Has an NBA game ever ended 98-65?

Exactly once. On March 10, 2004, Detroit Pistons beat Chicago Bulls 98-65, and no NBA game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 98-65 in league history.

Where 98-65 sits among nearby NBA scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 98-65 the 2546th most common final score out of 3,190 that have ever occurred in NBA. One point away, 99-65 has happened 1 times and 98-66 has happened 2 times.

Every 98-65 in NBA history

Date	Result	Season
2004-03-10	Detroit Pistons over Chicago Bulls	2003

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