Statistics for NBA Basketball by Year, 1970–1999

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Answer Stats

Year	Clue	Answer	% Correct
1993	This player suddenly retires to play baseball	Michael Jordan	97%
1996	This player leaves the Magic to join the Lakers	Shaquille O'Neal	96%
1998	This team wins its 6th championship in 8 years	Chicago Bulls	95%
1991	This NBA legend announces that he is HIV positive	Magic Johnson	95%
1994	This Nigerian player is named MVP	Hakeem Olajuwon	91%
1997	This team changes its name to the Washington Wizards	Washington {Bullets}	91%
1986	This player wins his third consecutive MVP award	Larry Bird	89%
1980	This player wins his 6th MVP award, the most of any player in history	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	88%
1999	This "zen master" becomes coach of the Lakers	Phil Jackson	88%
1992	This player wins his first of seven consecutive rebounding titles	Dennis Rodman	82%
1990	Due to their physical style, the Detroit Pistons are known by this nickname	The Bad Boys	80%
1972	This player wins his second NBA championship and averages 19.2 rebounds per game	Wilt Chamberlain	79%
1995	The Grizzlies become the league's 29th franchise, playing in this city	Vancouver	78%
1976	This league merges with the NBA	ABA	75%
1987	This "Round Mound of Rebound" leads the league in rebounds, the shortest player ever to do so	Charles Barkley	71%
1981	Lloyd B. Free officially changes his name to this	{World} B. Free	71%
1984	This lawyer becomes commissioner of the NBA	David Stern	68%
1985	This Georgetown player is selected #1 in the NBA draft	Patrick Ewing	67%
1983	This company replaces Wilson as official providers of the NBA game ball	Spalding	66%
1977	This MVP leads the Trailblazers to an NBA championship	Bill Walton	65%
1975	This Warrior is named Finals MVP; today he is best known for shooting underhanded free throws	Rick Barry	65%
1978	This "iceman" leads the league in scoring	George Gervin	58%
1979	This now-defunct team wins its first and only championship	Seattle Supersonics	56%
1989	This Yugoslavian center begins playing for the Lakers	Vlade Divac	53%
1971	This legend retires 9 games into the season as the leading scorer in Lakers history. Unfortunately for him, the Lakers would start a 33 game win streak that same night.	Elgin Baylor	52%
1988	Magic Johnson kisses this player during the NBA finals	Isiah Thomas	51%
1974	The Jazz become the league's 18th franchise, playing in this city	New Orleans	51%
1973	This "tiny" point guard leads the league with 34.0 points per game	Tiny Archibald	50%
1982	This coach wins his first of five NBA championships	Pat Riley	45%
1970	This player, the highest scorer in NCAA history, is chosen by the Hawks with the 3rd pick in the draft	Pete Maravich	41%