Has an NBA game ever ended 78-74?

It has. 78-74 has been a NBA final 20 times in 77,333 games. The first was Pittsburgh Ironmen beat Cleveland Rebels on December 22, 1946; the latest was Denver Nuggets beat Minnesota Timberwolves on January 6, 2016.

Where 78-74 sits among nearby NBA scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 78-74 the 985th most common final score out of 3,190 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 79-74 has happened 14 times and 78-75 has happened 15 times. At one point the score disappeared for 45 years, between 1953 and 1998.

Every 78-74 in NBA history

Date	Result	Season
2016-01-06	Denver Nuggets over Minnesota Timberwolves	2015
2013-12-10	Milwaukee Bucks over Chicago Bulls	2013
2004-05-22	Indiana Pacers over Detroit Pistons	2003	Playoff
2004-03-05	New Jersey Nets over Golden State Warriors	2003
2004-01-23	Houston Rockets over Indiana Pacers	2003
2004-01-15	Toronto Raptors over New Orleans Hornets	2003
2002-11-01	Phoenix Suns over Cleveland Cavaliers	2002
2000-11-22	Atlanta Hawks over New York Knicks	2000
2000-11-15	Los Angeles Clippers over New York Knicks	2000
1999-04-01	New York Knicks over Cleveland Cavaliers	1998
1954-01-17	Baltimore Bullets over Philadelphia Warriors	1953
1954-01-02	Minneapolis Lakers over New York Knicks	1953
1953-11-12	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons over Syracuse Nationals	1953
1951-11-29	Rochester Royals over New York Knicks	1951
1948-01-27	Chicago Stags over Baltimore Bullets	1947
1947-12-09	Philadelphia Warriors over Providence Steamrollers	1947
1947-03-13	New York Knicks over St. Louis Bombers	1946
1947-01-14	Providence Steamrollers over Cleveland Rebels	1946
1947-01-04	Providence Steamrollers over Philadelphia Warriors	1946
1946-12-22	Pittsburgh Ironmen over Cleveland Rebels	1946

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