Basketball

Q.  What Indiana Pacer did Knicks fan Spike Lee anger during the 1994 playoffs by calling him "Cheryl"? A.  Reggie Miller. Q.  What franchise has played in the most NBA finals since 1947? A.  The Lakers. Q.  What two NBA players won the MVP trophy three times each from 1986 through 1992? A.  Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan. Q.  What player did the Boston Celtics draft between won-lost seasons of 29-53 and 61-21? A.  Larry Bird. Q.  What Baltic country did Portland Trail Blazer Arvydas Sabonis play for at the 1996 Olympics? A.  Lithuania. Q.  Who led the NBA in hair colors in 1995? A.  Dennis Rodman. Q.  What seven-foot-one NBA center's first name translates as "little one"? A.  Shaquille O'Neal's. Q.  What do you have to be in the NBA to win the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy? A.  Rookie of the year. Q.  Whose all-time NBA assists record was broken by John Stockton in 1995? A.  Magic Johnson's. Q.  What basketball team had drubbed the New Jersey Reds 2,495 times straight before losing to them 100-99 in 1971? A.  The Harlem Globetrotters. Q.  What city decided to call its new NBA team the Grizzlies, after much debate? A.  Vancouver. Q.  Whose 1996 return to the NBA earned him simultaneous Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and Sports Illustrated covers? A.  Magic Johnson Q.  What Celtics star of the 1980s did the Boston Globe say looked like Herman Munster? A.  Kevin McHale. Q.  What was the first NBA team to win 70 games or more in the regular season? A.  The Chicago Bulls. Q.  Who holds the NBA scoring mark for a single half, with 59 points? A.  Wilt Chamberlin. Q.  What nickname did NBA star Karl Malone earn for his ability to deliver in the clutch? A.  The Mailman. Q.  How many NBA titles did Magic Johnson help the Lakers win as a player? A.  Five. Q.  What former L.A. Lakers guard became the team's general manger? A.  Jerry West. Q.  What hoopsters did major league pitches Bob Gibson and Ferguson Jenkins once play for? A.  The Harlem Globetrotters. Q.  What NBA team became the first to defeat the Boston Celtics in 12 straight games, in 1995? A.  The New York Knicks. Q.  Who was the first hoopster to win eight NBA scoring titles? A.  Michael Jordan. Q.  What NBA team is know in China as "the Red Oxen"? A.  The Chicago Bulls. Q.  Who was the last Boston Celtics coach to lead the team to two straight NBA titles? A.  Bill Russell. Q.  What two NBA stars did Forbes list as the highest paid athletes for 1994? A.  A:Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal Q.  What NBA coach got cosmic by penning the Zen book Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior? A.  Phil Jackson Q.  Who earned $32 million of his $36 million 1993 earnings from endorsements? A.  Michael Jordan. Q.  What 20th-century decade saw the NBA adopt the 24-second shot clock? A.  The 1950s. Q.  What 1960 rookie bested the league's "triple double" record of two during his first week in the NBA? A.  Oscar Robertson. Q.  What seven-foot-two Chicago Bulls hoopster was the first Australian to lay in the NBA? A.  Lue Longley Q.  What hoopster scored in double figures in 787 straight games, from December 4, 1977 to December 4, 1987? A.  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Q.  What NBA team retired jersey numbers 3, 33, 32, and 35 in the 1990s? A.  The Boston Celtics. Q.  What NBA team plays home games in an arena located at Two Pennsylvania Plaza? A.  The New York Knicks. Q.  What NBA hoopster averaged an amazing 48.5 minutes per game, including overtime, in the 1961-62 season? A.  Wilt Chamberlin. Q.  What NBA hoopster is known as "The Worm"? A.  Dennis Rodman. Q.  What NBA star retired for the third time on May 14, 1996? A.  Magic Johnson. Q.  How many rules did James Naismith originally write to define basketball --13, 33, or 53? A.  Thirteen. Q.  What future NBA star was dubbed "Boy Gorge" when his weight passed 300 pounds in college? A.  Charles Barkley. Q.  What Lakers coach had been an 11th-round pick in the 1967 NFL draft? A.  Pat Riley. Q.  What NBA team plays home games at a facility nicknamed "The O-rena"? A.  The Orlando Magic Q.  Who became the NBA's winningest coach ever on January 6, 1995? A.  Lenny Wilkins Q.  Who netted an NBA record 72.7 field goal percentage in the 1972-73 season? A.  Wilt Chamberlain. Q.  What sports team got its name because its owners wanted to "set the pace" in the NBA? A.  The Indiana Pacers. Q.  What NBA star attempted a record 28,307 field goals in regular season games? A.  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Q.  What NBA team started out in 1948 as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks? A.  The Atlanta Hawks. Q.  What NBA team failed to make the playoffs in 1994 for the first time since 1976? A.  The Los Angeles Lakers. Q.  What basketball team was the first in major league sports to be named for an insect? A.  The Charlotte Hornets. Q.  What L.A. Lakers great might have played for Chicago if the Bulls had called "tails" in a 1979 NBA coin toss? A.  Magic Johnson Q.  What Chicago Bulls coach has checked into hotels under the pseudonym "Mr. Red Cloud"? A.  Phil Jackson. Q.  What NBA team is named after a car part? A.  The Detroit Pistons.

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