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NBA - who did/didn't they coach (Multiple choice)

Answer these questions about jobs these NBA coaches had.
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1. Let's start easy, which of these teams did Phil Jackson NOT coach?
Chicago Bulls ✓
Houston Rockets ✓
Los Angeles Lakers ✓
2. Pat Riley is a 3-time winner of Coach of the Year Award and 5-time NBA champion as a coach. Which team did he NOT coach?
Los Angeles Lakers ✓
Miami Heat ✓
Detroit Pistons ✓
New York Knicks ✓
3. Now a question about 2002 Coach of the Year. Where did Rick Carlisle NOT work as a head coach?
Indiana Pacers ✓
Detroit Pistons ✓
Dallas Mavericks ✓
Portland Trail Blazers ✓
4. Head coach in the NBA since 1999. He coached 3 teams (he still coaches one of them): Orlando Magic, Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers. What is his name?
Rick Pitino ✓
Chris Ford ✓
Doc Rivers ✓
Alvin Gentry ✓
He is still (since 2013) head coach of LA Clippers
5. Byron Scott is a 3-time NBA champion as a player. He was head coach of all 4 teams given below, but which team did he lead to NBA Finals?
Los Angeles Lakers ✓
New Orleans Hornets ✓
New Jersey Nets ✓
Cleveland Cavaliers ✓
Scott coached Nets in Finals twice - in 2002 and 2003, they lost both.
6. Mike Brown, while coaching Cleveland Cavaliers, won Coach of the Year in 2009 and led them to NBA finals in 2007. Which team was he also head coach of?
Los Angeles Lakers ✓
Memphis Grizzlies ✓
Indiana Pacers ✓
Washington Wizards ✓
He coached them between 2011-2012.
7. 3-time NBA MVP and 3-time NBA champion as a player, Larry Bird did coach one team in his career, even leading it to NBA finals. Which team was it?
Boston Celtics ✓
Phoenix Suns ✓
Indiana Pacers ✓
Seattle Supersonics ✓
It was in year 2000, Pacers ultimately lost to LA Lakers.
8. A 2-time Coach of the Year, American of Italian descent, Mike D'Antoni was a head coach of 5 NBA teams. With which teams did he achieve the most(it was winning the award and going to Conference Finals with both)?
Houston Rockets and Denver Nuggets ✓
Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets ✓
New York Knicks and Houston Rockets ✓
Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers ✓
With Suns - award in 2005, conf.finals in 2005 and 2006; with Rockets - award in 2017, conf.finals in 2018
9. In over 30 years of working as a head coach mostly in the NBA, George Karl coached 6 NBA teams. With which did he work the longest?
Seattle Supersonics ✓
Denver Nuggets ✓
Milwaukee Bucks ✓
Cleveland Cavaliers ✓
In years 2005-2013, Karl coached Nuggets in 739 (regular season+playoff) games
10. A head coach in the NBA for over 30 years, coach with the most regular season wins in NBA history(1335), Don Nelson achieved it while coaching 4 different teams. Which team of these did he NOT coach?
Golden State Warriors ✓
Boston Celtics ✓
Dallas Mavericks ✓
New York Knicks ✓
Milwaukee Bucks ✓
In career started in 1976 and ended in 2010, Nelson coached in 2564 NBA(regular season+playoff) games.
11. A 1979 and 1989 Coach of the Year, Cotton Fitzsimmons was a head coach of 5 different NBA teams. Which team did he coach three times?
Atlanta Hawks ✓
Kansas City Kings ✓
Houston Rockets ✓
Phoenix Suns ✓
It was in 1970-72, 1988-92 and 1996-97
12. Let's dig a little bit deeper in history. A first coach to win multiple times Coach of the year Award with the same team was Gene Shue. With which team did he win?
New York Knicks ✓
Baltimore/Washington Bullets ✓
Detroit Pistons ✓
Atlanta Hawks ✓
13. And now we dig even deeper. First Coach of the Year in NBA history(1963), Harry Gallatin coached two NBA teams in his career. Which teams?
Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks ✓
St.Louis Hawks and New York Knicks ✓
St.Louis Hawks and Cinncinati Royals ✓
14. Red Holzman is mostly known as a coach of New York Knicks which he lead to NBA championship in 1970 and 1973, but he was a head coach of another NBA team earlier. Which team was it?
Rochester Royals ✓
Milwaukee/St.Louis Hawks ✓
Los Angeles Lakers ✓
He was their head coach in 1953-57
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