| 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 |
| NBA scoring stat | 16 |
| NBA scores | 10 |
| NBA scoreboard item | 19 |
| NBA Rookie of the Year in 1997 | 30 |
| NBA Rookie of the Year in 1993 | 30 |
| NBA Rookie of the Year and MVP of 1969 | 38 |
| NBA rival, for a time | 21 |
| NBA retiree of 1987 | 19 |
| NBA regulation followers? | 25 |
| NBA pt. | 7 |
| NBA prize, familiarly | 21 |
| NBA positions | 13 |
| NBA position (abbr.) | 20 |
| NBA position | 12 |
| NBA point guard Nick | 20 |
| NBA Playoffs network | 20 |
| NBA players from Dallas, briefly | 32 |
| NBA players | 11 |
| NBA player, in slang | 20 |
| NBA player with a claw on his jersey | 36 |
| NBA player who holds the record for most All-Star votes | 55 |
| NBA player from China | 21 |
| NBA player Anthony Davis's nickname, with the" | 55 |
| NBA player for short | 21 |
| NBA player | 10 |
| NBA personnel | 13 |
| NBA periods | 11 |
| NBA part: Abbr. | 15 |
| NBA part (abbr.) | 16 |
| NBA or NRA | 10 |
| NBA or NFL part: Abbr. | 22 |
| NBA or NASCAR | 13 |
| NBA or NAACP | 12 |
| NBA one-pointers | 16 |
| NBA one-pointer | 15 |
| NBA official who calls the shots | 32 |
| NBA official | 12 |
| NBA nickname | 12 |
| NBA nail-biters | 15 |
| NBA MVP of the 1980-81 season | 29 |
| NBA MVP between Steve and Kobe | 30 |
| NBA military appreciation initiative, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 75 |
| NBA member | 10 |
| NBA long shot? | 14 |
| NBA locale | 10 |