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Has an NBA game ever ended 78-68?

Yes. NBA has seen a final score of 78-68 6 times. It first happened on November 11, 1946, when Chicago Stags beat New York Knicks, and most recently on January 9, 2004, when Los Angeles Clippers beat Toronto Raptors.

Where 78-68 sits among nearby NBA scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 78-68 the 1636th most common final score out of 3,190 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 79-68 has happened 10 times and 78-69 has happened 9 times. At one point the score disappeared for 52 years, between 1951 and 2003.

Every 78-68 in NBA history

DateResultSeason
2004-01-09Los Angeles Clippers over Toronto Raptors2003
2004-01-05Detroit Pistons over Boston Celtics2003
1951-11-16Milwaukee Hawks over Indianapolis Olympians1951
1948-12-05Minneapolis Lakers over St. Louis Bombers1948
1946-11-26Washington Capitols over Toronto Huskies1946
1946-11-11Chicago Stags over New York Knicks1946
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