Has an NBA game ever ended 156-116?

Exactly once. On November 22, 1983, Portland Trail Blazers beat Denver Nuggets 156-116, and no NBA game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 156-116 in league history.

Where 156-116 sits among nearby NBA scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 156-116 the 2546th most common final score out of 3,190 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 157-116 has happened never and 156-117 has happened never.

Every 156-116 in NBA history

Date	Result	Season
1983-11-22	Portland Trail Blazers over Denver Nuggets	1983

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