Pro Basketball Special
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Player | Awards | Region | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry (Joe) Bird | Brian Van Dorn |
 
| Minnesota | .649 | 18 |
| 2 | Paul (Clifton Anthony) George | Steve Bahnaman |
| North Carolina | .717 | 19 |
| 3 | Senegal | Losha Ndemeno-Tegomoh |
 
| Minnesota | .767 | 19 |
| 4 | Michael (Jeffrey) Jordan | Greg Peterson |
| Iowa | .576 | 17 |
| 5 | Philadelphia | Jeff Frank |
| Indiana | .806 | 20 |
| 6 | Houston Rockets | Jeff Xie |
| Texas | .803 | 20 |
| 7 | Shaquille (Rashaun) O’Neal | Fred Morlan |
| Kentucky | .791 | 20 |
| 8 | Duke University | Lars Melton |
| Virginia | .768 | 19 |
| 9 | New York Knicks | Christopher Gismondi |
| Michigan | .719 | 19 |
| 10 | Rudy Gobert | Jerry Pan |
| California | .717 | 19 |
| 11 | Blake (Austin) Griffin | Jacob Shames |
| Minnesota | .760 | 19 |
| 12 | Tyronn (Jamar) Lue | Tyler Vaughan |
| Illinois | .829 | 20 |
| 13 | Indiana Pacers | Slade Gilmer |
| Alabama | .701 | 19 |
| 14 | Atlanta Hawks | Nate Kane |
| Arizona | .647 | 18 |
| 15 | 100 | Jeff Xie |
| Texas | .833 | 20 |
| 16 | University of Connecticut | Jason Lai |
| New York | .698 | 19 |
| 17 | Julius (Winfield) Erving (II) | Andrew Wang |
 
| Illinois | .718 | 19 |
| 18 | Steve Nash | Michael Schwartz |
| California | .742 | 19 |
| 19 | George Mikan | Tyler Vaughan |
| Illinois | .577 | 17 |
| 20 | Karl (Anthony) Malone | Neerav Dixit |
| California | .747 | 19 |
| 21 | Joey Crawford | Mindy Wong |
| New York | .648 | 18 |
| 22 | Milwaukee Bucks | Steve Bahnaman |
| North Carolina | .822 | 20 |
| 23 | Kenny Smith | Steve Bahnaman |
| North Carolina | .710 | 19 |
| 24 | Detroit Pistons | Jason Manley |
| Georgia | .800 | 20 |
| 25 | Damian Lillard | Carl Tjo |
| California | .665 | 18 |
| 26 | Elton (Tyron) Brand | Janet Berry |
| Virginia | .534 | 16 |
| 27 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Naveed Chowdhury |
| Georgia | .800 | 20 |
| 28 | Vancouver | Carlos Hernandez Fisher |
| Canada | .782 | 20 |
| 29 | Bill Russell | Kenny Peskin |
| Virginia | .814 | 20 |
| 30 | New Jersey Nets | Xiang Siow |
| Illinois | .742 | 19 |
| 31 | Scottie Pippen | Sean Calhoun |
| South Dakota | .687 | 18 |
| 32 | Rick Barry | Naveed Chowdhury |
| Georgia | .824 | 20 |
| 33 | Kevin (Wayne) Durant | Jacob Shames |
| Minnesota | .680 | 18 |
| 34 | Gilbert Arenas | Michael Schwartz |
| California | .547 | 17 |
| 35 | Bill Simmons | Phil Castagna |
| Pennsylvania | .784 | 20 |
| 36 | steal(s) | Jeff Frank |
| Indiana | .853 | 20 |
| 37 | Doc Rivers | Edward Hardin |
| New York | .553 | 17 |
| 38 | Saturday | Ryan Rosenberg |
| Illinois | .713 | 19 |
| 39 | Jeff Van Gundy | Nate Kane |
| Arizona | .752 | 19 |
| 40 | Mark Cuban | Neerav Dixit |
| California | .789 | 20 |
| 41 | Bill Walton | Ryan Rosenberg |
| Illinois | .710 | 19 |
| 42 | Pau Gasol | Erik Nickels |
| Oklahoma | .739 | 19 |
| 43 | David (Maurice) Robinson | Joshua Grischow |
| Ohio | .713 | 19 |
| 44 | Manute Bol | Ethan Levine |
| Illinois | .795 | 20 |
| 45 | Andrew (Christian) Wiggins | Joshua Clarendon |
| Missouri | .576 | 17 |
| 46 | Miami Heat | Slade Gilmer |
| Alabama | .686 | 18 |
| 47 | Rick Pitino | Phil Castagna |
| Pennsylvania | .773 | 20 |
| 48 | Chauncey (Ray) Billups | Christopher Gismondi |
| Michigan | .585 | 17 |
| 49 | Ray Allen | Joon Pahk |
| Massachusetts | .765 | 19 |
| 50 | Staples Center | Aakash Singh |
| Washington | .740 | 19 |
Celerity is the fraction of the question that had not been read at the time of a buzz (for which a correct answer was provided). 1.000 is an immediate buzz, .500 is an answer given halfway through the question in terms of time on the sound recording, and .000 is an answer given at the very end.