Q 01/05

Which player won the 2006–07 NBA MVP award despite his 67-win team losing in the first round of the playoffs?

A) Steve Nash

B) Dirk Nowitzki

C) Tim Duncan

D) Chauncey Billups

Answer · why

B) Dirk Nowitzki

Dirk Nowitzki became the first European player to win the award, beating his friend Steve Nash, the winner of the previous two. He also became only th...

Q 02/05

Which player scored his team's final 25 points in a double-overtime win at Detroit in the 2007 NBA playoffs?

A) Ben Gordon

B) Richard Jefferson

C) Luol Deng

D) LeBron James

Answer · why

D) LeBron James

LeBron James finished with 48 points and scored 29 of Cleveland's last 30 to win Game 5 by two. Cleveland closed out the series at home to reach its f...

Q 03/05

Which San Antonio player was named MVP of the 2007 NBA Finals, the first European-born winner of the award?

A) Tony Parker

B) Tim Duncan

C) Manu Ginóbili

D) Bruce Bowen

Answer · why

A) Tony Parker

Tony Parker, born in Belgium and raised in France, scored a series-high 24.5 points a game as San Antonio swept Cleveland. It was the franchise's four...

Q 04/05

Which guard scored 50 or more points in four straight games in March 2007, starting with 65 against Portland?

A) Richard Hamilton

B) Michael Redd

C) Kobe Bryant

D) Joe Johnson

Answer · why

C) Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant became only the second player with four straight 50-point games, after Wilt Chamberlain. He had swapped his jersey number from 8 to 24 bef...

Q 05/05

Which star guard did Philadelphia trade to Denver in December 2006, during his 11th season with the 76ers?

A) Andre Miller

B) Allen Iverson

C) Andre Iguodala

D) Kyle Korver

Answer · why

B) Allen Iverson

Allen Iverson went west with Ivan McFarlin for Andre Miller, Joe Smith and two first-round picks. He landed one day after his new team's top scorer ha...