| NBA figure | 10 |
| NBA Finals channel | 18 |
| NBA five | 8 |
| NBA forward Diogu | 17 |
| NBA forward Lamar __ | 20 |
| NBA franchise | 13 |
| NBA game feature | 16 |
| NBA game site | 13 |
| NBA game sites (when the league isn't locked out) | 53 |
| NBA giant, familiarly | 21 |
| NBA great | 9 |
| NBA great Archibald | 19 |
| NBA great Chamberlain | 21 |
| NBA great Drexler | 17 |
| NBA great Erving | 16 |
| NBA great Erving's nickname | 31 |
| NBA great Frazier | 17 |
| NBA great Gilmore | 17 |
| NBA great Hayes | 15 |
| NBA great Thomas | 16 |
| NBA great Thurmond | 18 |
| NBA great Unseld | 16 |
| NBA great's nickname | 24 |
| NBA great, for short | 20 |
| NBA guard Tinsley | 17 |
| NBA Hall of Famer Baylor | 24 |
| NBA Hall of Famer Dan | 21 |
| NBA Hall of Famer George | 24 |
| NBA Hall of Famer Hal | 21 |
| NBA Hall of Famer Hayes | 23 |
| NBA Hall of Famer Thomas | 24 |
| NBA Hall-of-Famer -- Thomas | 27 |
| NBA Hall-of-Famer Archibald | 27 |
| NBA Hall-of-Famer Baylor | 24 |
| NBA Hall-of-Famer George | 24 |
| NBA Hall-of-Famer Unseld | 24 |
| NBA head coach George or actor Malden | 37 |
| NBA hiree | 9 |
| NBA infractions | 15 |
| NBA Inside Stuff co-host | 27 |
| NBA legend | 10 |
| NBA legend Archibald or Thurmond | 32 |
| NBA legend Baylor | 17 |
| NBA legend Chamberlain | 22 |
| NBA legend Earl Monroe sobriquet | 32 |
| NBA legend George Gervin's nickname | 39 |
| NBA legend Kareem ___-Jabbar | 28 |
| NBA legend nicknamed "The Big Baryshnikov" | 52 |
| NBA legend Robertson | 20 |
| NBA legend Unseld | 17 |
| NBA legend, familiarly | 22 |
| NBA legends Archibald and Thurmond | 34 |
| NBA legends Archibald or Thurmond | 33 |
| NBA locale | 10 |
| NBA long shot? | 14 |
| NBA member | 10 |
| NBA military appreciation initiative, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 75 |
| NBA MVP between Steve and Kobe | 30 |
| NBA MVP of the 1980-81 season | 29 |
| NBA nail-biters | 15 |
| NBA nickname | 12 |
| NBA official | 12 |
| NBA official who calls the shots | 32 |
| NBA one-pointer | 15 |
| NBA one-pointers | 16 |
| NBA or NAACP | 12 |
| NBA or NASCAR | 13 |
| NBA or NFL part: Abbr. | 22 |
| NBA or NRA | 10 |
| NBA part (abbr.) | 16 |
| NBA part: Abbr. | 15 |
| NBA periods | 11 |
| NBA personnel | 13 |
| NBA player | 10 |
| NBA player for short | 21 |
| NBA player Anthony Davis's nickname, with the" | 55 |
| NBA player from China | 21 |
| NBA player who holds the record for most All-Star votes | 55 |
| NBA player with a claw on his jersey | 36 |
| NBA player, in slang | 20 |
| NBA players | 11 |
| NBA players from Dallas, briefly | 32 |
| NBA Playoffs network | 20 |
| NBA point guard Nick | 20 |
| NBA position | 12 |
| NBA position (abbr.) | 20 |
| NBA positions | 13 |
| NBA prize, familiarly | 21 |
| NBA pt. | 7 |
| NBA regulation followers? | 25 |
| NBA retiree of 1987 | 19 |
| NBA rival, for a time | 21 |
| NBA Rookie of the Year and MVP of 1969 | 38 |
| NBA Rookie of the Year in 1993 | 30 |
| NBA Rookie of the Year in 1997 | 30 |
| NBA scoreboard item | 19 |
| NBA scores | 10 |
| NBA scoring stat | 16 |
| NBA shots | 9 |
| NBA site | 8 |