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Today’s NYT sports Connections answers
Hints and answers for Sports Edition #723, with basketball defenses at the center of today’s grid.
In brief
Hints and answers for Sports Edition #723, with basketball defenses at the center of today’s grid. Puzzle #723 hinges on spotting injury gear, basketball defenses, famous Johns, and phrases ending in year. Originally reported by Mashable.
A basketball-friendly grid
Today’s Sports Edition puzzle leans toward players who know hoops, though the game still asks for four groups of four linked words.
“Today's Connections: Sports Edition will be easier for people who've played basketball.”
How the game works
Players sort 16 words into four correct sets. A wrong group costs a mistake, and four mistakes ends the round.
“there's only one correct answer”
Use the color clues
The puzzle ranks groups by difficulty: yellow is easiest, then green, blue, and purple. Shuffling the board can make hidden links easier to spot.
“yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple”
Today’s category hints
The spoiler-light clues point to injury gear, basketball schemes, famous Johns, and terms that come before year.
“Yellow: Sign on an injury”
The four categories
The categories are Worn After an Injury, Basketball Defenses, John___, and ___Year. That green basketball set is the cleanest sports tell.
“Green: Basketball Defenses”
The full solution
The answers are BRACE, CAST, SLING, SPLINT. MAN, PRESS, TRAP, ZONE. ELWAY, STERLING, WALL, WOODEN. CAREER, CONTRACT, REBUILDING, ROOKIE.
The bottom line
Puzzle #723 hinges on spotting injury gear, basketball defenses, famous Johns, and phrases ending in year.
