JAM XIV BASKETBALL TRIVIA

COMPILED BY KELVIN CABRERA
(All answers correct through end of 2005-06 season)
FINAL SCORE: Tom Dever 42, Pher Hale 27
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1. Who won the 1977 NBA Rookie of the Year award?

2. The Minneapolis Lakers won the inaugural NBA title in 1950. Who did they defeat in the first NBA finals?

3. Where did Robert Parrish attend college?

4. Who was the first Division-I basketball player to dish out 1000 assists during his career?

5. Who was the commissioner of the American Basketball Association?

6. Name the two schools who have both sent 68 students to the professional ranks?

7. If a player dunks in the NBA and slaps the backboard, is this a violation? If so, what penalty is assessed?

8. Who were the first set of teammates to score over 2000 points in a single season? Who were the second set?

9. What was Wilt Chamberlain’s scoring average for the 1961-62 season and how many total points did he score?

10. Who was the ABA’s first Most Valuable Player?

11. Who holds the record for highest Free Throw Percentage for a single season (minimum 200 FTA)?

12. Who holds the NBA single game record for steals in a postseason game?

13. Who are the two members of the Lakers to have scored at least 70 points in a single regular-season game?

14. What country was the first to defeat the United States at the Olympics? What year did this happen and where were the Olympics held that year?

15. Name the three cities that the current Clippers franchise has called home.

16. Prior to their move in 1974 what was the team name of the ABA/NBA team currently known as the San Antonio Spurs?

17. The New York Knicks have achieved their record for wins twice in their franchise’s history. How many wins did they get and what years did they achieve this?

18. What team originally drafted Drazen Petrovic?

19. What franchise won the championship for the first four WNBA seasons?

20. Jim Boeheim graduated from Syracuse University in what year?

21. Sam Jones was the first selection of the 1957 draft for what team? And how many NBA titles did he win before he retired?

22. Who was the first repeat winner of the NBA MVP?

23. Who won the NBA’s Most Improved Player in 1990?

24. Who were the first 3 selections in the infamous 1986 draft and who were they drafted by?

25. Who were in the Golden State Warriors’ “Run TMC”?

26. Who was in Georgia Tech’s Lethal Weapon III?

27. Name 4 of the 6 teams Lenny Wilkens has served as Head Coach for?

28. Aside from being favorite players of Richard L. Biggs-Maceda, what else do Brent Barry & Gary Payton have in common?

29. Michael Jordan played in how many All-Star games during his career?

30. Name the 4 years the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill won the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship.

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