Has an NBA game ever ended 86-79?
It has. 86-79 has been a NBA final 28 times in 77,318 games. The first was Chicago Stags beat Minneapolis Lakers on November 12, 1949; the latest was Miami Heat beat New York Knicks on November 30, 2014.
That makes 86-79 the 809th most common final score out of 3,189 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 87-79 has happened 31 times and 86-80 has happened 26 times.
Every 86-79 in NBA history
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