Q 01/05

Which player, acquired from San Antonio the previous summer, was named Finals MVP when Toronto won the 2019 NBA title?

A) Kyle Lowry

B) Kawhi Leonard

C) Serge Ibaka

D) Norman Powell

Answer · why

B) 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...

Q 02/05

Which Milwaukee star won the 2018–19 NBA Most Valuable Player award after leading his team to a league-best 60 wins?

A) Giannis Antetokounmpo

B) Khris Middleton

C) Donte DiVincenzo

D) Ersan İlyasova

Answer · why

A) 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...

Q 03/05

Which guard averaged 36.1 points per game in 2018–19 and scored 30 or more in 32 straight games?

A) Stephen Curry

B) Devin Booker

C) James Harden

D) Bradley Beal

Answer · why

C) 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 Febru...

Q 04/05

Which superstar left Cleveland for the Lakers in July 2018, then missed the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2005?

A) Kyrie Irving

B) Blake Griffin

C) Dwight Howard

D) LeBron James

Answer · why

D) 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 p...

Q 05/05

Which newcomer, already a EuroLeague champion with Real Madrid, was voted the 2018–19 NBA Rookie of the Year?

A) Luka Dončić

B) Collin Sexton

C) Marvin Bagley III

D) Jaren Jackson Jr.

Answer · why

A) 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 ...