Statistics for NBA Team Names by Description

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
This team's name is a reference to this indigenous bear species found in the Pacific Northwest	Memphis Grizzlies	100%
This team's name was inspired by a dinosaur species in Jurassic Park	Toronto Raptors	100%
This team's name is a reference to the year the Declaration of Independence was signed in this city	Philadelphia 76ers	95%
This team's name was chosen to continue the theme of rhyming New York team names	Brooklyn Nets	89%
This team's name was derived from a name-the-team survey; other options included Suntans and Beaches	Miami Heat	89%
This team kept its original name after relocating to this mountainous state from its former city, the home of this musical genre	Utah Jazz	84%
After relocating to this sunny Southern California city in 1960, the team kept its name which is a reference to the nickname of its former home state	Los Angeles Lakers	79%
This team's name is a reference to its city's historically large Irish population	Boston Celtics	68%
The company of this team's first owner produced these car engine components in Fort Wayne; when the team relocated to Motown, the name stuck	Detroit Pistons	68%
This team's name is a reference to this city's largest tourist attraction, Disney World	Orlando Magic	68%
This team's name actually placed second in the name-the-team contest and refers to the history of westward expansion that led to its city's founding.	Portland Trail Blazers	68%
This team's name was chosen to honor its state as being home to the largest population of this canine species in North America	Minnesota Timberwolves	63%
This team kept its original name from San Diego to create an aerospace theme with its baseball counterpart in this Texas city	Houston Rockets	58%
This name was selected through a contest and referenced large sailing ships that passed through the San Diego Bay	Los Angeles Clippers	58%
This team adopted its city's National Basketball League team name which referred to this 19th century mining boom for precious metals	Denver Nuggets	53%
This team's name is a homage to the state bird of Louisiana	New Orleans Pelicans	53%
In 2008, the ownership group named this team for the region's powerful storms and the city is home to the 45th Infantry Division	Oklahoma City Thunder	53%
This team changed its name to this monarch title to avoid confusion with the baseball team of its former city	Sacramento Kings	53%
This team's avian name was shortened from its original name which was inspired by this Sauk Nation leader	Atlanta Hawks	47%
This team was initially set to be called the Gunslingers. However, before their first ever game, ownership started a name-the-name contest and this footwear modification was selected	San Antonio Spurs	47%
This team's owner disavowed references to gun violence after the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and opened the team name through a contest	Washington Wizards	47%
A name-the-team contest determined this team's name which was a reference to a British general's alleged description of this city as being a "_____'s nest of rebellion" during the American Revolution	Charlotte Hornets	42%
The owner of this expansion team settled on this name-the-team winner because it represented "fearless men, whose life's pact was never surrender, no matter the odds."	Cleveland Cavaliers	42%
Fans chose this team's name which was inspired by a popular TV Western and starred a member of the team's ownership group	Dallas Mavericks	37%
This team's name is a reference to this state's NASCAR race and use of this type of car to establish speed since 1911	Indiana Pacers	37%
This team name is a reference to its city's role in the meatpacking industry and its proximity to the Union Stock Yards	Chicago Bulls	32%
Judges of the name-the-team contest decided upon the second-place submission, noting that these forest animals were "spirited, good jumpers, fast and agile."	Milwaukee Bucks	32%
This team's name was selected in a name-the-team contest and is a reference to its metro area's nickname, "Valley of the ___"	Phoenix Suns	32%
In 1947, this original team adopted the same name of a previous team from the 1925 American Basketball League that played in the same city	Golden State Warriors	26%
The team's first ownership group selected this Dutch Colonial attire as a tribute to its city's heritage	New York Knicks	11%