These two teams (not including recently the Jazz & Hornets) incorporate predominantly purple in their logos and colour schemes.
Los Angeles Lakers & Sacramento Kings
An offensive player makes contact with a defender who has established position.
Charging
Wilt Chamberlain once scored 100 points in a single game. This player has the second-highest total points in a single game.
Kobe Bryant
The basketball hoop in the NBA is this amount of feet high.
Ten feet
The name of the position that is typically responsible for orchestrating an offense.
Point Guard
These teams have something in common with their logos: Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets, Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies, Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Orleans Pelicans.
They all contain an animal
An offensive player sets a screen, but does not maintain a legal position, impeding the defender.
14 (Fourteen)
Every NBA game starts with what action at centre-court.
Tip-Off (Jumpball)
This action is when an offensive player without the ball sets a screen then moves towards the basket.
Pick & Roll
The mythical creature on the Boston Celtics logo.
Leprechaun
A player impedes an opponent's movement by grabbing or pulling.
Holding
Oscar Robertson and Nikola Jokic have both averaged a triple-double during a season. This player has averaged it in four different seasons.
Russell Westbrook
Interfering with a shot on a downward trajectory is known as this action.
Goaltending
This manufacturer makes the official NBA game ball.
Spalding
The current NBA logo is designed based on the silhouette of this player.
Jerry West
A defender uses their hand to constantly make contact with an offensive player, even if not holding.
Hand-Checking
This player has the highest average of 3 steals a game during the 2024-2025 NBA season.
Dyson Daniels
This is the amount of seconds a defensive player can stay in the key if he is not guarding an opponent.
Three seconds
The only NBA franchise with multiple Finals appearances and no losses.
Chicago Bulls
This patch comes from this discontinued team in 2008.
Seattle SuperSonics (Sonics)
ches in to try and steal the ball, making illegal contact with the offensive player's hand or arm.
Reaching-In
This player has the most career blocks in the Finals.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
If a player wants to substitute into the game, they must go to this location.
Scorer's Table (Technical Area)
With the highest arena capacity of 20,917, this arena hosts the Chicago Bulls.
United Center