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200

Which team won the most NBA Championships during the 1980s?

Los Angeles Lakers

200

Which team won the first-ever NBA championship in franchise history in 1999?

San Antonio Spurs

200

Who holds the record for the most points scored in a single game?

Wilt Chamberlin

200

Which player is known as the "Black Mamba"?

Kobe Bryant

200

Which iconic rapper plays Birdie, the neighborhood gangster, in Above the Rim?

Tupac

400

Who won the MVP award three times in a row from 1984 to 1986?

Larry Bird

400

Which team prevented the Chicago Bulls from winning eight consecutive championships by winning the title in 1994 and 1995?

Houston Rockets

400

Who has the record for the most NBA championships won by a player?

Bill Russell

400

What player was nicknamed "The Mailman"?

Karl Malone

400

In Like Mike, what brand of sneakers grants Calvin Cambridge, played by Bow Wow, the ability to play like an NBA star?

Nike

600

Who was the first overall pick in the 1985 NBA Draft, selected by the New York Knicks?

Patrick Ewing

600

In 1992, which NBA star famously stated, "I’m not a role model" in a Nike commercial?

Charles Barkley

600

Which team holds the record for the longest winning streak in NBA history?

Los Angeles Lakers

600

What player had the nickname "Regin Man"?

Shawn Kemper

600

In He Got Game, what nickname is given to Ray Allen's character, a top high school basketball recruit?

Jesus Shuttlesworth

800

In what year did Magic Johnson famously play all five positions in the NBA Finals?

1980

800

In 1995, who won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest by jumping from the free-throw line while rocking a jersey of his father’s former team?

Brent Barry

800

Who has the record for the most blocks in NBA history?

Hakeem Olajuwon

800

Which player had the nickname "The Admiral"?

David Robinson

800

What team did Common play for in "Just Wright"?

New Jersey Nets

1000

Which player led the NBA in points per game in the 1984-85 season, even outscoring legends like Larry Bird and Magic Johnson?

Bernard King

1000

Which team won 69 games in the 1996-97 season, just one win shy of the Chicago Bulls' record at the time?

Utah Jazz

1000

What player holds the record for the most consecutive games played?

A.C Green (1,192 games)

1000

Who's nickname was "Houdini of the Hardwood"?

Bob Cousey

1000

What was the final score in Space Jam?

77-76