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NBA - who did/didn't they coach (Multiple choice)

Answer these questions about jobs these NBA coaches had.
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1. Let's start easy, which of these teams did Phil Jackson NOT coach?
Chicago Bulls
Los Angeles Lakers
Houston Rockets
2. Pat Riley is a 3-time winner of Coach of the Year Award and 5-time NBA champion as a coach. Which team did he NOT coach?
Detroit Pistons
New York Knicks
Los Angeles Lakers
Miami Heat
3. Now a question about 2002 Coach of the Year. Where did Rick Carlisle NOT work as a head coach?
Portland Trail Blazers
Dallas Mavericks
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
4. Head coach in the NBA since 1999. He coached 3 teams (he still coaches one of them): Orlando Magic, Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers. What is his name?
He is still (since 2013) head coach of LA Clippers
Rick Pitino
Doc Rivers
Alvin Gentry
Chris Ford
5. Byron Scott is a 3-time NBA champion as a player. He was head coach of all 4 teams given below, but which team did he lead to NBA Finals?
Scott coached Nets in Finals twice - in 2002 and 2003, they lost both.
New Orleans Hornets
New Jersey Nets
Cleveland Cavaliers
Los Angeles Lakers
6. Mike Brown, while coaching Cleveland Cavaliers, won Coach of the Year in 2009 and led them to NBA finals in 2007. Which team was he also head coach of?
He coached them between 2011-2012.
Washington Wizards
Los Angeles Lakers
Memphis Grizzlies
Indiana Pacers
7. 3-time NBA MVP and 3-time NBA champion as a player, Larry Bird did coach one team in his career, even leading it to NBA finals. Which team was it?
It was in year 2000, Pacers ultimately lost to LA Lakers.
Boston Celtics
Seattle Supersonics
Indiana Pacers
Phoenix Suns
8. A 2-time Coach of the Year, American of Italian descent, Mike D'Antoni was a head coach of 5 NBA teams. With which teams did he achieve the most(it was winning the award and going to Conference Finals with both)?
With Suns - award in 2005, conf.finals in 2005 and 2006; with Rockets - award in 2017, conf.finals in 2018
New York Knicks and Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets and Denver Nuggets
Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers
Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets
9. In over 30 years of working as a head coach mostly in the NBA, George Karl coached 6 NBA teams. With which did he work the longest?
In years 2005-2013, Karl coached Nuggets in 739 (regular season+playoff) games
Seattle Supersonics
Cleveland Cavaliers
Milwaukee Bucks
Denver Nuggets
10. A head coach in the NBA for over 30 years, coach with the most regular season wins in NBA history(1335), Don Nelson achieved it while coaching 4 different teams. Which team of these did he NOT coach?
In career started in 1976 and ended in 2010, Nelson coached in 2564 NBA(regular season+playoff) games.
Golden State Warriors
New York Knicks
Boston Celtics
Milwaukee Bucks
Dallas Mavericks
11. A 1979 and 1989 Coach of the Year, Cotton Fitzsimmons was a head coach of 5 different NBA teams. Which team did he coach three times?
It was in 1970-72, 1988-92 and 1996-97
Houston Rockets
Phoenix Suns
Kansas City Kings
Atlanta Hawks
12. Let's dig a little bit deeper in history. A first coach to win multiple times Coach of the year Award with the same team was Gene Shue. With which team did he win?
Baltimore/Washington Bullets
Atlanta Hawks
Detroit Pistons
New York Knicks
13. And now we dig even deeper. First Coach of the Year in NBA history(1963), Harry Gallatin coached two NBA teams in his career. Which teams?
Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks
St.Louis Hawks and Cinncinati Royals
St.Louis Hawks and New York Knicks
14. Red Holzman is mostly known as a coach of New York Knicks which he lead to NBA championship in 1970 and 1973, but he was a head coach of another NBA team earlier. Which team was it?
He was their head coach in 1953-57
Milwaukee/St.Louis Hawks
Los Angeles Lakers
Rochester Royals
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