2018-19 NBA Season
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50 free 2018-19 NBA Season trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The 2018-19 NBA season ended with a result almost nobody predicted in October. A dynasty chasing a third straight title was stopped in the Finals, a franchise that had never been there before lifted the trophy, and the league's balance of power shifted with it. This quiz covers the whole campaign, from the summer moves that set it up to the last game in June. Expect questions on the best players and the starters around them, the award winners and statistical leaders, the trades and firings that shook teams mid-season, All-Star Weekend, the farewell tours, and the records that fell along the way. It is written for fans who watched that year closely and want to test what stuck, and for quiz hosts who need accurate questions with answers. Every question comes with a short explanation, so even a wrong guess leaves you with a story from a memorable season.
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Q 01Which player, acquired from San Antonio the previous summer, was named Finals MVP when Toronto won the 2019 NBA title?
Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard averaged 28.5 points in the series and became only the third player named Finals MVP with two different teams. He had sat out 22 regular-season games, most of them as planned rest.
Q 02Which Milwaukee star won the 2018–19 NBA Most Valuable Player award after leading his team to a league-best 60 wins?
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo gave the Bucks their first 60-win season since 1980–81, in the team's first year in a new arena. He was the East's Player of the Month four times out of five.
Q 03Which guard averaged 36.1 points per game in 2018–19 and scored 30 or more in 32 straight games?
James Harden
James Harden also became the first player to score 30 or more against all 29 other teams in one season. His streak ran from mid-December to late February for Houston.
Q 04Which superstar left Cleveland for the Lakers in July 2018, then missed the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2005?
LeBron James
LeBron James had reached eight straight Finals before a first Lakers season disrupted by injuries. In March 2019 he passed Michael Jordan for fourth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
Q 05Which newcomer, already a EuroLeague champion with Real Madrid, was voted the 2018–19 NBA Rookie of the Year?
Luka Dončić
Luka Dončić was drafted third by Atlanta and traded to Dallas the same night. He was the Western Conference Rookie of the Month in every month of the season.
Q 06Which veteran retired in 2019 after a record 21 seasons with one franchise, one more than Kobe Bryant's 20?
Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki spent all 21 of those seasons in Dallas. In March 2019 he passed Wilt Chamberlain for sixth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
Q 07Which Golden State guard made a record 14 three-pointers in one game against Chicago in October 2018?
Klay Thompson
Klay Thompson broke the record of 13 held by his own teammate Stephen Curry. He also tied the NBA mark for three-pointers in a half, with 10.
Q 08Which guard recorded a triple-double in 11 straight games in early 2019, breaking Wilt Chamberlain's record of nine?
Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook later posted 20 points, 20 rebounds and 21 assists in one game for Oklahoma City, a feat only Chamberlain had managed before. He averaged a triple-double for the third season in a row.
Q 09Which Miami guard, in his farewell season, was added to the 2019 All-Star Game as a special pick by the commissioner?
Dwyane Wade
Dwyane Wade signed off two months later with a triple-double in his final game: 25 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists against Brooklyn. It was only the fifth of his career.
Q 10Which 41-year-old Atlanta swingman became the oldest NBA player to score 20 points in a game in December 2018?
Vince Carter
Vince Carter took the record from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then broke it again in March at 42 years and 37 days old. He also passed 25,000 career points during the season.
Q 11Which first-year head coach, promoted from assistant in June 2018, led Toronto to the 2019 NBA championship?
Nick Nurse
Nick Nurse had already won two titles in the NBA's development league, with two different teams. Before that he spent 11 seasons coaching in Europe, mostly in Britain.
Q 12Which Lakers legend abruptly quit as the team's president of basketball operations at an April 2019 news conference?
Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson said he wanted to go back to being an NBA ambassador. He had run the Lakers' front office for just over two years, since February 2017.
Q 13Which Golden State forward returned from a calf strain in Game 5 of the 2019 Finals, only to tear his Achilles?
Kevin Durant
Q 21Which Lakers forward was suspended four games for an on-court fight with Houston in the opening week of 2018–19?
Brandon Ingram
Brandon Ingram's season ended early as well: he played his last game in March 2019, after doctors found a blood clot in his right arm.
Q 22Which Bahamian center did Phoenix select with the first overall pick of the 2018 NBA draft?
Deandre Ayton
Deandre Ayton was the first top pick to join a team in the state where he had played both high school and college basketball. He opened with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Q 23Which University of Oklahoma guard did Atlanta get in a 2018 draft-night trade with Dallas for the third overall pick?
Trae Young
Kevin Durant had missed nine games and scored 11 points in the first quarter before the injury. Four months earlier he had been named MVP of the All-Star Game.
Q 14Which Portland guard eliminated Oklahoma City from the 2019 playoffs with a 37-foot three-pointer at the buzzer?
Damian Lillard
Damian Lillard finished the night with a playoff career-high 50 points. It was his second series-ending buzzer-beater, after one against Houston in 2014.
Q 15Which New Orleans star told his team in January 2019 that he would not re-sign and wanted a trade?
Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis was held out of games until the February deadline passed, then played on once the league threatened fines. He was dealt to the Lakers that July.
Q 16Which disgruntled All-Star did Minnesota trade to Philadelphia in November 2018 after he had demanded a move?
Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler had pressed his case at a now-famous practice, where he and the third-string players beat Minnesota's starters. He left for Miami in July 2019.
Q 17Which guard, Toronto's leading career scorer, was sent to San Antonio in a July 2018 trade after nine seasons?
DeMar DeRozan
DeMar DeRozan answered in January 2019 with the first triple-double of his career, in a win over the team that had traded him.
Q 18Which center won a second straight Defensive Player of the Year award in 2019 despite never having been an All-Star?
Rudy Gobert
Rudy Gobert, Utah's "Stifle Tower", also set a single-season record with 306 dunks. His first All-Star selection finally came the following season.
Q 19Which Toronto forward won the 2019 Most Improved Player award two years after being a development-league Finals MVP?
Pascal Siakam
Pascal Siakam became the first player to win that award and an NBA title in the same season. He scored 32 points on 14-of-17 shooting in Game 1 of the Finals.
Q 20Which Clippers guard became the NBA's career leader in bench points in March 2019, then won Sixth Man of the Year?
Lou Williams
Lou Williams scored 36 points a month later as the Clippers erased a 31-point deficit against Golden State, the biggest comeback in NBA playoff history.
Trae Young went fifth to Dallas before the swap, which also sent Atlanta a future first-round pick. He was a unanimous All-Rookie First Team choice in 2019.
Q 24Which 7-foot-3 big man was traded to Dallas in January 2019 while still recovering from a torn ACL?
Kristaps Porziņģis
Kristaps Porziņģis did not play a single game in 2018–19. The deal followed a meeting that left his old club convinced he wanted out.
Q 25Which veteran guard, his career derailed by knee injuries, scored a career-high 50 points on Halloween night 2018?
Derrick Rose
Derrick Rose, the 2011 MVP, got his 50 for Minnesota against Utah, the team that had waived him eight months earlier, and left the floor in tears to chants of "MVP".
Q 26Which All-Star point guard scored a franchise-record 60 points in an overtime loss to Philadelphia in November 2018?
Kemba Walker
Kemba Walker's 60 still was not enough to win the game. He made his only All-NBA team that season, then left for Boston in the summer.
Q 27Which city hosted the 2019 NBA All-Star Game, having lost the 2017 edition over a state law?
Charlotte
Charlotte had last staged the game in 1991. The 2017 edition was moved to New Orleans in a dispute over a North Carolina law on public facilities.
Q 28Which rookie won the 2019 Slam Dunk Contest after leaping over Shaquille O'Neal and hanging from the rim by his elbow?
Hamidou Diallo
Hamidou Diallo revealed a Superman undershirt while he hung there. He was the first Oklahoma City player to win the contest.
Q 29Which Brooklyn sharpshooter won the 2019 Three-Point Contest and led the NBA in three-point accuracy in 2018–19?
Joe Harris
Joe Harris had been traded and then waived three years earlier while injured, after a season and a half in Cleveland. Brooklyn picked him up as a free agent.
Q 30Which Oklahoma City forward finished third in voting for both MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in 2018–19?
Paul George
Paul George had been expected to leave for his hometown Lakers in 2018 but re-signed instead. He went on to lead the league in steals.