Think you know the NBA inside and out? From legendary players like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant to today’s superstars like LeBron James and Stephen Curry, this quiz will test your knowledge of teams, finals, records, and history. Whether you’re a casual fan or a true basketball guru, our NBA trivia questions and answers will challenge your skills and prove if you’ve got what it takes to be an All-Star of basketball trivia.
NBA Finals Trivia Questions and Answers
Easy
1. Which team won the 2018 NBA championship?
Answer: Golden State Warriors
2. In which year did the Boston Celtics win their 18th NBA championship?
Answer: In 2024
3. Which team did the Celtics defeat in the 2024 NBA finals?
Answer: Dallas Mavericks
4. Do you remember the final series score of the 2024 NBA finals?
Answer: Celtics won 4-1
5. Do you know who was the NBA Finals MVP in 2024?
Answer: Jaylen Brown
6. Do you remember the average stats of Jaylen Brown in terms of points, rebounds, and assists in the final?
Answer: 20.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 5.0 assists per game.
7. When did the 2024 NBA final series take place?
Answer: 6 June, 2024
8. Do you remember who was the coach of the Dallas Mavericks during the finals series?
Answer: Jason Kidd
Medium
9. Which 2 players combined for 52 points in the final-clinching game?
Answer: Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown
10. The 2024 finals marked how many unique NBA champions in consecutive years?
Answer: 6 different champions in 6 years
11. Which Mavericks star was especially contained by the Celtics in Game 5?
Answer: Luka Doncic
12. Which team won the 2025 NBA final?
Answer: Oklahoma City Thunder
13. Who was the runner-up team of the 2025 NBA final?
Answer: Indiana Pacers
14. Do you remember the final series score of the 2025 final?
Answer: 4-3 in favor of the Thunder
15. Which player got the MVP award in the 2025 final?
Answer: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (SGA)
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16. In game 7, what type of serious injury has occurred?
Answer: Tyrese Haliburton tore his right Achilles tendon
17. Overall all how many NBA championships Oklahoma City franchise won?
Answer: 2
True or false: Mark Daigneault was the coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2025 NBA Finals?
Answer: True
18. Do you know the coach’s name of the Indiana Pacers during the 2025 final?
Answer: Rick Carlisle
19. Do you remember the start and end dates of the playoff 2025?
Answer: April 19 – June 22, 2025
20. What milestone did the Thunder achieve with their win?
Answer: First championship in Oklahoma City since their move in 2008
21. When was the previous final Game 7 before 2025?
Answer: 2016
22. What record did the Pacers set in the 20225 postseason?
Answer: 15-point comebacks
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NBA Teams Trivia Questions and Answers
Easy
23. “The Red Oxen” in China means what?
Answer: The Chicago Bulls
24. Red Auerbach was the coach of which team from 1950 to 1966?
Answer: Boston Celtics
25. How many times Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers appeared in the NBA finals?
Answer: 31 times
26. Which team won the first NBA championship?
Answer: Philadelphia Warriors
27. Which team has scored more points in one season?
Answer: The Denver Nuggets from 1981 to 1982 scored 10371 points
28. Which team has the worst record in one season?
Answer: Charlotte Bobcats in the 2011-2012 season
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29. Which team won the most consecutive NBA titles?
Answer: The Boston Celtics won the NBA title 8 times consecutively
30. Which team won the NBA season in 2017?
Answer: Golden State Warriors
31. The runner-up team in the NBA 2018 was?
Answer: Cleveland Cavaliers
32. Western runner-up team of the NBA season 2016-2017?
Answer: San Antonio Spurs
33. Which NBA team won the most championships in the 1990s?
Answer: Chicago Bulls with six championships.
34. Which NBA team has won the most championships in history?
Answer: Boston Celtics with 17 championships.
35. Which NBA team has the oldest roster in league history, with an average age of 33.2?
Answer: Los Angeles Clippers
36. Which team won the Cooper Flagg in the 2025 draft?
Answer: Dallas Mavericks
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37. How are NBA teams divided by conference and division?
Answer: Conferences, each with 3 divisions of 5 teams
38. Do you know 5 teams name which belong to the Atlantic division?
Answer: New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Philadelphia 76ers
39. Which is the only Canadian franchise team in the NBA?
Answer: Toronto Raptors
40. Which team has the largest arena capacity listed?
Answer: Philadelphia 76ers: 20478 at Xfinity Mobile Arena
41. Which team is known for it’s championship in the 1990’s and has never lost a finals series?
Answer: Chicago Bulls
42. Which NBA team was founded in 1946 and remains in its original city?
Answer: Boston Celtics
43. As of 2025, which team has won the most NBA championships?
Answer: Boston Celtics with 18 titles
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NBA Players Trivia Questions and Answers
Easy
44. The famous basketball player Dr. J’s original name is what?
Answer: Julius Erving
45. In the 2000s, who was the first player to record back-to-back 50-point games?
Answer: Antawn Jamison
46. Who was the first player to win 8 NBA scoring titles?
Answer: Michael Jordan
47. The number of players in a court from 1 team?
Answer: 5 players in a court
48. The first African American to play NBA games was?
Answer: Earl Lloyd
49. Name the player who scores more points in 1 game?
Answer: Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in 1 game
50. The shortest player in basketball history?
Answer: Tyrone Muggsy Bogues. His height was 5 feet 3 inches
51. Which player has the most career points?
Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabar total score 38387
52. Robert Parish appeared in how many NBA games?
Answer: 1611 games
Medium
53. What player wins 2 NBA championships as a player-coach?
Answer: Bill Russel
54. The tallest basketball player in history was?
Answer: Gheorghe Muresan his height is 7 feet 7 inches
55. The first-ever all-star game MVP player was?
Answer: Ed Macauley
56. Which player holds the record for most personal fouls?
Answer: Kaleem Abdul-Jabbar’s total number of fouls was 4657
57. Which player has the most steals in a single season?
Answer: Alvin Robertson 301
58. The maximum assist in one game is 30, who makes this record
Answer: Scott Skiles
59. Which player has the most career rebounds?
Answer: Wilt Chamberlain’s total of 23924 rebounds
60. Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in the NBA started in which year?
Answer: In the 1955 – 1956 season
61. MVP got which trophy?
Answer: Maurice Podoloff trophy
62. Which player got the very first MVP trophy?
Answer: Bob Pettit
63. Which player got the MVP award in 2015-2016?
Answer: Stephen Curry
64. MVP of the 2018 NBA Finals was?
Answer: Kevin Durant belongs to the Golden State Warriors
65. In the NBA season 2017 – 2018, who was the most valuable player?
Answer: James Harden
Hard
66. Top scorer of the NBA season 2016-2017?
Answer: Russel Westbrook
67. Who holds the record for the most points scored in a single NBA game?
Answer: Wilt Chamberlain with 100 points.
68. Who is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer?
Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
69. Which player has won the most NBA MVP awards?
Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with six MVP awards.
70. Who was the first player to be drafted straight out of high school into the NBA?
Answer: Kevin Garnett.
71. In a major five-team trade in 2025, Jimmy Butler joined which team?
Answer: Golden State Warriors
72. In the Warriors’ 2025 play-in game, how many points did Jimmy Butler score?
Answer: 38 points
73. Do you know the total duration of the contract that Jimmy Butler has with the Golden State Warriors?
Answer: 2-year contract
74. How much does Jimmy Butler charge for 2 2-year of a contract?
Answer: $121 Million
75. Declining offers in 2025 and exploring the sign-and-trade option for which Golden State player?
Answer: Jonathan Kuminga
76. In July 2025, which veteran point guard returned to the Clippers?
Answer: Chris Paul
77. What salary will Chris Paul take from the Clippers for 1 one-year contract?
Answer: $3.6 Million
78. In NBA 2025, pick who was the number 1 overall pick?
Answer: Cooper Flagg
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NBA Rules and Regulations Trivia Questions and Answers
Easy
79. Is Player contact allowed or not during basketball matches?
Answer: No
80. The player who scored a point means what?
Answer: A basket
81. If a player fails to dribble while moving, what will happen?
Answer: Possession is given to the opposing team
82. How many substitutions are allowed in a basketball game?
Answer: Unlimited
83. What is the diameter of a basketball?
Answer: 24 cm
84. What is the distance between the ground and the basket?
Answer: 10 feet
85. 3 different varieties of shots in basketball are what?
Answer: Lay-up, Jump shot, and Dunk
Medium
86. What is a dribbling violation in basketball?
Answer: When a player touches a ball twice before the ball hits the ground, without an opposing player having an intervening touch of the ball
87. Power forward is the key position mostly covered by which player?
Answer: Tallest and strongest player
88. A successful shot beyond the three-point arc of 6.75 meters brings how many points?
Answer: 3 points
89. What is the size of a three-point arc in the NBA?
Answer: 7.24 meters
90. In the NBA, each quarter consists of how many minutes?
Answer: 12 minutes
91. How many quarters are in 1 game of basketball?
Answer: 4 quarters
92. A coach requested a time-out. What is the time limit of the break in the NBA?
Answer: 100 seconds
Hard
93. What is the basketball court size in the NBA?
Answer: 94×50 fee
94. What is traveling in basketball?
Answer: While holding the ball, move 2 steps without hitting the ball on the ground
95. What is the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?
Answer: 18 inches.
96. How many players are on the court for each team in basketball?
Answer: Five players.
97. What is the regulation height of an NBA basketball hoop in feet?
Answer: 10 feet.
98. What is the NBA’s shot clock set at in seconds?
Answer: 24 seconds
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NBA History Trivia Questions and Answers
Easy
99. In 1891, which Canadian American teacher invented basketball?
Answer: James Naismith
100. What is the most famous basketball league?
Answer: NBA (National Basketball Association)
101. The NBA was founded on which date?
Answer: June 6, 1946
102. The total number of teams in the NBA?
Answer: 30 teams
103. Basketball courts are mostly constructed of which type of wood?
Answer: Maple Planks
104. Do you know who is the commissioner of the NBA til now?
Answer: Adam Silver
Medium
105. How many matches normally each team play in the BNA regular season from October through April?
Answer: Each team plays 82 games
106. In which year did the NBA get its official name?
Answer: In 1949
Do you remember the name of the inventor of the 24-second shot clock?
Answer: Leo Ferris
In which year did the NBA first start letting cameras roll across all courts?
Answer: NBA-wide player tracking began in the 2013-14 season
Ever hear about the NBA playoffs being on Christmas Day?
Answer: Yes, they’ve played a game every Christmas since 1947 (Except during the 1998 lockout)
Do you know who holds the record for most rebounds in a single half, or even a game?
Answer: Bill Russel, 32 rebounds in one half. He even snagged 40 rebounds in a finals game.
Hard
In which year did BAA and NBL merge?
Answer: In 1949
The first ever black player drafted in which year?
Answer: In 1950
Do you remember the first official NBA game that was played between?
Answer: The 1st match was played between Toronto Huskies VS New York Knickerbockers on November 1, 1946
The first ever official NBA basket was scored by who?
Answer: Ossie Schectman
In 1970, which Supreme Court case actually reshaped NBA free agency?
Answer: The Robertson v. NBA case
NBA Coach Trivia Questions and Answers
Easy
100. Who was the coach of the Golden State Warriors in the 2018 NBA season?
Answer: Steve Kerr
101. Tyronn Lue was the coach of which team in the 2017 NBA season?
Answer: Cleveland Cavaliers
102. Which NBA head coach has the longest continuous tenure with one team?
Answer: Gregg Popovich with the San Antonio Spurs since 1996 til now (2025).
103. Which coach led the most NBA teams in his career?
Answer: Larry Brown served with 9 different teams
104. Who holds the all-time record for most championships as a head coach?
Answer: Phil Jackson (With 11 NBA titles)
105. Erik Spoelstra and Steve Kerr are among the NBA’s 15 greatest coaches in history. true or false?
Answer: True
Medium
106. Do you remember how many regular-season games Lenny Wilkens coached?
Answer: 2487 games
107. Which head coach has both Hall of Fame player and coach honours?
Answer: Lenny Wilkens. He was a player in 1989 and a coach in 1998.
108. Immediately after the merger era roots which coach won championships?
Answer: John Kundla with the Minneapolis Lakers in the early 1950s.
109. Which coach 9 championship in a row?
Answer: Red Auerbach coached the Celtics to eight straight titles in the 1960s.
110. Which coach successfully won the Coach of the Year and the championship?
Answer: Spoelstra
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Hard
111. Which coach performs coaching in both the NBA and the Olympics?
Answer: Gregg Popovich
112. Who holds the record for the highest number of playoff and postseason wins?
Answer: Phil Jackson
113. Name the coach who has 2 championships, and he wasn’t a basketball player?
Answer: Tom Heinsohn (Celtics), Red Holzman (Knicks), K.C. Jones (Celtics), among others.
114. A coach who won the championships with 2 different teams?
Answer: Phil Jackson. 6 with the Bulls and 5 with the Lakers.
115. Which coach has the second-most championships?
Answer: Red Auerbach, 9 titles for Celtics
Fun NBA Pop Culture Trivia Questions
Easy
116. Which popular NBA theme song is often considered an anthem for fans and dubbed the “Hallelujah chorus” of the league?
Answer: “Roundball Rock,” originally used by NBC
117. In which year NBA introduce the first mandatory dress code, limited jerseys, baggy clothes, and durags?
Answer: Introduced in 2005.
118. Do you remember the 1st male athlete to be made into a Ken doll by Mattel?
Answer: LeBron James
119. True or false: Bill Walton claimed Chewbacca was modeled after him?
Answer: True
120. Which ad campaign featuring Michael Jordan became one of the greatest sports commercials ever?
Answer: Gatorade’s “Be like Mike.”
121. The famous group of NBA stars called “Banana Boat Crew”, do you know which players are members of this group?
Answer: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, and Chris Paul.
Medium
122. True or false: Joe Fortenberry was the first player to dunk in an organised basketball game?
Answer: True
123. Do you remember in which show NBA players sparked a renewed pop culture interest in the league?
Answer: “The Last Dance.”
124. Which musical genre and sport share deep roots in urban culture and have a symbiotic relationship?
Answer: Hip-hop and the NBA.
125. What is the reason behind the popularity of Allen Iverson?
Answer: He is famous for wearing baggy clothes, cornrows, and a chain.
126. After the collaboration of which famous fashion brand does the NBA bring basketball to high fashion?
Answer: The NBA x Louis Vuitton collection.
127. Which NBA player’s signature sneakers helped turn Nike into the top sneaker brand globally?
Answer: Michael Jordan with the Air Jordan line.
128. Do you know the name of the player who is both an NBA player and a rapper?
Answer: Damian Lillard.
Hard
129. Which NBA player appears on a Vogue cover and stirred controversy due to comparisons made to King Kong?
Answer: LeBron James
130. Which NBA team did 4 superstar friends vacation together and create a group called “Banana Boat”?
Answer: Miami Heat
131. Which NBA superteam trend reshaped free agency and team strategy?
Answer: The rise of “Super Teams.”
132. Which song of Post Malone is considered an NBA icon?
Answer: “White Iverson” for Allen Iverson.
133. Which documentary series made the Bulls’ family relevant to a new generation?
Answer: “The Last Dance”
135. Which global outreach program helps spread basketball across countries?
Answer: The NBA Global Games
136. Which player became a significant fashion icon, inspiring clothing styles outside the court?
Answer: Wearers like LeBron and Westbrook blend gender norms and designer labels.
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