You'll need to be a well-informed basketball fan to ace today's Connections: Sports Edition. The purple category is a sign of the growing popularity of a certain league. Read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Today's NYT Connections puzzle has a fun numerical theme, with each category playing along with that topic, but featuring different clues. Once you see it, it might be simple. Need help? Read on for clues and today's Connections answers.