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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
2026 NBA PLAYOFFS GAMES OF FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detroit 115 27 27 30 31 Cunningham 21 Duren 11 Cunningham 8 Cleveland 94 25 26 19 24 Harden 23 Allen/Strus 8 Harden 4 San Antonio 139 36 38 36 29 Castle 32 Castle 11 Fox 9 Minnesota 109 27 34 23 25 Edwards 24 Randle/Reid 7 Dosunmu 9 GAMES OF WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleveland 117 27 25 32 19 14 Harden 30 Allen 10 Mobley 8 Detroit 113 29 31 20 23 10 Cunningham 39 Reed 8 Cunningham 9 GAMES OF TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minnesota 97 30 17 26 24 Edwards 20 Randle 10 Dosunmu/Shannon Jr. 4 San Antonio 126 34 25 32 35 Wembanyama 27 Wembanyama 17 Castle 6 GAMES OF MONDAY, MAY 11, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oklahoma City 115 21 28 31 35 Gilgeous-Alexander 35 Hartenstein 10 Gilgeous-Alexander 8 L.A. Lakers 110 26 19 39 26 Reaves 27 L. James 12 Reaves 6 Detroit 103 24 32 21 26 LeVert 24 Harris 8 Cunningham 6 Cleveland 112 21 31 38 22 Mitchell 43 Mobley 8 Harden 11 GAMES OF SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- San Antonio 109 30 26 28 25 Fox/Harper 24 Kornet 9 Castle 4 Minnesota 114 34 26 20 34 Edwards 36 Gobert 13 Gobert/Reid 4 New York 144 43 38 41 22 McBride 25 Hart 9 Towns 10 Philadelphia 114 24 33 26 31 Embiid 24 Edgecombe 6 Edgecombe 7 GAMES OF SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oklahoma City 131 31 26 33 41 Mitchell 24 Hartenstein/Holmgren 9 Mitchell 10 L.A. Lakers 108 25 34 20 29 Hachimura 21 Thiero 8 Reaves 9 Detroit 109 30 18 33 28 Cunningham 27 Cunningham 10 Cunningham 10 Cleveland 116 32 32 19 33 Mitchell 35 Mitchell 10 Harden 7 GAMES OF FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- San Antonio 115 23 28 35 29 Wembanyama 39 Wembanyama 15 Castle 12 Minnesota 108 22 29 28 29 Edwards 32 Edwards 14 Edwards 6 New York 108 27 33 25 23 Brunson 33 Towns 12 Brunson 9 Philadelphia 94 31 21 24 18 Oubre Jr. 22 Oubre Jr. 8 Maxey 7 GAMES OF THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L.A. Lakers 107 23 35 22 27 Reaves 31 Ayton 10 L. James/Reaves 6 Oklahoma City 125 27 30 36 32 Gilgeous-Alexander/Holmgren 22Hartenstein/Holmgren 9 Mitchell 6 Cleveland 97 18 25 32 22 Mitchell 31 Allen 7 Schroder 5 Detroit 107 25 29 25 28 Cunningham 25 Duren 10 Cunningham 10ABOUT 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.