Has an NBA game ever ended 86-68?
It has. 86-68 has been a NBA final 7 times in 73,172 games. The first was Indianapolis Olympians beat Minneapolis Lakers on December 1, 1949; the latest was Portland Trail Blazers beat New Jersey Nets on November 18, 2006.
That makes 86-68 the 1557th most common final score out of 3,189 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 87-68 has happened 4 times and 86-69 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 41 years, between 1952 and 1993.
Every 86-68 in NBA history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-11-18 | Portland Trail Blazers over New Jersey Nets | 2006 | |
| 1994-02-20 | New York Knicks over Chicago Bulls | 1993 | |
| 1953-03-03 | Minneapolis Lakers over Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons | 1952 | |
| 1952-03-04 | Indianapolis Olympians over Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons | 1951 | |
| 1951-03-18 | Minneapolis Lakers over New York Knicks | 1950 | |
| 1949-12-31 | Minneapolis Lakers over Waterloo Hawks | 1949 | |
| 1949-12-01 | Indianapolis Olympians over Minneapolis Lakers | 1949 |