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Has an NBA game ever ended 139-96?

It has. 139-96 has been a NBA final 3 times in 73,172 games. The first was St. Louis Hawks beat Minneapolis Lakers on February 14, 1959; the latest was Oklahoma City Thunder beat Los Angeles Lakers on April 2, 2026.

Where 139-96 sits among nearby NBA scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 139-96 the 2018th most common final score out of 3,189 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 140-96 has happened 1 times and 139-97 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 64 years, between 1958 and 2022.

Every 139-96 in NBA history

DateResultSeason
2026-04-02Oklahoma City Thunder over Los Angeles Lakers2025
2023-02-01Boston Celtics over Brooklyn Nets2022
1959-02-14St. Louis Hawks over Minneapolis Lakers1958

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