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Has an NBA game ever ended 59-58?

Exactly once. On February 20, 1953, Indianapolis Olympians beat Baltimore Bullets 59-58, and no NBA game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 59-58 in league history.

Where 59-58 sits among nearby NBA scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 59-58 the 2546th most common final score out of 3,189 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 60-58 has happened 2 times and 59-59 has happened never.

Every 59-58 in NBA history

DateResultSeason
1953-02-20Indianapolis Olympians over Baltimore Bullets1952

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