Has an NBA game ever ended 85-80?

Yes. NBA has seen a final score of 85-80 20 times. It first happened on March 12, 1949, when New York Knicks beat Chicago Stags, and most recently on April 20, 2012, when Memphis Grizzlies beat Charlotte Bobcats.

Where 85-80 sits among nearby NBA scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 85-80 the 985th most common final score out of 3,189 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 86-80 has happened 26 times and 85-81 has happened 29 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1980 and 2009. At one point the score disappeared for 33 years, between 1955 and 1988.

Every 85-80 in NBA history

Date	Result	Season
2012-04-20	Memphis Grizzlies over Charlotte Bobcats	2011
2012-02-08	Memphis Grizzlies over Minnesota Timberwolves	2011
2009-11-03	Detroit Pistons over Orlando Magic	2009
2009-02-09	Memphis Grizzlies over New Orleans Hornets	2008
2006-03-12	Sacramento Kings over Dallas Mavericks	2005
2003-11-14	New Jersey Nets over New York Knicks	2003
2002-02-14	Detroit Pistons over New Jersey Nets	2001
2001-12-23	Boston Celtics over Memphis Grizzlies	2001
2000-11-24	Cleveland Cavaliers over Miami Heat	2000
2000-02-20	Miami Heat over Charlotte Hornets	1999
1999-04-02	Cleveland Cavaliers over Philadelphia 76ers	1998
1999-03-26	Utah Jazz over Vancouver Grizzlies	1998
1994-12-16	Chicago Bulls over Atlanta Hawks	1994
1994-02-02	New York Knicks over Washington Bullets	1993
1992-11-14	New York Knicks over Boston Celtics	1992
1989-05-10	Detroit Pistons over Milwaukee Bucks	1988	Playoff
1956-01-01	Syracuse Nationals over Minneapolis Lakers	1955
1951-03-25	Minneapolis Lakers over Indianapolis Olympians	1950	Playoff
1950-01-08	Minneapolis Lakers over Boston Celtics	1949
1949-03-12	New York Knicks over Chicago Stags	1948

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