Has an NBA game ever ended 120-97?
Yes. NBA has seen a final score of 120-97 28 times. It first happened on February 23, 1955, when Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons beat Minneapolis Lakers, and most recently on March 1, 2026, when Chicago Bulls beat Milwaukee Bucks.
That makes 120-97 the 809th most common final score out of 3,189 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 121-97 has happened 23 times and 120-98 has happened 29 times.