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Has an NBA game ever ended 74-53?

Yes. NBA has seen a final score of 74-53 3 times. It first happened on February 26, 1947, when Cleveland Rebels beat Pittsburgh Ironmen, and most recently on November 16, 2002, when Detroit Pistons beat Denver Nuggets.

Where 74-53 sits among nearby NBA scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 74-53 the 2018th most common final score out of 3,190 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 75-53 has happened never and 74-54 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 53 years, between 1949 and 2002.

Every 74-53 in NBA history

DateResultSeason
2002-11-16Detroit Pistons over Denver Nuggets2002
1950-01-06Boston Celtics over Baltimore Bullets1949
1947-02-26Cleveland Rebels over Pittsburgh Ironmen1946
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