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50 free Reggie Miller trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
On May 7, 1995, Reggie Miller scored 8 points in 9 seconds to steal a playoff game the New York Knicks had all but won. Two three-pointers, a steal and a pair of foul shots turned a six-point deficit into one of the most replayed finishes the NBA has seen. This quiz starts with that sequence and widens to the whole career: who threw the passes and missed the shots that night, the long feud with New York and its loudest courtside fan, the big playoff moments against Chicago and Detroit, and the one trip to the Finals. It also covers his California childhood, a famous sporting family, his college years, the records he set, and what he did after he stopped playing. It is written for Pacers fans, 1990s NBA nostalgics and anyone who has heard the phrase and wants the full story. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you can test yourself, settle an argument or print the questions for a quiz night.
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Q 01Reggie Miller scored eight points in nine seconds to stun the Knicks in 1995 in which famous arena?
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden fell silent as Miller erased a six-point Knicks lead in 8.9 seconds. Indiana won Game 1 107–105 and went on to take the series in seven.
Q 02Which film director and courtside Knicks fan traded taunts with Reggie Miller during 1990s playoff games?
Spike Lee
Spike Lee took the blame in New York after Miller's 39-point night in 1994, when a tabloid cover sarcastically thanked him. Their feud later anchored an ESPN documentary.
Q 03Reggie Miller says he built his high-arcing jump shot to clear the blocks of which Hall of Fame sibling?
Cheryl
Cheryl beat her younger brother one-on-one until he grew tall enough to block her shots. She won Olympic gold in 1984 and reached the Hall of Fame 17 years before he did.
Q 04Reggie Miller shook free of which Bulls superstar to hit a game-winning three in the 1998 conference finals?
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan was left trailing as Miller caught the inbound pass, turned and scored with 0.7 seconds left. Chicago still won the series in seven games.
Q 05In which 2018 basketball comedy did Reggie Miller play Lights, a legally blind former sharpshooter?
Uncle Drew
Uncle Drew grew out of Kyrie Irving's Pepsi Max adverts and cast Miller beside Chris Webber, Nate Robinson and Lisa Leslie.
Q 06Reggie Miller wore leg braces for years as a child because he was born with deformities in which part of the body?
Hips
Hips that would not let him walk correctly kept Miller in braces on both legs until his strength grew. He went on to play 1,389 NBA games.
Q 07Which sharpshooter broke Reggie Miller's NBA career record for made three-pointers in February 2011?
Ray Allen
Ray Allen overtook Miller's career total of 2,560, then took his playoff three-point record two years later.
Q 08Which famous motor race did Reggie Miller start by waving the green flag days after his final game in 2005?
Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500 named Miller its honorary starter for May 29, 2005, ten days after his last game, a home playoff loss to Detroit that closed an 18-year career.
Q 09After stealing an inbound pass during his eight points in nine seconds, what did Reggie Miller do next?
Dribbled back behind the arc
Dribbled back behind the arc is exactly what he did, passing up an easy two to tie the game with a second three inside six seconds.
Q 10Which taunting gesture did Reggie Miller aim at a courtside celebrity fan during a 1994 playoff comeback in New York?
A choke sign
A choke sign went up as Miller rallied Indiana from a double-digit deficit to a 93–86 win. Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton copied it against the same opponents in 2025.
Q 11Reggie Miller played college basketball for which California school, which retired his No. 31 jersey in 2013?
UCLA
UCLA won a conference title in his senior year, the first season of the college three-point line. Miller made 69 threes that winter.
Q 12Reggie Miller left college second on his school's all-time scoring list, behind which legendary center?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar still topped the list when Miller's college career ended with a second-round loss in the 1987 NCAA tournament.
Q 13Reggie Miller's only NBA Finals appearance, in 2000, ended in a six-game defeat to which team?
Los Angeles Lakers
Q 21After an eye-socket injury late in the 1996 season, Reggie Miller returned for a playoff game wearing what?
Goggles
Goggles protected the eye as Miller scored 29 points in the deciding fifth game, which Indiana lost by two. He had missed the first four games of the series.
Q 22Reggie Miller, injured and not playing, helped hold back which Pacers teammate during the 2004 brawl in Detroit?
Ron Artest
Ron Artest was lying on the scorer's table when a thrown cup of drink sent him into the stands. His 86-game ban was the longest the NBA had given for an on-court incident.
Q 23Reggie Miller's 34 points in the 2000 conference finals clincher came in which Knicks great's final game for the team?
Patrick Ewing
The Los Angeles Lakers won 4–2 behind Finals MVP Shaquille O'Neal, though Miller averaged 24.3 points a game. It was the Pacers' first trip to the Finals.
Q 14Which former MVP, in his only head-coaching job, led Reggie Miller's Pacers to the 2000 NBA Finals?
Larry Bird
Larry Bird had promised to coach for only three years, and he resigned shortly after that season. He was named Coach of the Year in his first.
Q 15For which cable network did Reggie Miller work as an NBA analyst for two decades after retiring in 2005?
TNT
TNT hired Miller within months of his final game, putting him at the same network as his sister, a sideline reporter. He stayed until it lost its live NBA rights.
Q 16Reggie Miller, a first-time Olympian at 30, won basketball gold with the United States at the 1996 Games in which city?
Atlanta
Atlanta saw Miller start five of the eight games and finish as the team's second-highest scorer. Hakeem Olajuwon was another first-time Olympian on the roster.
Q 17Reggie Miller's older brother Darrell played five professional seasons for a California team in which sport?
Baseball
Baseball took Darrell to the California Angels as a catcher and outfielder from 1984 to 1988. He was later ordained a Catholic deacon.
Q 18Since retiring from the NBA, Reggie Miller has raced competitively and joined the national board of which sport?
Cycling
Cycling hooked Miller after basketball, and he has ridden road, mountain bike and gravel events. He was voted onto the USA Cycling board in December 2020.
Q 19Which position did Reggie Miller play for the Pacers, first as a backup to John Long in 1987?
Shooting guard
Shooting guard was Long's spot until the rookie took it over. Miller then held it for most of his 18 seasons, all with Indiana.
Q 20In Game 5 of the 1994 conference finals in New York, Reggie Miller scored 25 points in which quarter?
The fourth
The fourth quarter belonged to Miller, who hit five three-pointers as Indiana wiped out a double-digit deficit. He finished with 39 points in a 93–86 win.
Patrick Ewing had beaten Indiana with a late put-back dunk in a 1994 Game 7. This time Miller scored 17 in the final period to end his Knicks career.
Q 24Which Pacers point guard threw the inbound pass that started Reggie Miller's eight points in nine seconds?
Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson was a former Knick, acquired that season to fix Indiana's need at point guard. His pass set up the first of two quick threes.
Q 25Whose inbound pass did Reggie Miller steal for his second three-pointer during the eight points in nine seconds?
Anthony Mason
Anthony Mason was named the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year that season, but this pass went straight to Miller. The tying three followed moments later.
Q 26Which Knicks guard, once ejected for headbutting Reggie Miller, missed two free throws late in the 1995 comeback game?
John Starks
John Starks had been thrown out of a 1993 playoff game when their trash talk boiled over. Two years later his misses left the score tied with seconds to play.
Q 27Which Knicks head coach was on the bench for Reggie Miller's eight points in nine seconds and resigned weeks later?
Pat Riley
Pat Riley quit the day after the 1995 NBA Finals ended, and Don Nelson took over. Riley had been Coach of the Year in New York two seasons earlier.
Q 28After Reggie Miller's Pacers beat the Knicks in 1995, which team eliminated them in a seven-game conference final?
Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic went on to their first NBA Finals, where Houston swept them. Indiana had also lost a seven-game conference final the year before.
Q 29Which Pistons coach, once Reggie Miller's coach in Indiana, called an extra timeout to prolong his farewell ovation?
Larry Brown
Larry Brown stopped play with 15.7 seconds left so his own players could join the applause. The scene won the 2005 ESPY for Best Moment.
Q 30Pacers fans booed the 1987 draft pick of Reggie Miller because they wanted which Indiana Hoosiers star?
Steve Alford
Steve Alford had just led the Hoosiers to the national title and grew up in New Castle, Indiana. Dallas drafted him instead.