Has an NBA game ever ended 86-74?
Yes. NBA has seen a final score of 86-74 21 times. It first happened on April 5, 1947, when New York Knicks beat Cleveland Rebels, and most recently on January 10, 2016, when Utah Jazz beat Los Angeles Lakers.
That makes 86-74 the 953rd most common final score out of 3,190 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 87-74 has happened 19 times and 86-75 has happened 21 times. At one point the score disappeared for 37 years, between 1954 and 1991.
Every 86-74 in NBA history
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