Has an Olympic Basketball (Men) game ever ended 71-59?
It has. 71-59 has been a Olympic Basketball (Men) final 2 times in 869 games. The first was Italy beat Poland on September 1, 1972; the latest was Cuba beat Sweden on July 21, 1980.
That makes 71-59 the 33rd most common final score out of 698 that have ever occurred in Olympic Basketball (Men). One point away, 72-59 has happened 3 times and 71-60 has happened 1 times.