Has an NBA game ever ended 131-120?

It has. 131-120 has been a NBA final 21 times in 73,172 games. The first was Philadelphia Warriors beat New York Knicks on February 2, 1958; the latest was Dallas Mavericks beat Portland Trail Blazers on December 16, 2023.

Where 131-120 sits among nearby NBA scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 131-120 the 952nd most common final score out of 3,189 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 132-120 has happened 28 times and 131-121 has happened 22 times. At one point the score disappeared for 27 years, between 1989 and 2016.

Every 131-120 in NBA history

Date	Result	Season
2023-12-16	Dallas Mavericks over Portland Trail Blazers	2023
2022-03-21	Los Angeles Lakers over Cleveland Cavaliers	2021
2019-03-05	Minnesota Timberwolves over Oklahoma City Thunder	2018
2019-03-01	Milwaukee Bucks over Los Angeles Lakers	2018
2018-10-21	Sacramento Kings over Oklahoma City Thunder	2018
2016-12-13	Orlando Magic over Atlanta Hawks	2016
1990-05-01	San Antonio Spurs over Denver Nuggets	1989	Playoff
1983-11-17	Denver Nuggets over Golden State Warriors	1983
1983-03-25	Denver Nuggets over Detroit Pistons	1982
1983-03-12	San Antonio Spurs over Golden State Warriors	1982
1972-12-02	Boston Celtics over Philadelphia 76ers	1972
1971-01-31	Atlanta Hawks over San Diego Rockets	1970
1970-12-06	Los Angeles Lakers over Portland Trail Blazers	1970
1970-04-03	Chicago Bulls over Atlanta Hawks	1969	Playoff
1968-01-19	San Francisco Warriors over Philadelphia 76ers	1967
1967-03-12	Philadelphia 76ers over New York Knicks	1966
1964-01-26	Baltimore Bullets over Philadelphia 76ers	1963
1962-12-25	Cincinnati Royals over Detroit Pistons	1962
1961-12-04	Los Angeles Lakers over Syracuse Nationals	1961
1961-02-07	New York Knicks over Detroit Pistons	1960
1958-02-02	Philadelphia Warriors over New York Knicks	1957

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