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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 FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 110 35 26 23 26 Small 23 Jarreau 7 Spencer 5 Detroit 126 37 31 30 28 Duren 30 Duren 13 Cunningham 15 New York 101 24 32 20 25 Brunson 29 Robinson 22 Brunson 9 Indiana 92 21 24 29 18 Walker 18 Walker 9 Nembhard 7 Phoenix 115 28 34 30 23 Green 34 O'Neale/Ighodaro 6 Allen 6 Toronto 122 30 29 27 36 Ingram 36 Mamukelashvili 8 Shead 8 New Orleans 105 24 25 23 33 Murray 35 Jones 9 Murphy II 7 Houston 107 28 29 23 27 Durant 32 Thompson 12 Thompson 8 Cleveland 138 38 29 41 30 Mobley 29 Harden/Mobley 7 Mitchell 8 Dallas 105 21 29 33 22 Flagg 25 Powell 11 Nembhard 9 Minnesota 127 31 38 31 27 Edwards 42 Gobert 9 Dosunmu 7 Golden State 117 28 20 39 30 Podziemski 25 Podziemski 10 Santos 8 Utah 114 38 20 31 25 Sensabaugh 31 Williams 7 Collier 9 Portland 124 28 38 29 29 Henderson/Holiday 25 Clingan 15 Avdija/Holiday 8 Chicago 108 28 29 28 23 Jones 21 Giddey/Buzelis 11 Giddey 10 L.A. Clippers 119 33 30 29 27 Leonard 28 Jackson/Lopez 7 Dunn 6 GAMES OF THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philadelphia 109 27 33 21 28 Beauchamp 17 Edwards 9 Edwards/Grimes 5 Detroit 131 36 33 35 27 Robinson 19 Duren 10 Cunningham 13 Phoenix 123 36 31 29 27 Booker 43 Booker/Gillespie 7 Booker/Gillespie 5 Indiana 108 36 25 27 20 Nembhard 23 Slawson 8 Jones 6 Washington 131 26 30 25 42 8 Coulibaly 29 Vukcevic 11 Young 6 Orlando 136 36 27 33 27 13 Suggs 28 Carter Jr. 11 Suggs 8 Brooklyn 97 21 29 29 18 Minott 24 Wolf 8 Saraf 4 Atlanta 108 30 27 25 26 Johnson 21 Johnson/Kuminga/Okongwu/Risacher 9Johnson 9 Milwaukee 105 21 30 26 28 G. Antetokounmpo 31 Porter Jr. 7 Rollins 10 Miami 112 31 28 26 27 Larsson 28 Ware 13 Jaquez Jr. 7 Denver 136 25 28 41 42 Murray 39 Jokic 20 Jokic 12 San Antonio 131 37 32 37 25 Castle 30 Castle 11 Castle 10 Boston 102 28 31 24 19 Brown 34 Queta 10 Brown 7 Oklahoma City 104 27 29 24 24 Gilgeous-Alexander 35 Holmgren 9 Gilgeous-Alexander 9 Chicago 130 26 36 36 32 Giddey 27 Miller 9 Giddey 15 L.A. Lakers 142 26 41 41 34 Doncic 51 Ayton/Doncic 10 Doncic 9 Dallas 120 34 31 21 34 Middleton 35 Gafford 14 Flagg 7 Memphis 112 22 32 30 28 Wells 23 Hendricks 10 Small 9ABOUT 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.