NBA Finals in full swing tonight at TGiFriday’s, but Trivia is here for you as well. In that vein of awesomeness, it is time to challenge your mind with some NBA-themed wordplay. Fill in the blanks, following the clues, and you’ll get 3 points for each success. The player names will NOT be separated into first and last to increase your brain-numbing-ness.

1.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Letters:   B  C  D  E  G  I  J  L  M  P  R  S  T  U  V

Clues:  First & Last Name of a Former Champion.

Use all 3 vowels and repeat one consonant 4 times.

2.

_ i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ t _ _ _ _

Letters:  A  B  C  D  E  G   K  L  M  N  O  P  R  U  W  Y

Clues:  Full name of a great player again with two vowels used twice.

3.

_ a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i _ _

Letters:  B  C  D  E  F  G  I  J  K  L  N  P  R  S  T  U  V  W  Z

Clues:  Sticking with the Player theme, only one letter will repeat and it is already there for you.

Now, here is a Word Search where there are 15 basketball terms hidden. Find them for 1 point each! Hurray!