Today’s NYT Connection: Sports Edition Tips, June 22nd Answer #272

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When I saw today I collapsed Connection: Sports Edition. All the clues are all letters and some numbers, not perfect words. And they are all basketball-related categories, marking game 7 in the NBA playoffs. Read the tips and answers.

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Today’s Connection Tips: Sports Edition Group

Below are four tips for today’s connection group. Sports Edition puzzles rank from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes strange) purple group.

Yellow Group Tips: A place where you play on the court.

Green Group Tips: Find the score.

Blue Group Tips: Statistics.

Purple Group Tips: Not your full name.

Answer to today’s connection: Sports Edition Group

Yellow group: Basketball position, shortened.

Green Group: NBA team on the scoreboard.

Blue group: Basketball statistics, shortened.

Purple group: Abbreviation nickname for NBA star.

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Yellow words for today’s connection

The theme is basketball positions. The four answers are C, PF, PG, and SF.

Green words of today’s connection

The theme is the NBA team on the scoreboard. The four answers are Ind, lac, mem, okc.

Blue words of today’s connection

The theme is basketball statistics. The four answers are 3P, FG, FT, and STL.

Purple words for today’s connection

The theme is an abbreviated nickname for NBA Star. The four answers are CP3, KD, LBJ, and SGA.