Has an NBA game ever ended 142-116?
Yes. NBA has seen a final score of 142-116 9 times. It first happened on December 31, 1957, when New York Knicks beat Minneapolis Lakers, and most recently on December 27, 2025, when Miami Heat beat Indiana Pacers.
That makes 142-116 the 1408th most common final score out of 3,189 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 143-116 has happened 2 times and 142-117 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 28 years, between 1989 and 2017.
Every 142-116 in NBA history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-27 | Miami Heat over Indiana Pacers | 2025 | |
| 2023-02-23 | Dallas Mavericks over San Antonio Spurs | 2022 | |
| 2017-11-16 | Houston Rockets over Phoenix Suns | 2017 | |
| 1990-04-01 | Atlanta Hawks over Golden State Warriors | 1989 | |
| 1983-03-30 | Boston Celtics over Indiana Pacers | 1982 | |
| 1968-01-16 | Seattle SuperSonics over Baltimore Bullets | 1967 | |
| 1963-01-26 | Cincinnati Royals over Chicago Zephyrs | 1962 | |
| 1961-02-28 | Boston Celtics over New York Knicks | 1960 | |
| 1957-12-31 | New York Knicks over Minneapolis Lakers | 1957 |