Games like Poeltl: daily NBA guessing games

Poeltl hides one NBA player a day and gives you eight guesses, with clues on team, conference, position, height, age and jersey number. The games most like it also ask you to identify players, from stat lines or historic games; others use the same knowledge for grids, connections and teammate chains.

The games

If you like identifying a player, Ball Don't Cry shows three NBA players a day as season-by-season stat lines with the team names hidden, and you name each from the numbers. I Called Game shows one historic NBA game through video thumbnails and asks for the teams, year, coaches and the players who scored. Sports Reveal lets you buy facts about the day's NBA and NFL players and name them with as many points left as you can.

For grids, HoopGrids gives a 3x3 board where each square needs a player who fits both its row and column, scored by how rare your answer is. Basketball 5 combines a daily NBA grid, an NBA Wordle and a top ten, and StatPad asks for five players who pile up the day's stat across seasons. NBA Connections, from the HoopGrids team, sorts sixteen players into four groups of four.

For chains, Dribble connects two NBA players through mutual teammates in six guesses or fewer, and Roster Relay does the same through players who shared a team in the same season. Starting 5 Trivia asks twelve quick questions about five players on a 10-second shot clock, and Draft Dawg runs six NBA games a day, from lineup drafts to naming players against the clock.

Start with HoopGrids and Ball Don't Cry; together with Poeltl they make a quick daily NBA routine.

Questions

Is there another NBA game like Poeltl?

Yes. Ball Don't Cry asks you to name players from stat lines, and HoopGrids, Dribble and NBA Connections test the same player knowledge in other formats.

Is there an NBA grid game?

HoopGrids is a daily 3x3 NBA grid, and Basketball 5 includes one as well.

Are these games free?

Yes, all are free in the browser, some with ads.

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