Do You Know your 2018 NBA Playoffs?
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On April 14, the 2018 NBA Playoffs will begin. This year's playoffs will feature some of the game's best players as their teams compete to win a championship. Prepare for this season's postseason basketball action with this 2018 NBA Playoffs trivia challenge.
On April 14, the 2018 NBA Playoffs will begin. This year's playoffs will feature some of the game's best players as their teams compete to win a championship. Prepare for this season's postseason basketball action with this 2018 NBA Playoffs trivia challenge.
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Question 1
Which team enters the 2018 NBA Playoffs as the reigning NBA champions?
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AGolden State Warriors
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BHouston Rockets
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CBoston Celtics
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DCleveland Cavaliers
Golden State Warriors
In 2017, the Warriors won the fifth championship in franchise history.
Question 2
The 2017-18 NBA season was Chris Paul's first as a member of which team?
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AHouston Rockets
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BLos Angeles Lakers
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CLos Angeles Clippers
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DNew Orleans Pelicans
Houston Rockets
The Los Angeles Clippers traded Paul to the Rockets in 2017.
Question 3
This 2018 NBA Playoffs team has won the most championships in league history.
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ABoston Celtics
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BSan Antonio Spurs
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CGolden State Warriors
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DHouston Rockets
Boston Celtics
As of 2018, the Celtics have won 17 NBA titles.
Question 4
Which of these players participating in the 2018 NBA Playoffs was a second-round draft pick?
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Aklay thompson
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BDraymond Green
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CAl Horford
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DLeBron James
Draymond Green
The Golden State Warriors selected Green with the 35th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.
Question 5
As of 2018, the Houston Rockets have won how many NBA championships?
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A4
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B1
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C2
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D3
2
The Rockets won the NBA Finals in 1994 and 1995.
Question 6
Which team enters the 2018 NBA Playoffs as the reigning NBA champions?
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AGolden State Warriors
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BCleveland Cavaliers
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CBoston Celtics
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DHouston Rockets
Golden State Warriors
In 2017, the Warriors won the fifth championship in franchise history.
Question 7
What head coach won NBA Coach of the Year before being fired by the Toronto Raptors?
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AEric Spoelstra
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BNate McMillan
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CDwane Casey
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DBrad Stevens
Dwane Casey
Casey served as the Raptors' head coach 2011-2018.
Question 8
Which of these NBA players played on a national championship team during their collegiate career?
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AVictor Oladipo
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BJames Harden
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CAl Horford
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DChris Paul
Al Horford
Horford was a member of the 2006 and 2007 Florida Gators men's basketball national championship teams.
Question 9
Steve Kerr, the head coach of the Golden State Warriors, played on how many NBA championship teams?
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A2
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B3
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C5
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D4
5
Kerr played on three Chicago Bulls and two San Antonio Spurs NBA championship teams.
Question 10
Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens previously served as which school's head men's basketball coach?
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AMaryland
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BGonzaga
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CUniversity of Florida
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DButler
Butler
Stevens served as Butler's head men's basketball coach from 2007-13.
Question 11
Including the Houston Rockets, Mike D'Antoni has served as a head coach for how many NBA teams?
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A3
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B4
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C5
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D6
5
D'Antoni is a former Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Lakers head coach.
Question 12
Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers is a native of which country?
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AUnited Kingdom
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BUnited States
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CCanada
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DAustralia
Australia
Simmons was born in Fitzroy, Australia in 1996.
Question 13
The NBA Championship trophy is named after which of the following men?
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AJerry West
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BLarry O'Brien
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CBill Russell
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DDavid Stern
Larry O'Brien
O'Brien served as the commissioner of the NBA from 1975-84.
Question 14
Which of these players participating in the 2018 NBA Playoffs is related to a former NBA player?
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AKlay Thompson
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BChris Paul
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CJames Harden
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DleBron James
Klay Thompson
Thompson's father, Mychal, played in the NBA from 1978-91.
Question 15
The Toronto Raptors drafted DeMar DeRozan in which year?
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A2006
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B2009
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C2008
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D2007
2009
The Raptors selected DeRozan with the ninth pick in the 2009 NBA Draft.
Question 16
Which of these players participating in the 2018 NBA Playoffs has won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award during their career?
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AKevin Durant
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BChris paul
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CDeMar DeRozan
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DKyrie irving
Kevin Durant
Durant received the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the 2013-14 season.
Question 17
Which of these Boston Celtics sustained a season-ending injury in the opening minutes of the team's 2017-18 NBA season?
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AKyrie Irving
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BGordon Hayward
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CMarcus Smart
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DAl Horford
Gordon Hayward
Hayward sustained a fractured tibia and dislocated ankle in the Celtics' 2017-18 season opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Question 18
Which of these players participating in the 2018 NBA Playoffs has received the NBA Most Valuable Player Award multiple times in their career?
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AChris Paul
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BStephen Curry
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CKyrie Irving
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DKevin Durant
Stephen Curry
Curry received the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
Question 19
James Harden played on which NBA team before he joined the Houston Rockets?
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AAtlanta Hawks
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BOrlando Magic
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COklahoma City Thunder
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DSan Antonio Spurs
Oklahoma City Thunder
The Thunder traded Harden to the Rockets in 2012.
Question 20
Including the Toronto Raptors, Kyle Lowry has played on how many NBA teams during his career?
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A4
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B1
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C3
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D2
3
Lowry is a former member of the Memphis Grizzlies and the Houston Rockets.
Question 21
Which of these 2018 NBA Playoff teams most recently won a championship?
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AHouston Rockets
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BBoston Celtics
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CPhiladelphia 76ers
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DCleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavaliers won the NBA Finals in 2016.
Question 22
LeBron James last played on a team that missed the NBA Playoffs in which season?
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A2004-2005
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B2006-2007
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C2007-2009
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D2010-2011
2004-2005
The Cleveland Cavaliers missed the NBA Playoffs in the 2004-05 season, James' second season in the league.
Question 23
Which of these 2018 NBA Playoff head coaches participated in the NBA Finals as a player?
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ADwane Casey
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BBrett Brown
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CTyronn Lue
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DBrad Stevens
Tyronn Lue
The Los Angeles Lakers won two NBA titles during Lue's tenure with the team from 1998-2001.
Question 24
As of 2018, the Indiana Pacers last reached the NBA Finals in which year?
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A2000
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B1995
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C2005
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D2010
2000
The Pacers lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games in the 2000 NBA Finals.
Question 25
Prior to 2018, the Philadelphia 76ers last made the NBA Playoffs in which year?
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A2006
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B2008
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C2010
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D2012
2012
The 76ers lost to the Boston Celtics in seven games in the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2012 NBA Playoffs.
Question 26
Kevin Love of the Cleveland Cavaliers attended which school?
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AFlorida State
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Buniversity of Florida
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CWest Virginia University
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DUCLA
UCLA
Love helped UCLA reach the Final Four in 2008.
Question 27
As of 2018, who is the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers?
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ABrett Brown
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BSteve Clifford
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CGregg Popovich
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DStan Van Gundy
Brett Brown
Brown has served as the 76ers' head coach since 2013.
Question 28
Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers is a native of which country?
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AUnited kingdom
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BCameroon
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CNigeria
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DKenya
Cameroon
Embiid was born in Yaounde, Cameroon in 1994.
Question 29
As of 2018, who is the Indiana Pacers' head coach?
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ADwane Casey
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BErik Spoelstra
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CTom Thibodeau
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DNate McMillan
Nate McMillan
McMillan became the Pacers' head coach in 2016.
Question 30
Which of these players participating in the 2018 NBA Playoffs plays on a team based in the same state where they attended college?
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AJames Harden
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BJoel Embiid
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CChris Paul
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DVictor Oladipo
Victor Oladipo
Victor Oladipo, who is a member of the Indiana Pacers, attended Indiana University Bloomington.
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