Has an NBA game ever ended 101-86?
It has. 101-86 has been a NBA final 41 times in 77,318 games. The first was Rochester Royals beat St. Louis Hawks on February 23, 1957; the latest was Minnesota Timberwolves beat Brooklyn Nets on February 24, 2024.
That makes 101-86 the 598th most common final score out of 3,189 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 102-86 has happened 56 times and 101-87 has happened 52 times.