Same Start and End Letter - Basketball (A-Z) - Statistics

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
D	If you've been "posterized," it usually means you've been ______ on.	Dunked	84%
J	Former standout point guard at Duke who played for 6 NBA teams over a 15-year career	{JJ} Redick	81%
B	First name shared by legendary college basketball coaches Knight and Huggins	Bob	70%
L	Unlike bandwagon fans who only support a team when it is doing well, die-hard fans remain _____ to the team through ups and downs	Loyal	69%
M	When a player is faced with a nerve-wracking situation at the end of an NCAA Tournament game, the CBS cameras always seem to be able to find his nervous ___ in the stands.	Mom	64%
S	Former NBA team that played 41 seasons in the Pacific Northwest before relocating to Oklahoma City.	Supersonics	64%
R	Wilt Chamberlain is the NBA's all-time leading _________, collecting 23,924 over 1,045 career games, and average of 22.9 per game.	Rebounder	61%
G	Rules violation in which a player interferes with a shot by touching the ball on its downward flight to the basket or while it is over, on, or within the rim of the basket.	Goaltending	58%
O	This city began its magical NBA journey with the awarding of an expansion franchise in 1989	Orlando	57%
Q	"_ Ball" - A 2019 American documentary about the San Quentin Prision basketball team	Q	57%
T	The overuse of these is what often results in the last 2 minutes of game time taking 15-20 minutes in real time.	Timeout	57%
P	Basketball big men are encouraged to ____ __, establishing an advantageous position to receive a pass in the area near the basket. (2 words)	Post Up	55%
K	An NBAer who calls Madison Square Garden home	Knick	52%
N	This point guard was a two-time NBA All-Star and a member of the Lakers championship teams of 1980 and 1982. His NBA career began in 1977, three years after the resignation of the U.S. president who shared his surname.	Norm {Nixon}	52%
C	An NBAer from Boston	Celtic	49%
V	Only one player in professional basketball history has had these initials: _irgil _aughn, of the 1946-47 Boston Celtics	VV	43%
I	After the Cleveland Cavaliers defied statistical proability and won the NBA Draft Lottery in 3 out of 4 years (2011, 2013 & 2014), some conspiracy theorists suggested that the draft was rigged by this sect of ultra-rich fixers which conspires to control all world affairs.	Illuminati	39%
Y	The three-letter word a fan might shout after their team wins the game.	Yay	39%
Z	With 10:00 pm game start times, 10 TV timeouts, and up to 8 team timeouts, this is what is often heard in many living rooms around 1:00am when some of the first round NCAA Tournament games are ending.,	ZZZ	36%
E	Another name for the baseline	Endline	34%
H	Markings on each side of the key used for lining players up for free throws	Hash	33%
W	A nickname for the backboard, especially a glass one	Window	33%
X	In a March 2019 interview with Vogue, Justin Bieber indicated that playing basketball was one of the things that helped him through his "informal detox" from this prescription drug.	Xanax	31%
F	Home city of the men's and women's basketball teams at Northern Arizona University	Flagstaff	25%
U	Journeyman big man Andrew Bogut played for 7 teams during his 15-year NBA career. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria which is 1,900 km from this natural landmark of Australia.	Uluru	18%
A	This amorphous defensive strategy, famously used by UNLV in the early 1990s under coach Jerry Tarkanian, is designed to confuse the opponent and force turnovers.	{Amoeba} Defense	12%

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