EuroLeague, NBA and FIBA: basketball quiz
18 October 2026 · Ten questions about three basketball worlds: the NBA, the EuroLeague and FIBA national teams.
Quiz questions
The 2025 NBA Finals went the full distance. The title was decided in Game 7 on 22 June 2025, the first Finals Game 7 since 2016. Which team lifted the trophy?
- Indiana Pacers
- New York Knicks
- Oklahoma City Thunder
- Minnesota Timberwolves
Answer
The Oklahoma City Thunder beat Indiana 103-91 in Game 7. The franchise's only previous title came in 1979, when it was still the Seattle SuperSonics.
At the 2023 World Cup, Canada won the first World Cup medal in its history. They lost their semi-final to Serbia, so the bronze game came against the other beaten semi-finalist. Whom did Canada beat?
- USA
- Latvia
- Slovenia
- Lithuania
Answer
The USA, 127-118 after overtime, with Dillon Brooks scoring 39 points. Canada had already beaten Luka Dončić's Slovenia 100-89 in the quarter-finals.
In May 2025 in Abu Dhabi, Šarūnas Jasikevičius led Fenerbahçe to their second EuroLeague title. Which club did they beat in the Final Four semi-final?
- Olympiacos
- Real Madrid
- Monaco
- Panathinaikos
Answer
Panathinaikos, 82-76. The Greeks were the defending champions, and Nigel Hayes-Davis was named Final Four MVP.
On 8 April 2004 Maccabi Tel Aviv met Žalgiris in a winner-take-all Top 16 game, with a Final Four in Tel Aviv at stake. Maccabi trailed 91-94 with 2.2 seconds left. Derrick Sharp caught a three-quarter-court pass and hit a three at the buzzer to force overtime. Who threw that pass?
- Anthony Parker
- Gur Shelef
- Šarūnas Jasikevičius
- Tal Burstein
Answer
Gur Shelef made the baseball-style inbound heave, with Tal Burstein also in the area where it landed. Maccabi won the overtime 13-5 and weeks later won the EuroLeague at home.
He spent more than a decade at his first stop. Late in his career he chased a championship ring through four more cities in under three years. Whose path is this?
- Ray Allen
- Shawn Kemp
- Gary Payton
- Kevin Garnett
Answer
Gary Payton, The Glove, got his ring with Miami in 2006. Shawn Kemp was his partner in Seattle, and Ray Allen played in Milwaukee, Seattle, Boston and Miami too, just in a different order.
The NBA record for steals in one game is 11. Kendall Gill matched it in 1999. But the man who set it did so on 26 December 1976. That was only the fourth season the league counted steals. It was also his team's first NBA season after arriving from the ABA. Who set it?
- George Gervin
- Don Buse
- David Thompson
- Larry Kenon
Answer
Larry Kenon of the San Antonio Spurs. That night he also had 29 points and 15 rebounds. The steals leader of that whole season was Don Buse of the Indiana Pacers, with 281.
Fans of this Italian club call it Scarpette Rosse, the little red shoes. The nickname comes from the red sneakers its players once wore on court. Which club is it?
- Olimpia Milano
- Benetton Treviso
- Virtus Bologna
- Varese
Answer
Olimpia Milano. The first red shoes were Superga sneakers made with Pirelli. In 1971 the club brought in red Converse All Stars from the United States. For more than 20 years the club's name has carried the Armani brand.
Before he won an NBA title as a head coach, this American spent most of the late 1990s in British sports halls. He won the national league with the Birmingham Bullets in 1996 and with the Manchester Giants in 2000. Who is he?
- Erik Spoelstra
- Nick Nurse
- Mike Budenholzer
- Frank Vogel
Answer
Nick Nurse, who won the 2019 title with the Toronto Raptors. Two other coaches on the list also started out in Europe, as players: Erik Spoelstra in Germany and Mike Budenholzer in Denmark.
On 7 March 2024 Mike James passed Vassilis Spanoulis to become the EuroLeague's all-time leading scorer. His coach that night was Saša Obradović. Which club was he playing for?
- CSKA Moscow
- Olimpia Milano
- Baskonia
- Monaco
Answer
Monaco, who beat Crvena Zvezda 98-80 at home. James had also played for the other three clubs in the EuroLeague. In November 2024 Spanoulis himself replaced Obradović as Monaco's coach.
At London 2012 the USA beat Spain in the Olympic final once again. Only one of these four teams also went home with a medal. Which one?
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Russia
- France
Answer
Russia, coached by David Blatt, beat Argentina 81-77 in the bronze game. In the quarter-finals Argentina had knocked out Brazil, and France fell to Spain.
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