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.

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Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.