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Has an NBA game ever ended 49-47?

Exactly once. On December 1, 1946, Cleveland Rebels beat Detroit Falcons 49-47, and no NBA game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 49-47 in league history.

Where 49-47 sits among nearby NBA scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 49-47 the 2546th most common final score out of 3,189 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 50-47 has happened never and 49-48 has happened 1 times.

Every 49-47 in NBA history

DateResultSeason
1946-12-01Cleveland Rebels over Detroit Falcons1946

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