Sunday, June 7, 2026

It is NBA season! Today's NPR Puzzle is all about NBA teams!

As you probably know, the N.B.A. finals are going on right now. Game 3 between the Knicks and the Spurs is tomorrow night. So today I've brought a puzzle based on N.B.A. team names.

 


1. The name of what N.B.A. team is an anagram of PARROTS?

2. The name of what N.B.A. team is an anagram of THRONES

3. The name of what N.B.A. team is an anagram of SCRAPE?

4. Name two N.B.A. franchises that are birds.

5. You can remove the consecutive letters UGG of one N.B.A. team to get another. What teams are these?

6. The name of what N.B.A. team sounds like what they try to do for home games?

 




Answer Keys 

    1.  RAPTORS

    2.  HORNETS

    3.  PACERS

    4.  PELICANS & HAWKS

    5.  NETS

    6.  CELTICS

 

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