NBA

ACROSS

1. Port city in Japan

6. *Team ride

9. Nordic native

13. Equipped with feathers

14. Cigarette deposit

15. *Arena, e.g.

16. Not odds

17. Hawaiian welcome wreath

18. Bone hollows

19. *NBA headquarters location

21. *Bill ____ NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award

23. "Roses ____ red ..."

24. *NBA centers typically have long ones

25. Tarzan the ____ Man

28. Cry like a baby

30. 3.26 light-years

35. "Off The Wall" shoe

37. Living quarters

39. Shop ____ slogan

40. "I'm ____ you!"

41. Got some shuteye

43. Comme ci, comme Áa

44. Brandish

46. Ski hill ride

47. Contractor's work order

48. *Basketball blocking move

50. Swedish shag rugs

52. Member of a "benevolent and protective order"

53. Kind of cola

55. Thrice-repeated dance step

57. *Power ____ position

61. *NBA team with most championships

65. Deprive of armor

66. Genetic acronym

68. Plural of ostium

69. Junk yard stuff

70. Geisha's sash

71. *Nickname for 61 Across

72. Ooze

73. *NBA Sixth ____ of the Year Award

74. Type of leaf cabbage, pl.

DOWN

1. Bun baker

2. "____ me a seat"

3. From square one

4. Tanzania's northern neighbor

5. Not absorb, nor repel

6. Refuse to comply

7. Wear and tear

8. Bake an egg

9. Sunglasses "glass"

10. Cassino chip

11. Not knit

12. Church sound

15. Lord's subordinate

20. Good____, book lovers' app

22. Strike caller

24. High school math class

25. Declares to be true

26. Sweat-inducing attack

27. Come in!

29. *The Stilt's first name

31. David Schwimmer on "Friends"

32. Breadth

33. Art support

34. *Shot ____, NBA countdown timer

36. Cobbler's concern

38. Fix a dog

42. Vanish without this?

45. Abscond

49. Conjunction that joins alternatives and negatives

51. Inferior goods

54. Read-only disc

56. Away from port

57. Much ado

58. One time

59. Like pink steak

60. Sandwich alternative

61. Abel's big brother

62. It will

63. Give a ticket

64. Fresh talk

67. *Commissioned by Adam Silver