Basketball trivia questions and answers

Q:  What Lakers coach had been an 11th-round pick in the 1967 NFL draft?
A: Pat Riley.

Q: What NBA team plays home games at a facility nicknamed "The O-rena"?
A: The Orlando Magic

Q: Who became the NBA's winningest coach ever on January 6, 1995?
A: Lenny Wilkins

Q: Who netted an NBA record 72.7 field goal percentage in the 1972-73 season?
A: Wilt Chamberlain. 

Q: What sports team got its name because its owners wanted to "set the pace" in the NBA?
A: The Indiana Pacers. 

Q:  What NBA star attempted a record 28,307 field goals in regular season games?
A: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 

Q:  What NBA team started out in 1948 as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks?
A: The Atlanta Hawks. 

Q: What NBA team failed to make the playoffs in 1994 for the first time since 1976?
A: The Los Angeles Lakers.

Q: What basketball team was the first in major league sports to be named for an insect?
A: The Charlotte Hornets. 

Q: What L.A. Lakers great might have played for Chicago if the Bulls had called "tails" in a 1979 NBA coin toss?
A: Magic Johnson 
Q: What Chicago Bulls coach has checked into hotels under the pseudonym "Mr. Red Cloud"?
A: Phil Jackson.

Q: What NBA team is named after a car part?
A: The Detroit Pistons.