NBA Records Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

The first team ever to win 70 games in a season did so in 1995-96, finishing 72-10 and winning the championship. The 1971-72 Lakers had held the wins record at 69-13. Which team was it?

Question 2

At 21, this forward became the youngest player to win an NBA scoring title, the first of four in five years, in 2010. He led the league again in 2011, 2012 and 2014. Which player is this?

Question 3

On October 31, 1950, this player, suiting up for the Washington Capitols, became the first Black athlete to play in an NBA game, one day before two other Black players made their debuts. Chuck Cooper was the first Black player drafted and Nat Clifton the first to sign a contract, all in the same season. Which player is this?

Question 4

This guard led the NBA in scoring 10 times, including seven years in a row, the most scoring titles in league history. The run of seven straight was interrupted only by his first retirement. Which player holds the record?

Question 5

This journeyman point guard dished out 30 assists for the Orlando Magic in a 1990 game, a single-game record that has stood for more than 30 years. The record he broke, 29, had stood since the 1970s and been shared by three players. Which player is this?

Question 6

Playing for the Lakers in 1973, this center blocked 17 shots in a single game, a record set in the first season blocks were officially counted. It came in the very first season the NBA counted blocked shots. Which player is this?

Question 7

In May 2021 this guard recorded his 182nd career triple-double, passing Oscar Robertson for the most in NBA history. He passed a total that had stood since the 1970s, and later stretched his own record past 200. Which player holds the record?

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About NBA Records

Basketball keeps meticulous records, and a few names dominate the all-time lists. LeBron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for career points in 2023 and became the first to 40,000. John Stockton holds the assists and steals records by enormous margins. Wilt Chamberlain owns the rebounding record and, from 1961-62, the untouchable single-season average of 50.4 points a game and the 100-point game. Hakeem Olajuwon leads in blocks, Stephen Curry in three-pointers, Robert Parish in games played, and Kareem in minutes and MVP awards.

Single games produce the wildest numbers. Chamberlain's 100 points and 55 rebounds. Scott Skiles's 30 assists. Elmore Smith's 17 blocks. Klay Thompson's 14 threes and 37-point quarter. Kobe Bryant's 81. Elgin Baylor's 61 in a Finals game and Michael Jordan's 63 in a playoff loss at Boston Garden. The 1983 triple-overtime night when Detroit and Denver combined for 370 points, and the 2021 game Memphis won by 73.

Team records tell their own story: the 1996 Bulls, the first 70-win team, and the 2015-16 Warriors, the only 73-win team, who then lost the Finals. The 1971-72 Lakers' 33-game winning streak. The Celtics' 18 titles and eight straight from 1959 to 1966. The Spurs' 22 consecutive playoff trips, and the Kings' 16-year drought.

Then the firsts: the 24-second shot clock in 1954, Earl Lloyd integrating the league in 1950, the three-point line in 1979, the ABA merger in 1976, Stephen Curry as the first unanimous MVP, Yao Ming as the first international number-one pick straight from a foreign league. This quiz runs through 65 of them: read the clue, name the record, and get the full story after each answer.