| NBA team |
| NBA All-Star nicknamed "Flash |
| ABA/NBA star with more than 30,000 points |
| Airline that Eddie Rickenbacker headed |
| Five-time teammate of Bryant, Duncan, and Nowitzki at the NBA All-Star Game |
| An event to honor the best hospital patient? |
| Actor honored with a memorial statue in Hong Kong |
| Heat forward who won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013: 2 wds. |
| Dishonorable types |
| 1981 NBA MVP |
| Miami's NBA franchise |
| Athlete honored on Richmond's Monument Avenue |
| Eastern title of honor (Var.) |
| January holiday honoree |
| Locale for a speaker and honorees |
| Honor, in Hamburg |
| Cornball |
| Honored retirees |
| Honored guest's site |
| Cornball comebacks |
| Dishonorable sort |
| Jazz pianist and 2013 Kennedy Center honoree who is a practicing Buddhist: 2 wds. |
| NBA team whose mascot is Burnie |
| Dishonorable salesman? |
| Atlanta NBA team |
| Honored mil. award |
| NBAer orig. from Minnesota |
| Obtained dishonorably |
| The NBA's Elvin Hayes, to fans |
| Pinball |