| Dribblers' org. | 19 |
| Drafting org. | 13 |
| Dr. J's org. | 16 |
| Dr. J's league | 18 |
| David Stern's purview | 25 |
| David Stern is its commish | 26 |
| Court letters? | 14 |
| Clippers' org. | 18 |
| Cavs' and Mavs' org. | 28 |
| Cavs' and Mavs' gp. | 27 |
| Cavs and Mavs play here | 23 |
| Carmelo Anthony's org. | 26 |
| Cagers' grp. | 16 |
| Cagers' gp. | 15 |
| Bulls org. | 10 |
| Bulls and Bullets org. | 22 |
| Bullets, Rockets et al. | 23 |
| Bird's gp. | 14 |
| Bird grp. | 9 |
| Big Ben's org. | 18 |
| Basketball assn. | 16 |
| Barrier for Bjorn Borg | 22 |
| Auerbach Trophy awarder | 23 |
| Assn. for "Dr. J" | 27 |
| Annual draft org. | 17 |
| All-Star game org. | 18 |
| All-___ Team | 12 |
| Abdul-Jabbar's org. | 23 |
| Abdul-Jabbar's gp. | 22 |
| 2011 lockout org. | 17 |
| 2003 MVP Duncan's turf | 26 |
| "___ Live" (popular video game series) | 48 |
| ____ Hall of Fame | 17 |
| ___ Jam (video-game series) | 27 |
| ___ draft | 9 |
| Shaq, 15 times | 14 |
| Participant in an annual event since 1951 | 41 |
| Michael Jordan or Dr. J | 23 |
| Kobe Bryant, e.g., eleven times | 31 |
| Court V.I.P. | 12 |
| Hornet, e.g. | 12 |
| Pro hoopster | 12 |
| Cav or Mav | 10 |
| Pro cager, for short | 20 |
| Pro cager, briefly | 18 |
| Pro cager | 9 |
| Hawk, for one | 13 |
| Celtic or Knick | 15 |
| Buck or Bull, briefly | 21 |
| Sun or Rocket, briefly | 22 |
| Stephen Curry or LeBron James, e.g. | 35 |
| Sonic, for one | 14 |
| Sixer or Mav | 12 |
| Shaq, for one | 13 |
| Rocket, e.g. | 12 |
| Rocket or Raptor | 16 |
| Raptor or Hawk | 14 |
| Pro hoopster, for short | 23 |
| One paid to make hoops, briefly | 31 |
| One missing 2011-12 preseason games, at least | 45 |
| Mav or Cav | 10 |
| LeBron James or Kevin Durant, briefly | 37 |
| Knick, for one | 14 |
| Knick or Net, e.g. | 18 |
| Knick or Celt | 13 |
| Jazz player, briefly | 20 |
| Jazz man, e.g.? | 15 |
| Hawk or Raptor, e.g. | 20 |
| Hawk or Raptor | 14 |
| Hawk or Hornet | 14 |
| Hawk or Bull | 12 |
| Grizzly or Timberwolf, briefly | 30 |
| Celtic, for example | 19 |
| Celt or Mav, say | 16 |
| Celt or Cav | 11 |
| Cav or Mav, e.g. | 16 |
| Bull or Celtic | 14 |
| Bull or Cav | 11 |
| Brooklyn Net, for one | 21 |
| Bobcat or Timberwolf | 20 |
| Any member of the Heatles | 25 |
| Jazz performance | 16 |
| Warriors vs. Bulls, e.g. | 24 |
| MSG event | 9 |
| Magic show? | 11 |
| Knicks-vs.-Celtics event | 24 |
| Jazz show? | 10 |
| Event for the Lakers | 20 |
| Shake ___ (Kraft food brand) | 28 |
| Tim Duncan, for one | 19 |
| Jordan, for one | 15 |
| Hoops headliner | 15 |
| Bird, e.g. | 10 |
| Pierce, say | 11 |
| Locked-out athlete, at the moment | 33 |
| Jordan, once | 12 |
| Jordan, for example | 19 |
| Jordan, e.g. | 12 |
| Jeremy Lin or Kobe Bryant, e.g. | 31 |
| Certain arena filler | 20 |