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The Most Recent... NBA

We give you the most recent time something has happened in the NBA. You guess the player, team, or city that fits the clue.
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Last updated: April 14, 2026
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First submittedOctober 8, 2020
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Year
Answer
Player to score at least 80 points in a game
2026
Bam Adebayo
NBA player to be named MVP of the Olympic games
2024
LeBron James
Player with 10 blocks in a game
2024
Victor Wembanyama
Player with back-to-back MVP awards
2022
Nikola Jokić
Player to win MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season
2020
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Player to average at least 35 points per game
2019
James Harden
Player to hit a Game 7 buzzer beater in the playoffs
2019
Kawhi Leonard
Team with back-to-back #1 draft picks
2017
Philadelphia 76ers
Team to win over 70 games in a regular season
2016
Golden State Warriors
Player under 6 feet tall to win the dunk contest
2010
Nate Robinson
City to lose its NBA franchise
2008
Seattle
MVP to average less than 20 points per game
2006
Steve Nash
American player to be drafted #1 without playing college ball
2004
Dwight Howard
Team with a championship three-peat
2002
Los Angeles Lakers
Player to average at least 18 rebounds per game
1993
Dennis Rodman
Player to score at least 60 points in a playoff game
1986
Michael Jordan
Rookie to be MVP of the NBA Finals
1980
Magic Johnson
Regular season MVP who played on a losing team
1976
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
NBA Finals MVP who played on the losing team
1969
Jerry West
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13 Comments
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Level 92
Oct 24, 2024
You put 'be" twice in the 1980 question.
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Level 62
Oct 24, 2024
Thanks.
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Level 83
Oct 24, 2024
Didn't Harden Average 36.1 pts in 2018-2019?

He should be over Kobe I think

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Level ∞
Oct 24, 2024
Yes, fixed.
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Level 44
Oct 24, 2024
Howard was drafted in 04
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Level ∞
Oct 24, 2024
Fixed
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Level 67
Oct 24, 2024
didnt giannis won dpoy and the mvp at the same time?
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Level ∞
Oct 24, 2024
Fixed
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Level 54
Nov 1, 2024
2020 and 2021's hints should be switched in order to keep fluid reverse chronology
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Level 54
Nov 9, 2024
City names should be accepted for 2016 and 2017, but not only full team names.
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Level 43
Apr 22, 2025
time to update "Player to average a triple-double for a season". It happened again this year (24-25)
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Level 53
Nov 12, 2025
needs update for haliburton
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Level 26
Nov 14, 2025
Very fun quiz! In the question about MVP from a losing team, it might be worth making "losing team" more precise. If I understood correctly you meant "team which did not play the playoffs"? But I figured that out after I got the answer.