THE TEN-POINT SHOOTOUT: Packet 2 (A FLOOD OF DONS …



THE TEN-POINT SHOOTOUT: Packet 2 (A FLOOD OF DONS AND DICKS)

Two Answers Required

1. The first game between these two teams was on November 12, 1974, where the high scorers were Chet Walker and Pete Maravich. One playoff game between these teams had one team score only 54 points and lose by 42; their second highest scorer in that game was Shandon Anderson, with 8. A Finals Game 1 between these teams featured one star player clanking two free throws in a tie game and the other team’s star sinking the game-winning jumper. One game-winning play between these teams was a full-court one-handed pass to Bryon Russell for a breakaway dunk. One game between these teams was known by a name which more likely refers to food poisoning caused by a room-service pizza; that was the Flu Game. Two finals were played between, For 10 Points, what two teams, in series which saw Michael Jordan’s last two championships?

ANSWER: The Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz

2. Picked 17th in the 1962 Draft, this player spent his first three years with Chicago and Los Angeles before being picked up by a team that featured players Larry Siegfried and Tom “Satch” Sanders. He used a bizarre free throw style that had him hold the ball with only his right hand, then hopping to propel it into the hoop. He famously hit a game-sealing jumper with a minute to go in Game 7 of the 1969 Finals which bounced high off the back iron before swishing through the basket. This small forward won five championships with the Celtics before retiring in 1976, but is better known today as a coach for bringing an up-tempo, fast-break style to teams like Milwaukee and Dallas in the early 2000s. For 10 Points, name this skipper with the most wins in NBA history.

ANSWER: Don Nelson

3. In this game the home team received only five points from their bench, including bagels from Perry Jones and Jeremy Lamb. Their team erased a six-point lead with two minutes remaining, while the other team’s starting point guard missed the entire second half with injury. A series-winning tip-in this game was late by .3 seconds, and referees missed a clear goaltend by Serge Ibaka with 45 seconds left in this game. After this game, a normally stoic player told David Aldridge “We got four more to win, we’ll do it this time”. Derek Fisher flopped hideously on a screen set late in this game, drawing no foul but leaving Manu Ginobili open for a lead-taking three-pointer. In this game’s overtime Tim Duncan scored 6 points on post-ups, including a basket over Reggie Jackson to seal the game. With 45 seconds left in overtime in this game, Kawhi Leonard memorably blocked and stole the ball from Russell Westbrook, who was driving in transition. For 10 Points, identify this playoff elimination game between the Thunder and the Spurs, after which San Antonio would win their fifth championship against Miami.

ANSWER: 2014 Western Conference Finals, Game 6

4. This mascot was brutalized by Robin Lopez with a foamboard in 2015 for not including him on a “Favorite Lopez’” list. In 2013-14 this mascot suffered a season-ending injury, tearing his Achilles tendon, and was temporarily replaced with a new version named “Stripes”. This mascot exists in a human-like and in an excessively inflated variety; the second one, in a frequent bit, devours a cheerleader before regurgitating her whole on the sidelines. This unnamed mascot wears jersey number 95, because of the date his team joined the NBA. In one unforgettable .gif, this mascot navigates down a flight of stairs on roller skates before face-planting onto the court and deflating. Zach Lowe wanted to replace with the “Drakes”, For 10 Points, which bright-red mascot north of the border?

ANSWER: The Toronto Raptor (it has no name, so “Toronto mascot” is fine, as is “the Raptor”)

5. This non-Bill Walton player retired early in 1988 due to stress fractures in both feet, after a bitter public dispute with owner Harold Katz. This player’s highest statistical output was in 1983-4, when this player scored 20 a game to go with 5 assists, and shot 14-23 for 34 points in a Game 7 in 1982, in a dominating performance that had the opposing crowd chanting “Beat LA” as the game ended. Danny Ainge once said in an interview that this two-time All-Star “kept him up at night”, and he was Charles Barkley’s pick for his best teammate ever. This player was nationally known best for dominating performances versus a certain team, as in the 1981, 82, and 85 Eastern Conference Finals, which had him known to Celtics sportswriters as the “Boston Strangler”. A comrade of Mo Cheeks and Julius Erving, For 10 points, name this longtime shooting guard for the Philadelphia 76ers.

ANSWER: Andrew Toney

6. Ian Eagle once criticized this man on-air, saying his description of a slip-screen was “patronizing …gobbledygook”. On the Lowe Post, David Thorpe related a typically self-congratulatory anecdote about listening to this man lecture on the “Nine Ways to Defend the Pick and Roll”. For several years he was the coach of the Ukrainian international basketball team, leading them to their first World Cup appearance, but also coached the Cavaliers for six years in the ‘90s, losing in the first round of the playoffs four times. His greatest success was with the Hawks in the ‘80s, notching four 50-win seasons. Often paired on YES and TNT with Marv Albert, who dubbed him “the Czar of the Telestrator”, for 10 Points, name this NBA coach and commentator.

ANSWER: Mike Fratello (or The Czar before mention)

7. Shooting guard Alvin Robertson recorded this statistical feat in 1986 in a Spurs defeat of the Phoenix Suns. The first officially recorded instance of this anomaly happened in an overtime game between Atlanta and Chicago in 1974. Amateur video review seems to indicate that, contrary to the official record, Tim Duncan accomplished this feat in Game 6 of the 2003 NBA Finals. One supposed completion of this feat was rescinded from Hakeem Olajuwon by the league in March 1990, only for him to fulfill its requirements again later that month. The last time this accomplishment occurred was by David Robinson in 1994, and no one else has come close since 1996. Only once has “steals” been one of the categories involved. For 10 Points, name this single-game statistical achievement that has happened only four times in league history, partially because blocks and steals began being recorded in 1974.

ANSWER: The Quadruple-Double (Prompt on “triple-double” for the first sentence only)

8. One forgotten performance from this series was 20 points by small forward Rodney McCray in a losing effort in Game 1. Bench players Mitchell Wiggins and Allen Leavell (LEVEL) averaged 8 and 6 points for the series, while the other team had as backups Sam Vincent and Greg Kite. One team suffered its only home loss of the playoffs, 106-103, in Game 4, despite Robert Reid’s 19. In Game 5 one team’s center got into a fight with Jerry Sichting (CEASE-ting) in the second quarter and was ejected – in the previous round, that center had hit a game-winning last-second turnaround to eliminate the Lakers. Sixth Man of the Year Bill Walton averaged 8-7 in 20 minutes a game, mostly defending Akeem Olajuwon. In the deciding Game 6 Larry Bird had 29-11-12 for a triple-double in, For 10 Points, what playoff series, a rematch of the 1981 Finals?

ANSWER: The 1986 NBA Finals

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9. Alex Abrines was a minor factor in this event, being selected #32 in the second round of the 2013 draft; other lesser participants included Lazar Hayward, Daequan Cook, and Cole Aldrich. One player involved lingered for three years, averaging 6 points a game, before signing with Charlotte; another had averaged 20 PPG over the previous two seasons but fled to Minnesota after one year and a disappointing playoff run. One sportswriter asserted that this action handed the Western Conference to the Lakers, calling it a “disaster”. This occurred four months after one team involved had made the NBA Finals, and the later competence of Mitch McGary and Steven Adams led some to rethink its impact. For 10 Points, identify this bugbear of Bill Simmons, a 2012 roster move which shipped one member of the OKC triumvirate to the Rockets.

ANSWER: “The James Harden Trade”(accept Harden to Houston Rockets, “OKC crippling their franchise”, other equivalents)

10. In 2010 this player faced a lawsuit for assaulting and biting multiple security guards at the Aria Casino in Las Vegas. He was traded for Bill Cartwright in 1988 after his best statistical year, where he averaged 14 and 13. He had a three-year stint in Toronto in the late ‘90s and currently stands 24th all-time in games played. He came the closest modern player to matching Wilt Chamberlain’s single game rebound record, 55, with 35 while playing for the Bulls in 1988. He punched Paul Mokeski of the Bucks in 1987, and was once involved in a fight in a preseason game while grappling for a rebound against Charles Barkley. According to Bill Simmons, one player quipped, “There’s a lotta tough guys in this league, but [this player] don’t give a fuck”. For ten points, name this power rebounder for Chicago and the Knicks, one of the NBA’s great enforcers.

ANSWER: Charles Oakley

11. This was the last NBA team to technically go under, when it folded temporarily in 1955. Their revived form came about from the move of the Chicago Zephyrs to their current location. Walt Bellamy played for this team his first four seasons, and this team drafted such players as Kevin Porter and Earl “the Pearl” Monroe and employed longtime coaches Gene Shue and K.C. Jones, who was fired in 1976. One player for this team was the only one to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season, 1968-9. They lost a Finals to the Golden State Warriors in a sweep in 1975, four seasons after also making the Finals and not winning a game. The victors in the 1978 NBA Finals, for 10 points, name this frequently relocated and renamed Eastern Conference team, led for many years by undersize center Wes Unseld.

ANSWER: The Baltimore/Washington/Capital Bullets (or the Washington Wizards; if anyone answers “Chicago Zephyrs” before mention or “Chicago Packers”, award them points and a cookie)

12. According to NBA TV, this player’s best-ever play was a wild scoop-plus-foul game-winner versus Charlotte. On an episode of the Lowe Post, this player talked about playing in Russia for UMMC Ekaterinburg, discussing European salaries, and the possibility of sitting out the 2015 season. This player hit a running plus-one jumper to win Game 3 of the 2014 Finals. Like Brian Scalabrine, this player is nicknamed “The White Mamba”. This non-Emeka Okafor player won Rookie of the Year in 2005, and has played under coaches Corey Gaines and Paul Westhead. This three-time gold medalist won three scoring championships from 2008-11, and she was on the 2007, 2009, and 2014 championship teams. For 10 Points, name this star guard for the Phoenix Mercury, quite possibly the best player in WNBA history.

ANSWER: Diana Taurasi (feel free to say “mwa ha ha” after the question is over)

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13. This team’s roster featured a rookie Matt Guokas, long before his broadcast days, and point guard minutes were split between Larry Costello and Wali Jones. This team scored a season-high 149 in a neutral-field win over the Baltimore Bullets, and only scored under 100 once, in a 105-87 loss to Boston. Billy Cunningham led the team in scoring with 25, although 6 players on the team averaged double figures, including shooting guard Hal Greer. In 1980 the NBA’s 35th Anniversary commission picked this team as the greatest ever, as they finished 68-13 under coach Alex Hannum. Their playoffs performance included a first-round victory over Cincinnati and a 4-2 Finals win. For 10 Points, name this team, on which Wilt Chamberlain finally overcame the Celtics juggernaut and captured his first championship.

ANSWER: The 1966-1967 Philadelphia 76ers (do not accept “Warriors” as part of the answer – the Philadelphia Warriors had moved to San Francisco in 1962)

14. One lowlight of this player’s career was going 2-12 over the two closeout games in the first round of the 1999 playoffs vs. the Jazz. Traded for Brent Price and another player in 2001, he was part of the largest trade in league history in 2005, landing on the Heat. There he shot 10-11 in the deciding game of the 2006 Eastern Conference Finals to help defeat the Pistons. He missed the first five games of the 2000-1 season for drug infractions, which mirrored similar problems during his college years in Florida. Among his best plays was an off-the-elbow pass to Raef LaFrentz in the 2000 Rookie-Sophomore game that was, of course, un-converted. For 10 Points, name this flashy but turnover-prone point guard, best known for his stylish play for the Kings before they traded him for Mike Bibby.

ANSWER: Jason Williams (both names required: the NBA also had players named Jay Williams and Jayson Williams; also accept White Chocolate)

15. The ABA’s all-time leader in this statistic was Louie Dampier of Kentucky and San Antonio, with 27770; other ABA players above twenty thousand include the unparalleled Ron Boone. Both Rudy Gay and Derrick Rose tabulated exactly 3000 of this statistic, in 2007-8 and 2008-9 respectively. James Harden led the NBA in this statistic in 2016, amassing 3125. Michael Jordan led the league in this statistic only from 1986-89, averaging roughly 3850 per year; in his last season he was barely above 2000. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar holds the all-time record with 57446, followed by fellow geriatric players Karl Malone, Kevin Garnett, and Jason Kidd; Tim Duncan has the playoff record with 9370. Wilt Chamberlain unsurprisingly holds the single-season record in, For 10 Points, what statistic, which he averaged 48.5 per game of during the 1961-2 season?

ANSWER: Minutes Played

Two Answers Required

16. One of these players suffered a knee injury in a Studio 54 stairwell in 1984 which effectively ended their career, while the other spent a last, sad year washed up on the Bulls in 1985-6. One had been drafted first overall by both the NBA and ABA in 1975, signing with Denver and sticking there through the merger. The other started off with the Virginia Squires in 1972 before being sold to the San Antonio Spurs, who played an unstructured “schoolyard” style. One of them, nicknamed “Skywalker”, underperformed due to substance abuse problems after a great three first years, while the other won the scoring title four times, partially due to his mastery of the finger roll. For 10 Points, name these stars for the Nuggets and San Antonio who battled for the scoring title on April 9, 1978, scoring 73 and 63 points in the last game of the season.

ANSWER: David Thompson and George Gervin

17. In 2014 Jodie Meeks of the Lakers hit a shot of this kind as his team’s first bucket against the Houston Rockets, which remains his only meaningful NBA basket. Larry Bird hit a near-impossible shot of this variety in a preseason game against the Rockets in 1986, and also hit one a buzzer-beating one against a double-team to beat the Blazers in 1985. Jeff Malone of the Washington Bullets hit a game-winning shot of this type before falling out of bounds in 1984. Julius Erving famously hit a wraparound reverse layup in the 1980 NBA Finals that falls into this category, normally imagined as a jump shot. For 10 Points, name this circus shot, which is waved off only if it hits the shot clock or originates from directly behind the basket.

ANSWER: Hitting a shot from behind the backboard (or over the backboard)

18. In a video released by this player’s current team, he showed his appreciation for an overweight dancing fan nicknamed “Jiggly Boy”. In one tunnel interview, he repeatedly admonished Craig Sager to burn a pink suit, including the “lime thong” underneath, until he was “butt-ass naked”. Before a Game 7, this player remarked “sittin’ in the house, I’m loadin’ up the pump, loadin’ up the Uzi, got a couple M16s, couple 9s…I’m ready for war”. This player headbutted Dwight Howard and was ejected in a 2015 game, but more often butted heads with basket supports before games. He signed a record six-year, 126-million dollar contract in 1998, and has been referenced repeatedly in pop culture for yelling “Anything is possibahlll!” during a postgame interview. For 10 Points, name this 20-year veteran for Minnesota and Boston.

ANSWER: Kevin Garnett (or the Big Ticket or KG)

19. This person was unsuccessful in guiding a purchase of the Red Sox while working for The Parthenon Group, and worked on the post-2001 team rebuild of the Celtics as their Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations. This person traded Vassilis Spanoulis to acquire rights to Luis Scola, and traded with the Kings for Francisco Garcia. One trade this person engineered involving Marcus Thornton was invalidated after a physical was failed by Donatas Motiejunas, and he also drafted the troubled Royce White. He acquired a point guard from Spartak St. Petersburg in Russia in 2013, that being Patrick Beverley. Along with Jessica Gelman, he founded the MIT Sloan Conference for sports analytics. For 10 points, name this figure prominent in the analytics movement, the General Manager of the Houston Rockets since 2007.

ANSWER: Daryl Morey

20. This television episode contains a short scene where various characters, except for one, angrily and accurately shoot trash into garbage cans. It opens with various characters holding up bags containing clothes, and was the first appearance of characters Lonnie and Madge. This episode contains the line “Please don’t throw garbage at me”, and one scene in this episode shows a spurned player sinking five shots in a row while wearing a business suit. In this episode one player goes through an extensive pre-shot ritual before missing the backboard on a free throw attempt. That player would call this episode’s central game after being inadvertently elbowed in the nose, and would later be intimidated into reversing the conditions of a bet. In this episode Stanley is proved to be a grotesquely poor dribbler, and its central game started out of a dispute between warehouse and salesmen over who should work Saturdays. For 10 Points, name this simply-titled first-season episode of a series starring Steve Carell.

ANSWER: “Basketball” (The Office episode) (correct answers need both series title and episode title)

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