3 | With 35a, name of the Chinese basketball player who played for the Houston Rockets |
| 42% | HITS | 4 | With 36-Across, plays dirty |
| 42% | SLAMBALL | 8 | Sport which is a variant of basketball that's played with trampolines |
| 41% | MASSENBURG | 10 | Former basketball player Tony ___ who played with twelve different teams between 1990 - 2005 |
| 41% | SETSHOT | 7 | Basketball play |
| 41% | SCREEN | 6 | Basketball play |
| 41% | FASTBREAK | 9 | Basketball play |
| 41% | THE | 3 | With 39-Across, a 60-Across play |
| 40% | TENOR | 5 | With 32-Across, instrument played by Coltrane |
| 40% | ALLEYOOP | 8 | Flashy basketball pass |
| 40% | SLAMDUNK | 8 | Flashy basketball shot |