Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for June 5 #255

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Do you know the NBA and backward attackers? If this is the case, you will get big Connections: Sports edition. Read the rest for advice and answers.

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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: Hoops teams.

Green group index: B-Ball characters.

Blue group index: Oklahoma players.

Violet group index: Indiana players.

Answers for today’s connections: Sports publishing groups

Yellow group: Finalists of this year’s NBA conference.

Green group: NBA mascots.

Blue group: Thunder stars for past years.

Violet group: Pacers stars for past years.

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What are the connections today: Sports Edition answers?

Yellow words in today’s connections

The theme is the finalists of this year’s NBA conference. The four answers are Knicks, Pacers, Thunder and Timberwolves.

Green words in today’s connections

The theme is NBA mascots. The four answers are Benny, Booter, Burnie and Rumble.

Blue words in today’s connections

The theme is Thunder Stars for the past years. The four answers are during, Harden, Ibaka and Westbrook.

Violet words in today’s connections

The theme is Pacers Stars for past years. The four answers are George, Miller, O’Neal and Smites.

Most difficult connections: sports publishing categories

The Puzzle Connections: Sports Edition can be difficult, but it really depends on the sports you know the most. My husband has everything that has to do with Formula 1, my best friend is a hockey enthusiast, and I can answer any question about Minnesota teams.

That said, it is difficult to choose the most difficult categories of connections, but here are some that I found exceptionally breathtaking recently.

# 1: Clubs series, January 11. Answers: Atalanta, Juventus, Lazio, Roma.

# 2: WNBA MVPS, January 21. Answers: Catchings, Delle Don, Fowles and Stewart.

# 3: Nicknames of the Premier League team, January 17. Answers: Bees, cherries, foxes and hammers.

# 4: Homophones of the names of NBA players, January 26. Answers: Barns, Connect, Heart and Hero.