Has an NBA game ever ended 81-69?
It has. 81-69 has been a NBA final 14 times in 77,318 games. The first was New York Knicks beat Cleveland Rebels on March 16, 1947; the latest was Memphis Grizzlies beat New Jersey Nets on January 13, 2006.
That makes 81-69 the 1162nd most common final score out of 3,189 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 82-69 has happened 4 times and 81-70 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 44 years, between 1953 and 1997.
Every 81-69 in NBA history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-13 | Memphis Grizzlies over New Jersey Nets | 2005 | |
| 2004-12-16 | Detroit Pistons over Cleveland Cavaliers | 2004 | |
| 2004-01-20 | Indiana Pacers over Detroit Pistons | 2003 | |
| 2001-04-09 | Detroit Pistons over Atlanta Hawks | 2000 | |
| 1997-12-26 | Golden State Warriors over Denver Nuggets | 1997 | |
| 1954-01-10 | New York Knicks over Rochester Royals | 1953 | |
| 1953-03-15 | Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons over New York Knicks | 1952 | |
| 1952-11-02 | Minneapolis Lakers over Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons | 1952 | |
| 1950-12-25 | Syracuse Nationals over Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons | 1950 | |
| 1950-02-11 | Washington Capitols over Anderson Packers | 1949 | |
| 1949-11-13 | Anderson Packers over Waterloo Hawks | 1949 | |
| 1949-11-05 | Washington Capitols over St. Louis Bombers | 1949 | |
| 1949-11-02 | Minneapolis Lakers over Philadelphia Warriors | 1949 | |
| 1947-03-16 | New York Knicks over Cleveland Rebels | 1946 |