Has an NBA game ever ended 89-78?

It has. 89-78 has been a NBA final 36 times in 77,333 games. The first was New York Knicks beat Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons on December 12, 1948; the latest was Chicago Bulls beat Miami Heat on April 9, 2015.

Where 89-78 sits among nearby NBA scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 89-78 the 664th most common final score out of 3,190 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 90-78 has happened 30 times and 89-79 has happened 29 times. At one point the score disappeared for 35 years, between 1958 and 1993.

Every 89-78 in NBA history

Date	Result	Season
2015-04-09	Chicago Bulls over Miami Heat	2014
2012-01-02	Detroit Pistons over Orlando Magic	2011
2011-02-05	Detroit Pistons over Milwaukee Bucks	2010
2008-01-18	Toronto Raptors over Atlanta Hawks	2007
2007-01-31	Philadelphia 76ers over New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	2006
2006-05-29	Miami Heat over Detroit Pistons	2005	Playoff
2006-03-03	Houston Rockets over Denver Nuggets	2005
2006-02-08	Los Angeles Lakers over Houston Rockets	2005
2006-01-23	Utah Jazz over New Jersey Nets	2005
2005-01-24	Houston Rockets over Orlando Magic	2004
2004-12-30	Miami Heat over Detroit Pistons	2004
2004-11-02	Los Angeles Lakers over Denver Nuggets	2004
2004-02-10	New Jersey Nets over Detroit Pistons	2003
2003-11-24	Indiana Pacers over Orlando Magic	2003
2003-04-02	Toronto Raptors over Detroit Pistons	2002
2001-12-09	Los Angeles Clippers over Charlotte Hornets	2001
2001-11-21	Dallas Mavericks over Charlotte Hornets	2001
2000-05-02	Phoenix Suns over San Antonio Spurs	1999	Playoff
2000-04-29	Seattle SuperSonics over Utah Jazz	1999	Playoff
1999-12-28	Miami Heat over Minnesota Timberwolves	1999
1999-04-23	Atlanta Hawks over Washington Wizards	1998
1999-03-12	Los Angeles Lakers over Golden State Warriors	1998
1999-03-05	Miami Heat over Philadelphia 76ers	1998
1999-03-02	Minnesota Timberwolves over Golden State Warriors	1998
1999-02-16	Miami Heat over Indiana Pacers	1998
1996-06-14	Seattle SuperSonics over Chicago Bulls	1995	Playoff
1994-05-26	New York Knicks over Indiana Pacers	1993	Playoff
1959-01-07	St. Louis Hawks over Minneapolis Lakers	1958
1955-12-03	St. Louis Hawks over Rochester Royals	1955
1955-01-16	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons over Milwaukee Hawks	1954
1954-11-21	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons over Rochester Royals	1954
1953-03-08	Boston Celtics over New York Knicks	1952
1953-02-08	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons over Baltimore Bullets	1952
1950-02-21	Denver Nuggets over Syracuse Nationals	1949
1949-01-06	Chicago Stags over Providence Steamrollers	1948
1948-12-12	New York Knicks over Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	1948

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