Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for June 22 #272

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I fell when I saw today Connections: Sports edition. The clues are only letters and a few numbers, not complete words. And these are all categories related to basketball, marking match 7 of the NBA qualifiers. Read the rest for advice and answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is now out of the beta version, making its debut on Super Bowl SundayFebruary 9. It is a sign that the game won enough loyal players that Athletic, the Subscription Sports Journalism Site, the property of Times, will continue to publish it. It does not appear in the Nyt Games application but now appears in the own application of athletics. Or you can continue to play for free online.

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Tips for today’s connections: Sports publishing groups

Here are four tips for groups in today’s connections: Sports Edition Puzzle, classified from the easiest yellow group to the hard (and sometimes weird) group.

Yellow group index: Where you play in the field.

Green group index: Look for the score.

Blue group index: Statistics.

Violet group index: Not comprehensive names.

Answers for today’s connections: Sports publishing groups

Yellow group: Basketball positions, abbreviated.

Green group: NBA teams, on dashboards.

Blue group: Basketball statistics, abbreviated.

Violet group: NABA Stars of abridged nicknames from NBA.

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What are the connections today: Sports Edition answers?

Yellow words in today’s connections

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

Green words in today’s connections

The theme is the NBA teams, on dashboards. The four answers are Ind, Lake, Mem and OKC.

Blue words in today’s connections

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

Violet words in today’s connections

The theme is the abbreviated nicknames of NBA Stars. The four answers are CP3, KD, LBJ and SGA.