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NBA Game Scores
InsideHoops.comDaily NBA game scores for the NBA regular season, plus player stat leaders in points, rebounds and assists for each game. Also read NBA game recaps. And to view highlights with your own eyes, watch NBA videos:
DAILY NBA GAME SCORES
GAMES OF SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2025 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York 94 29 21 14 30 Brunson 32 Hart 10 Brunson 11 Detroit 93 19 24 28 22 Cunningham 25 Duren 17 Cunningham 10 L.A. Lakers 113 32 26 36 19 Doncic 38 L. James 12 L. James 8 Minnesota 116 28 33 23 32 A. Edwards 43 McDaniels 11 A. Edwards 6 Boston 107 32 21 26 28 Tatum 37 Tatum 14 White 7 Orlando 98 29 19 27 23 Banchero 31 Carter 11 F. Wagner 7 Indiana 129 30 33 38 28 Turner 23 Haliburton 8 Haliburton 15 Milwaukee 103 24 28 32 19 Antetokounmpo 28 Antetokounmpo 15 Antetokounmpo/Porter Jr. 6 GAMES OF SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2025 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Denver 101 27 23 35 16 Jokic 36 Jokic 21 Jokic 8 L.A. Clippers 99 22 26 17 34 Leonard 24 Zubac 12 Harden 11 Houston 93 22 27 22 22 VanVleet 17 Sengun 11 Ja. Green 5 Golden State 104 18 28 23 35 Curry 36 Post 12 Curry 9 Cleveland 124 33 29 26 36 Allen 22 Allen 10 Jerome 11 Miami 87 20 22 22 23 Adebayo 22 Adebayo 9 Mitchell 5 Oklahoma City 117 34 26 28 29 Gilgeous-Alexander 38 Hartenstein 12 Gilgeous-Alexander 6 Memphis 115 31 28 26 30 Pippen Jr. 30 Pippen Jr. 11 Bane 5 GAMES OF FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boston 93 27 32 11 23 Tatum 36 Tatum 9 White 5 Orlando 95 31 18 24 22 F. Wagner 32 Carter 12 F. Wagner 8 Indiana 101 26 31 18 26 Siakam 28 Haliburton/Nesmith 7 Haliburton 10 Milwaukee 117 26 21 39 31 Antetokounmpo/Trent Jr. 37 Antetokounmpo 12 Antetokounmpo/Porter Jr. 6 L.A. Lakers 104 26 32 26 20 L. James 38 L. James 10 Doncic 8 Minnesota 116 32 22 32 30 McDaniels 30 A. Edwards 8 A. Edwards 8 GAMES OF THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2025 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York 118 33 33 27 25 Towns 31 Hart 11 Brunson/Hart 9 Detroit 116 27 26 30 33 Cunningham/Hardaway Jr. 24 Duren/Reed 8 Cunningham 11 Denver 83 28 19 23 13 Jokic/Murray 23 Jokic 13 Jokic 13 L.A. Clippers 117 35 30 25 27 Leonard 21 Leonard 11 Harden 9 Oklahoma City 114 29 22 36 27 Gilgeous-Alexander 31 Holmgren 8 Gilgeous-Alexander 8 Memphis 108 40 37 18 13 Pippen Jr. 28 Bane 8 Morant/Pippen Jr. 5ABOUT NBA SCORES: HOW TO READ NBA GAME SCORES
What you already know is, NBA games have four quarters, and if a game is tied at the end of the fourth quarter than the games goes into an overtime (OT) period. If a game is tied at the end of that first overtime, it goes into a second overtime (2OT), also known as double overtime. And you guessed it, next would come a third overtime (3OT), also known as triple overtime. On and on it goes. In general, the average NBA game ends in regulation -- which means it ended after four quarters. But plenty of contests do reach overtime. There's nothing particularly shocking about double overtime, either. It happens. Triple-overtime is more rare of course. And beyond that, I'd have to look up when the last quadruple overtime game was, because they don't happen too often.
As for NBA game scores, one of the first lessons you learn watching a lot of pro basketball is that when a team takes an early lead that sounds sizable, it doesn't mean the game is over. Don't stop watching a game because one team takes a 15-4 lead in the first quarter, for example. Assuming the team that is losing isn't some sort of historically bad squad, if they're even half decent it's quite possible that you'll blink your eyes and a few minutes later the score will be a more respectable 19-12 or something like that. And perhaps tied or at least close to tied by the end of the first quarter. Basketball is a game of runs. It's quite common for one team to hit a few shots in a row while the other team misses most or all of theirs. There are lots of 4-0, 6-0 or 8-2 runs in NBA basketball games. An 8-2 run is nice, but not anything shocking. A 10-2 or 10-0 run deserves more attention. Once we get to a 15-0 run or 15-2 run or something like that, that's the sort of run that would cause me to sit up and pay attention. But a 6-0 run here or an 8-2 run there, it's all par for the course.
As for reading NBA scoreboards and looking at the stat leaders, again, NBA basketball is a team game. Every team needs a leader, and actual good teams needs multiple leaders, and the guys who score get noticed first when looking at NBA box scores, followed by rebounding and assist leaders, and if you go deeper then of course blocks and steals are of interest. But it'll always be a team game, and if a team wins by a big scoring margin and somebody on the squad scored 30 on a good shooting percentage, rest assured that the rest of the team also did their part, on both offense and defense.
Still, all of that aside, an NBA player scoring 20 or more points is pretty standard in almost every game. A player scoring 30 also happens quite often, but not necessarily every game. A player scoring 40 or more happens less often and is pretty impressive. But a player scoring 50 will draw national attention. A player scoring 60 is putting himself into record books. A player scoring 70 or more points in a single NBA game is literally changing history.