55 NBA Trivia Questions & Answers (Hard/Easy)

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NBA Trivia Questions and Answers

Trivia Question: Which NBA team won six championships in the 1990s?

Answer: The Chicago Bulls.

Trivia Question: Who is the current owner of the Golden State Warriors?

Answer: Peter Guber.

Trivia Question: What year did the Golden State Warriors get started?

Answer: 1946.

Trivia Question: What player has averaged a triple-double for an entire season?

Answer: Russell Westbrook.

Trivia Question: Who is the current owner of the Boston Celtics?

Answer: Wyc Grousbeck.

Trivia Question: How many championships do the Los Angeles Lakers hold?

Answer: 17 NBA championships.

Trivia Question: Which player has the second-highest total scored points in a single game?

Answer: Wilt Chamberlain.

Trivia Question: Which NBA player is the highest paid as of 2021?

Answer: LeBron James.

Trivia Question: Which three all-star NBA players helped the Chicago Bulls won multiple championships in the 1990s?

Answer: Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, and Dennis Rodman.

Trivia Question: Who won the first NBA finals MVP award?

Answer: Jerry West.

Trivia Question: Who was the tallest player in NBA history?

Answer: Manute Bol at 7' 7".

Trivia Question: Who was the shortest player in NBA history?

Answer: Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues at 5' 3".

Trivia Question: Who was the highest-paid player in NBA history?

Answer: LeBron James at $343 million.

Trivia Question: Who holds the records for most "slam dunks" in the NBA?

Answer: Dwight Howard.

Trivia Question: What is the highest-scoring basketball game in history?

Answer: A triple-overtime game between Detroit Pistons and Denver Nuggets in 1983. Combined they scored 370 points.

Trivia Question: How many NBA Championships do the Chicago Bulls hold?

Answer: 6.

Trivia Question: How many points do you earn when you make a basket from the free-throw line?

Answer: 2-points.

Trivia Question: How many NBA teams are there?

Answer: 30.

Trivia Question: Hubie Brown won NBA Coach of the Year for which team in 1977?

Answer: Atlanta Hawks.

Trivia Question: How long is a regular-season NBA game?

Answer: 48-minutes long.

Trivia Question: Who scored 89 points with the New York Knicks in their first three starts in early 2012?

Answer: Jeremy Lin.

Trivia Question: Who has been awarded the NBA Finals MVP six times in a row while being on a losing team?

Answer: Michael Jordan.

Trivia Question: Which team does Lebron James play for in 2021?

Answer: Los Angeles Lakers.

Trivia Question: Ricky Rubio made his NBA debut in which year?

Answer: 2011.

Trivia Question: Michael Jordan made his NBA debut in which year?

Answer: 1984.

Trivia Question: When was the first NBA all-star game played?

Answer: 1951.

Trivia Question: When was the NBA established?

Answer: 1946.

Trivia Question: Who was the first team to join the NBA?

Answer: The Sacramento Kings.

Trivia Question: What is Joe Fulks best known for doing in one game?

Answer: A two-handed to one-handed shot.

Trivia Question: Shaquille O'Neal currently holds his doctorate. True or false?

Answer: True.

Trivia Question: The NBA released their list of the 50 greatest players in what year?

Answer: 1996.

Trivia Question: Who is the youngest player to play in the NBA?

Answer: James Wiseman.

Trivia Question: A jump shot is worth how many points?

Answer: 3-points.

Trivia Question: What was the original name of the Los Angeles Lakers?

Answer: The Minneapolis Lakers.

Trivia Question: What year was the Atlanta Hawks founded?

Answer: 1946.

Trivia Question: How is the tallest defensive player in the NBA?

Answer: Tacko Fall at 7' 5".

Trivia Question: San Antonio has an NBA team named what?

Answer: The San Antonio Spurs.

Trivia Question: How many players are currently on the roster for each NBA team?

Answer: 15 players.

Trivia Question: Who is the first player in NBA history to be elected as the league MVP?

Answer: Lebron James.

Trivia Question: The Philadelphia Warriors was a basketball team in the NBA. True or false?

Answer: True.

Trivia Question: What year was the first NBA game held?

Answer: 1946.

Trivia Question: What season does the NBA draft normally take place?

Answer: At the end of June.

Trivia Question: Who is the oldest basketball player?

Answer: Nat Hickey played at 45 years old.

Trivia Question: What former NBA player was the inspiration for the NBA logo?

Answer: Wilt Chamberlain.

Trivia Question: Kyrie Irving was born in which country?

Answer: Australia.

Trivia Question: Which NBA team has won the most championships?

Answer: The Los Angeles Lakers.

Trivia Question: Which NBA player has had the longest career in the NBA?

Answer: Vince Carter with 22 seasons.

Trivia Question: What was the proposed alternative name for the Cleveland Cavaliers (in 1980-1983)?

Answer: Ohio Cavaliers.

Trivia Question: How many NBA championships has the Miami Heat won?

Answer: 3.

Trivia Question: Which NBA team has the most consecutive NBA title wins?

Answer: The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers.

Trivia Question: Who was the first unanimous Most Valuable Player?

Answer: Stephen Curry.

Trivia Question: Lamar Odom won the Sixth Man of the Year award while playing for which team?

Answer: The Los Angeles Lakers.

Trivia Question: Which team has the most amount of wins in a single season?

Answer: The Chicago Bulls.

Trivia Question: Who was the first African American professional basketball player?

Answer: Charles Henry "Chuck" Cooper.

Trivia Question: Kobe Bryant holds the record for what?

Answer: All-star games played at 14. And a career-high of 81 points scored.

Trivia Question: The first NBA championship was played in what year?

Answer: 1950.

Trivia Question: Who is the player who scored more points in the playoffs than any other player?

Answer: Stephen Curry.

Trivia Question: Who won the NBA championships in 2020?

Answer: Los Angeles Lakers.

Trivia Question: Who was the Phoenix Suns head coach in 1995?

Answer: Paul Westphal.

Trivia Question: Which NBA player holds a creative writing degree?

Answer: Zion Williamson.

Trivia Question: What does "NBA" stand for?

Answer: National Basketball Association.

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