| NBC anchor before Williams | 26 |
| NBC anchor | 10 |
| NBAers' stats | 17 |
| NBAers' game | 16 |
| NBAers in Dallas | 16 |
| NBAer, in headlines | 19 |
| NBAer's height, perhaps | 27 |
| NBAer who tweeted "I'm about to retire" in 2011 | 61 |
| NBAer who plays at "The Q" | 36 |
| NBAer who became a senator | 26 |
| NBAer until 2008 | 16 |
| NBAer since '80 | 19 |
| NBAer orig. from Minnesota | 26 |
| NBAer O'Neal | 16 |
| NBAer nicknamed "The Moving Great Wall" | 49 |
| NBAer from Texas | 16 |
| NBAer Artest who changed his name to Metta World Peace | 54 |
| NBAer -- Gasol | 14 |
| NBAer | 5 |
| NBA, NEA, or NRA | 16 |
| NBA's __ Ming | 17 |
| NBA's __ Man of the Year Award | 34 |
| NBA's Yao Ming, for one | 27 |
| NBA's Yao | 13 |
| NBA's Tyreke or UFC's Rashad | 36 |
| NBA's Thurmond et al. | 25 |
| NBA's Thunder, formerly | 27 |
| NBA's Thomas | 16 |
| NBA's sport, for short | 26 |
| NBA's Shaquille | 19 |
| NBA's Shaq and Yao, e.g. | 28 |
| NBA's Shaq | 14 |
| NBA's Rik or TV's Jimmy | 31 |
| NBA's O'Neal, for short | 31 |
| NBA's O'Neal | 20 |
| NBA's Ming | 14 |
| NBA's Magic, on scoreboards | 31 |
| NBA's Lakers, after being bought out by fitness guru Jack? | 62 |
| NBA's Jeremy | 16 |
| NBA's Iverson | 17 |
| NBA's Archibald | 19 |
| NBA's all-time leading rebounder | 36 |
| NBA's all-time leader in three-pointers | 43 |
| NBA's 1993 Rookie of the Year | 33 |
| NBA watcher's channel | 25 |
| NBA wannabe's predicament? | 30 |
| NBA VIP | 7 |
| NBA venues, or NBA star Gilbert | 31 |
| NBA venue | 9 |
| NBA unit? | 9 |
| NBA tiebreakers | 15 |
| NBA threesome | 13 |
| NBA telecaster | 14 |
| NBA team, in headlines | 22 |
| NBA team, for short | 19 |
| NBA team whose mascot is Burnie | 31 |
| NBA team that relocated in 2012 | 31 |
| NBA team that plays in the Barclays Center | 42 |
| NBA team that hosted the "Malice in the Palace" brawl | 63 |
| NBA team that drafted Lew Alcindor (Kareem) in 1969 | 51 |
| NBA team taking a siesta? | 25 |
| NBA team since 2004 | 19 |
| NBA team purchased by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov | 59 |
| NBA team partly owned by Jay-Z | 30 |
| NBA team originally called the Americans | 40 |
| NBA team locale | 15 |
| NBA team | 8 |
| NBA tallies | 11 |
| NBA tall man | 12 |
| NBA superstar Shaquille | 23 |
| NBA superstar Duncan | 20 |
| NBA superstar | 13 |
| NBA strategy that involves deliberately fouling the opponent with the worst free throw percentage | 97 |
| NBA stats | 9 |
| NBA stat, on TV screens | 23 |
| NBA stat | 8 |
| NBA stars Steve Nash and Chris Paul, positionally: Abbr. | 56 |
| NBA star, familiarly | 20 |
| NBA star ___ Brand | 18 |
| NBA star __ Ming | 16 |
| NBA star Wade | 13 |
| NBA star Shaquille | 18 |
| NBA star Ron Artest's chosen name change | 44 |
| NBA star Ming | 13 |
| NBA star Lamar ___ | 18 |
| NBA star Kobe Bryant has nicknamed "Gatsby" | 53 |
| NBA star Kirilenko | 18 |
| NBA star Howard nicknamed "Superman" | 46 |
| NBA star Hilario | 16 |
| NBA star Hibbert | 16 |
| NBA star Grant | 14 |
| NBA star Chauncey Billups's nickname | 40 |
| NBA star Chandler | 17 |
| NBA star center, for short | 26 |
| NBA star aka "Black Mamba" | 36 |
| NBA star -- James | 17 |
| NBA star to his friends | 24 |
| NBA star | 8 |
| NBA site | 8 |
| NBA shots | 9 |