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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:
2024 NBA PLAYOFFS DAILY GAME SCORES
GAMES OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2024 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miami 111 28 30 27 26 Herro 24 Adebayo 10 Herro 14 Boston 101 27 34 18 22 Brown 33 Brown/Horford/Porzingis/Tatum 8Porzingis/White 4 New Orleans 92 22 28 24 18 Valanciunas 19 Valanciunas 7 McCollum 4 Oklahoma City 124 35 28 29 32 Gilgeous-Alexander 33 Holmgren 7 Jal. Williams 7 GAMES OF TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2024 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phoenix 93 21 30 20 22 Booker 20 Nurkic 14 Beal 6 Minnesota 105 24 26 28 27 McDaniels 25 Gobert 9 Edwards 8 Indiana 125 30 30 32 33 Siakam 37 Siakam 11 Haliburton 12 Milwaukee 108 26 29 28 25 Lillard 34 Portis Jr. 11 Middleton 6 Dallas 96 23 22 20 31 Doncic 32 Lively 9 Doncic 9 L.A. Clippers 93 19 22 25 27 George/Harden 22 Zubac 12 Harden 8 GAMES OF MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2024 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orlando 86 18 26 21 21 Banchero 21 F. Wagner 7 Suggs 5 Cleveland 96 30 28 22 16 Mitchell 23 Allen 20 Garland/Mitchell/Strus 4 Philadelphia 101 25 28 21 27 Maxey 35 Embiid 10 Maxey 10 New York 104 18 31 30 25 Brunson 24 Hart 15 Brunson 6 L.A. Lakers 99 28 31 20 20 Davis 32 Davis 11 James 12 Denver 101 24 20 25 32 Jokic 27 Jokic 20 Jokic 10 GAMES OF SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2024 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dallas 97 22 8 34 33 Doncic 33 Doncic 13 Doncic 6 L.A. Clippers 109 34 22 31 22 Harden 28 Zubac 15 Harden 8 Indiana 94 21 21 29 23 Siakam 36 Siakam 13 Haliburton 8 Milwaukee 109 30 39 14 26 Lillard 35 Portis Jr. 11 Beverley 8 Miami 94 21 24 14 35 Adebayo 24 Adebayo/Jovic 6 Herro/Jaquez 4 Boston 114 26 34 31 23 Tatum 23 Tatum 10 Tatum 10 New Orleans 92 17 26 25 24 Murphy 21 Valanciunas 20 McCollum 6 Oklahoma City 94 17 26 31 20 Gilgeous-Alexander 28 Holmgren 11 Gilgeous-Alexander/Jal. Williams 4 GAMES OF SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orlando 83 26 15 17 25 Banchero 24 F. Wagner/Banchero 7 Banchero 5 Cleveland 97 33 20 20 24 Mitchell 30 Allen 18 Garland 8 Phoenix 95 28 23 21 23 Durant 31 Durant 7 Beal 6 Minnesota 120 27 34 31 28 Edwards 33 Gobert 16 Conley 7 Philadelphia 104 34 12 36 22 Maxey 33 Harris 9 Embiid 6 New York 111 25 33 21 32 Brunson/Hart 22 Hart 13 Brunson 7 L.A. Lakers 103 33 27 18 25 Davis 32 Davis 14 James 8 Denver 114 25 32 32 25 Jokic 32 Jokic 12 Murray 10 2024 NBA PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT GAME SCORES GAMES OF FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2024 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sacramento 98 24 21 29 24 Fox 35 Sabonis 14 Sabonis 7 New Orleans 105 22 32 29 22 Ingram 24 Valanciunas 12 Ingram/Murphy 6 Chicago 91 17 20 23 31 DeRozan 22 Vucevic 14 Vucevic 5 Miami 112 34 13 35 30 Herro 24 Herro 10 Herro 9 GAMES OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2024 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miami 104 23 28 23 30 Herro 25 Adebayo 12 Herro 9 Philadelphia 105 22 17 30 36 Embiid 23 Embiid 15 Hield/Maxey 6 Atlanta 116 22 45 25 24 Murray 30 Capela 17 Young 10 Chicago 131 40 33 37 21 White 42 Vucevic 12 DeRozan 9 GAMES OF TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2024 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L.A. Lakers 110 26 34 23 27 James 23 Davis 15 James 9 New Orleans 106 34 16 26 30 Williamson 40 Nance 12 Alvarado 7 Golden State 94 22 28 26 18 Curry 22 Podziemski 8 D. Green 6 Sacramento 118 31 23 37 27 Murray 32 Sabonis 12 Sabonis 7 GAMES OF SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2024 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington 122 30 29 30 33 Omoruyi 26 Champagnie/Baldwin Jr. 7 Kispert 8 Boston 132 34 35 38 25 Pritchard 38 Pritchard/Queta 9 Pritchard 12 Charlotte 120 24 33 31 32 Smith Jr. 24 Thor 9 Mann 6 Cleveland 110 33 25 38 14 Niang 16 Strus 10 Strus 11 Atlanta 115 34 38 21 22 MurrayABOUT 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.