NBA 2019
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50 free Nba 2019 trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Few NBA years turned the league upside down the way 2019 did. A dynasty chasing a third straight title ran into injuries and a first-time champion from north of the border, and within weeks a frantic summer of trades and free-agent signings had scattered the game's biggest stars to new cities. This quiz covers the whole calendar year: the playoffs and the Finals, the individual awards, All-Star Weekend, the draft, the blockbuster moves of July, the farewells of long-serving veterans, and the stories that spilled beyond the court. It is written for fans who lived through that season and want to see how much has stuck, and for quiz hosts who need accurate questions with answers. Every question comes with a short explanation, so a wrong guess still leaves you with a story from a year the league will not forget.
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Q 01Which Toronto forward sank a Game 7 buzzer-beater that bounced four times on the rim in the 2019 NBA playoffs?
Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard's corner shot beat Philadelphia 92–90 and was the first Game 7 buzzer-beater in NBA history. The normally stoic star let out a scream as his teammates swarmed him.
Q 02Which two-word phrase did LeBron James try to trademark in 2019 after posting about his family's weekly dinners?
Taco Tuesday
Taco Tuesday was judged too commonplace a term to protect, so the US patent office turned the filing down. His shell company had wanted it for podcasts and online entertainment.
Q 03What halted the Knicks–Pelicans game on the opening night of the 2019 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas?
An earthquake
An earthquake shook the arena with New Orleans ahead 80–74 early in the fourth quarter. A second game was stopped as well, and the night's late fixture never tipped off.
Q 04Which company lost over $1 billion in market value in February 2019 after a Duke star's sneaker split open mid-game?
Nike
Nike made the shoe that tore apart in the opening minute against North Carolina, spraining the freshman's knee. Its stock fell by $1.1 billion the next day.
Q 05To which murdered Los Angeles rapper did Russell Westbrook dedicate his 20-20-20 stat line in April 2019?
Nipsey Hussle
Nipsey Hussle had been shot dead outside his clothing store in South Central two days earlier. The stat line, posted against the Lakers, was only the second of its kind in NBA history.
Q 06Which Warriors star tore his Achilles tendon in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals, his first game back from injury?
Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant had missed nine games and scored 11 points in the first quarter before going down early in the second. He then sat out the whole of the following season.
Q 07Which forward retired in April 2019 after 21 NBA seasons with one franchise, a league record?
Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki scored 30 points in his last home game for Dallas, then announced the news as Larry Bird, Scottie Pippen and Charles Barkley walked out to pay tribute.
Q 08Which Portland guard knocked Oklahoma City out of the 2019 NBA playoffs with a 37-foot buzzer-beater?
Damian Lillard
Damian Lillard's long three settled the first-round series in five games with a 118–115 win. The 50 points were the most he had ever scored in a playoff game.
Q 09Which Duke forward did New Orleans select first in the 2019 NBA draft after winning the lottery with 6 percent odds?
Zion Williamson
Zion Williamson went first after a single college season, and two of his teammates followed him into the top ten. The Pelicans had jumped at least six places in the lottery to get him.
Q 10Which Lakers president of basketball operations quit at an impromptu news conference in April 2019?
Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson said he wanted to go back to being an NBA ambassador. The Lakers had signed LeBron James on his watch but never reached the playoffs while he ran the front office.
Q 11Which Warriors guard tore his ACL in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals but still left the game with 30 points?
Klay Thompson
Klay Thompson went down late in the third quarter, and Golden State lost the game 114–110 and the series with it. Knee surgery kept him out for the whole of the next season.
Q 12Which Dallas guard was voted 2019 NBA Rookie of the Year, a year after winning the EuroLeague title and MVP award?
Luka Dončić
Luka Dončić had led Real Madrid to the 2018 EuroLeague crown as a teenager. He was tipped as the favourite for the rookie award before he had played a single NBA game.
Q 13Which Miami guard closed his farewell season in April 2019 with a triple-double in the last game of his NBA career?
Dwyane Wade
Q 21Which All-Star big man did the Lakers land from New Orleans in July 2019 for Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart?
Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis had asked to be traded in January, and the NBA fined him $50,000 for making the request public. The deal also cost Los Angeles three first-round draft picks.
Q 22Which All-Star forward did Oklahoma City trade to the Clippers in July 2019 after two seasons with the Thunder?
Paul George
Paul George had just been a finalist for both Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year, and had led the league in steals.
Q 23Which ten-time All-Star joined Portland on a non-guaranteed deal in November 2019, nine months after Chicago waived him?
Carmelo Anthony
Dwyane Wade posted 25 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a loss at Brooklyn, a night after scoring 30 in his home farewell. It was only the fifth triple-double of his career.
Q 14Which former Knicks sensation became the first Asian American to win an NBA title, as a Toronto reserve in 2019?
Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Lin had joined the Raptors in February after Atlanta bought out his contract. His ring came in the first NBA Finals to be played outside the United States.
Q 15Which team did 2019 NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo lead to its first 60-win season since 1981?
Milwaukee Bucks
The Milwaukee Bucks finished 60–22, the best record in the league, but fell to Toronto in six games in the Eastern Conference finals.
Q 16Which Clippers reserve scored 36 points as his team erased a record 31-point deficit in the 2019 NBA playoffs?
Lou Williams
Lou Williams added 11 assists in the 135–131 win over Golden State, then the biggest comeback in playoff history. That June he was named Sixth Man of the Year for a record-tying third time.
Q 17Which Toronto forward, a former seminary student from Cameroon, was named the NBA's Most Improved Player for 2018–19?
Pascal Siakam
Pascal Siakam became the first player to win that award and an NBA title in the same season. He had entered a seminary in Bafia at the age of 11.
Q 18Which Toronto guard was shoved by a courtside Warriors investor while chasing a loose ball in the 2019 NBA Finals?
Kyle Lowry
Kyle Lowry was diving for the ball during Game 3 when Mark Stevens pushed him. Golden State banned Stevens from attending its games for a year.
Q 19Which coach won the 2019 NBA title in his first season as an NBA head coach, eight years after a D-League championship?
Nick Nurse
Nick Nurse became the first head coach to win both the NBA and its development-league titles. He had spent 11 seasons coaching in Europe, mostly in the British Basketball League.
Q 20Which center won the 2019 NBA title with Toronto and then the FIBA World Cup with Spain later that year?
Marc Gasol
Marc Gasol was only the second player to win both in the same year. Toronto had traded for him in February, sending Jonas Valančiūnas to Memphis.
Carmelo Anthony stayed two seasons with the Trail Blazers and finished a 19-year NBA career with the Lakers. The Bulls had released him ten days after trading for him.
Q 24Which 42-year-old Atlanta swingman began his 22nd NBA season in October 2019, having said it would be his last?
Vince Carter
Vince Carter went on to become the first player to appear in the NBA in four different decades, from the 1990s to the 2020s. He played for eight franchises in all.
Q 25Which retired five-time NBA champion rejoined the San Antonio Spurs in July 2019 as an assistant coach?
Tim Duncan
Tim Duncan spent a single season on the bench of the only club he had ever played for, then stepped down in November 2020.
Q 26Which Utah center was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2019 for the second season in a row?
Rudy Gobert
Rudy Gobert, nicknamed the Stifle Tower, kept the award without ever having been picked for an All-Star Game. His first selection came the following January.
Q 27Which guard scored 30 or more points in 32 straight games in 2018–19, passing all but one of Wilt Chamberlain's streaks?
James Harden
James Harden's streak included a career-high 61 points against the Knicks. He finished the season averaging 36.1 points a game, the best in the league.
Q 28Which All-Star guard left Boston after two seasons to sign with the Brooklyn Nets as a free agent in July 2019?
Kyrie Irving
Kyrie Irving had grown up in West Orange, New Jersey, and had only landed with the Celtics in 2017 after requesting a trade.
Q 29Which All-Star swingman left Philadelphia for Miami in July 2019 through a four-team sign-and-trade?
Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler was named to his fifth All-Star Game the following January, midway through his first season with the Heat.
Q 30Which point guard did Houston send to Oklahoma City in July 2019, with four draft assets, for Russell Westbrook?
Chris Paul
Chris Paul left with two protected first-round picks and two pick swaps. Widely expected to be moved on again, he stayed and led a young Thunder side to the fifth seed.