Mixed NBA Basketball #6 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Michael Jordan

His Airness is good, but he has never achieved such greatness. In fact, through the 2003-04 NBA season only four players had ever achieved this goal. Nate Thurmond had 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks in a game on October 18, 1974 with the Chicago Bulls, the first recorded quadruple double in NBA history. Alvin Robinson matched this feat with the Spurs on February 18, 1986 by recording a 20 point, 11 rebound, 10 assist and 10 steal night versus Phoenix. On March 29, 1990, Hakeem Olajuwan (then spelled 'Akeem') had 18 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists and 11 blocks for the Rockets against Milwaukee. David Robinson recorded the fourth quadruple double in NBA history on February 17, 1994 with 34 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 blocks against Detroit. Jason Kidd scored a rather embarrassing quadruple double (though this would not be recognized as an 'official' quadruple double by the NBA) when he scored 18 points, had 12 rebounds and 10 assists and recorded 14 turnovers in a game against the Knicks on November 18, 2000.

Answer: Utah Jazz

A ha...Another stealth Jazz question! 1983 was a shaky year for the Jazz. Having difficult times with funding the franchise, owner Sam Battistone resorted to desperate measures. Aside from trading one of their top young stars to Denver (Danny Schayes) for Rich Kelley and cash, the Jazz had also dumped their previous first round pick, Dominique Wilkins, on Atlanta for John Drew and cash (can you imagine a team with Wilkins, Stockton and Malone together?) The Jazz also scheduled 11 home games in Las Vegas for the 1983-84 season in hopes of raising quick cash. Sadly, this led to one of the most memorable moments in NBA history, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaking the all-time scoring record for an individual player, in Las Vegas rather than Salt Lake. On the bright side, the team remained in Utah!

Answer: Jayson Williams

Jayson Williams, an NBA funnyman and a good rebounder to boot, played for both the New Jersey Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers during his career. Though he played for nine seasons in the NBA, he is now better known as the defendent in a highly publicized murder trial.

In February of 2002 a limousine driver named Costas Christofi was killed at Williams' estate in Alexandria, N.J. The trial ended in an out-of-court settlement in 2004, but Williams' reputation was permanently stained.

Answer: Georgia Dome

On March 27, 1998, a crowd of 62,046 NBA fans attended a game between the Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks, eclipsing the previous record crowd of 61,983 for a game between Detroit and Boston at the Pontiac Silverdome in 1988. I guess the fans in Atlanta thought they were seeing the last of Michael Jordan there, but alas not...

Answer: False

Larry Brown played for five ABA teams, helping the Oakland Oaks win a championship in the 1968-69 season. He coached a number of teams as well during his career prior to the 2003-04 season with Detroit. These included Carolina and Denver of the ABA, the Nets, Spurs, Clippers, Pacers and 76ers of the NBA and UCLA and Kansas in the college ranks.

His previous championship came in 1988 with the Kansas Jayhawks.

Answer: Boston Celtics

During the 85-86 season the Boston Celtics lost only a single game at home, scoring an amazing 40-1 home win/loss record. For the season, the Celtics went 67-15 and won the NBA championship by defeating the Houston Rockets 4-2 in the finals.

Answer: False

Not even close, actually. Mychal Thompson, drafted #1 in 1978 by Portland, was born in the Bahamas. The #1 draft pick in 1984, Hakeem Olajuwan, was born in Nigeria. The following year, Patrick Ewing was drafted #1 by the New York Knicks; he was born in Jamaica. Like Olajuwan, the #1 draft pick in 1998, Michael Olowokandi, was born in Nigeria.

However, Yao Ming is considered to be the first 'international player' drafted #1 (meaning, never having played in the United States in college or otherwise).

Answer: Ralph Sampson

Olajuwan teamed with Ralph Sampson to form arguably the greatest 1-2 big man tandem in NBA history (though San Antonio Spurs fans might argue that Tim Duncan and David Robinson deserve that distinction). Sampson, who would typically play the power forward position, stood 7' 4" tall, while Olajuwan, the center, stood 7' 0".

Despite their imposing collective height, they never won a championship together.

Answer: 8

The Lakers lost to the Celtics in the finals in the following seasons: 1958-59 (still in Minneapolis), 1961-62 (now in Los Angeles), 1962-63, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1983-84. They finally broke the jinx against the Celtics by winning game six 111-100. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the finals MVP that year.

Answer: Malik Sealy

If you'll recall, Malik Sealy sadly passed away in an auto accident in the year 2000. He played for the Pacers, Clippers, Pistons and Timberwolves in a career in which he average 10 points per game. Sealy only played two seasons with the Timberwolves.

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