Connections: Sports Edition — July 23, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's sports board covers an NBA conference, a whole state's worth of pro teams, four athletes who share a first name, and a word that pairs with all four answers.
Hint 2 of 5
The most straightforward group lists NBA franchises that all play in the Eastern Conference.
Hint 3 of 5
Another group is really a geography theme — every word names a professional sports team based in Minnesota, across different leagues.
Hint 4 of 5
A trickier group isn't about the words themselves but about the people behind them — four athletes from different sports who all happen to share the first name Scott.
Hint 5 of 5
The hardest group all follows the word BOX: think a stat line after a game, a fast indoor sport, a vertical exercise, and a matchup-based defense.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Eastern Conference NBA Teams
MAGIC · HAWKS · PISTONS · NETS
Minnesota Teams
FROST · TIMBERWOLVES · WILD · TWINS
Scotts (Famous Scotts)
ROLEN · VAN PELT · NIEDERMAYER · MCTOMINAY
BOX ___
SCORE · LACROSSE · JUMP · AND ONE
This puzzle by the numbers
- BOX ___
- TIMBERWOLVES
Counted from our own archive of Connections: Sports Edition answers — not published anywhere else.
