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Medium NBA Trivia Questions
The medium questions from our nba set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
Keys 1-4 pick an answer, Enter moves on. Nothing is saved to an account.
The medium band moves into the clock rules, arena names and franchise moves: eight seconds to cross halfcourt, defensive three seconds, the Jazz leaving New Orleans and the Sonics becoming the Thunder. It also picks out Finals from the 1980s and 1990s.
14 medium nba trivia questions with answers
Which team won the 1992 NBA Finals?
Answer: Chicago Bulls Chicago beat Portland in six games for the second title of that decade's run.
The 1989 NBA Finals were won by which team?
Answer: Detroit Pistons Detroit swept the Lakers, the first championship in the franchise's history.
Which team won the 1995 NBA Finals?
Answer: Houston Rockets Houston swept Orlando after entering the playoffs as a sixth seed.
Which club won the first championship of the league that became the NBA, played in 1947?
Answer: Philadelphia Warriors The Warriors beat the Chicago Stags in the inaugural Basketball Association of America finals.
How many seconds does a team have to attempt a shot before the shot clock expires?
Answer: 24 Failing to hit the rim in time is a shot-clock violation and the ball changes hands.
After gaining possession in the backcourt, how many seconds does a team have to advance the ball past halfcourt?
Answer: Eight The NBA cut the old ten-second rule to eight in 2001 to speed play up.
Under the defensive three-second rule, a defender may not stand in the paint unguarded for longer than how long?
Answer: Three seconds The penalty is a technical foul, which gives the offense a free throw and the ball.
The Boston Celtics play their home games in which arena?
Answer: TD Garden It opened in 1995 as the FleetCenter, replacing the old Boston Garden next door.
Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles was previously known by what name?
Answer: Staples Center The building opened as Staples Center in 1999 and was renamed in 2021.
Before moving to Salt Lake City in 1979, the Utah Jazz played in which city?
Answer: New Orleans The jazz nickname made much more sense in Louisiana and simply travelled with the club.
The Oklahoma City Thunder franchise relocated in 2008 from which city?
Answer: Seattle The club had played as the Seattle SuperSonics since 1967.
In which season did the NBA first adopt the three-point line?
Answer: 1979-80 The league borrowed the idea from the defunct American Basketball Association.
Fiserv Forum is the home arena of which team?
Answer: Milwaukee Bucks It opened in 2018 next door to the site of the old Bradley Center.
Which team won the 2011 NBA Finals?
Answer: Dallas Mavericks Dallas beat Miami in six games for the franchise's first championship.
Answer key
- Chicago Bulls
- Detroit Pistons
- Houston Rockets
- Philadelphia Warriors
- 24
- Eight
- Three seconds
- TD Garden
- Staples Center
- New Orleans
- Seattle
- 1979-80
- Milwaukee Bucks
- Dallas Mavericks
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