Has an NBA game ever ended 82-80?

It has. 82-80 has been a NBA final 23 times in 77,333 games. The first was New York Knicks beat Boston Celtics on January 14, 1950; the latest was Phoenix Suns beat Memphis Grizzlies on December 12, 2012.

Where 82-80 sits among nearby NBA scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 82-80 the 898th most common final score out of 3,190 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 83-80 has happened 32 times and 82-81 has happened 23 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1980 and 2009. At one point the score disappeared for 38 years, between 1951 and 1989.

Every 82-80 in NBA history

Date	Result	Season
2012-12-12	Phoenix Suns over Memphis Grizzlies	2012
2008-02-27	Portland Trail Blazers over Los Angeles Clippers	2007
2004-02-06	Houston Rockets over Chicago Bulls	2003
2003-04-06	Seattle SuperSonics over Utah Jazz	2002
2003-01-29	Miami Heat over New York Knicks	2002
2002-01-04	Los Angeles Clippers over Denver Nuggets	2001
2001-12-12	Washington Wizards over Miami Heat	2001
2000-01-14	Cleveland Cavaliers over Vancouver Grizzlies	1999
1999-04-25	New York Knicks over Miami Heat	1998
1999-04-04	Denver Nuggets over Los Angeles Clippers	1998
1999-02-20	Indiana Pacers over Milwaukee Bucks	1998
1998-04-10	Boston Celtics over Orlando Magic	1997
1998-04-07	Indiana Pacers over Cleveland Cavaliers	1997
1996-12-05	Toronto Raptors over Washington Bullets	1996
1996-11-15	Denver Nuggets over Boston Celtics	1996
1994-11-18	Los Angeles Lakers over Cleveland Cavaliers	1994
1993-11-27	Houston Rockets over Los Angeles Clippers	1993
1992-11-28	Minnesota Timberwolves over Detroit Pistons	1992
1990-01-11	Portland Trail Blazers over Minnesota Timberwolves	1989
1952-04-06	Minneapolis Lakers over Rochester Royals	1951	Playoff
1952-01-01	Minneapolis Lakers over Syracuse Nationals	1951
1951-02-01	Philadelphia Warriors over Boston Celtics	1950
1950-01-14	New York Knicks over Boston Celtics	1949

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