Has an NBA game ever ended 82-69?
Yes. NBA has seen a final score of 82-69 4 times. It first happened on November 6, 1948, when Chicago Stags beat Baltimore Bullets, and most recently on April 10, 2004, when Utah Jazz beat Houston Rockets.
That makes 82-69 the 1869th most common final score out of 3,189 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 83-69 has happened 11 times and 82-70 has happened 13 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1920 and 1949. At one point the score disappeared for 54 years, between 1949 and 2003.
Every 82-69 in NBA history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-04-10 | Utah Jazz over Houston Rockets | 2003 | |
| 1950-01-15 | Syracuse Nationals over Indianapolis Olympians | 1949 | |
| 1949-02-15 | Baltimore Bullets over Indianapolis Jets | 1948 | |
| 1948-11-06 | Chicago Stags over Baltimore Bullets | 1948 |