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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 TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phoenix 111 21 35 38 17 Booker 34 Ighodaro 10 Booker 7 Orlando 115 28 42 24 21 Bane 21 Carter Jr. 12 Banchero 8 Charlotte 117 35 23 31 28 Miller 25 Diabate 12 Ball 9 Brooklyn 86 18 27 18 23 Minott 14 Powell 6 Traore 4 Toronto 116 20 34 27 35 Barrett 24 Murray-Boyles 10 Barnes/Shead 12 Detroit 127 26 33 41 27 Duren 31 Duren 9 Harris 6 New York 94 21 29 22 22 Towns 22 Towns 8 Brunson 8 Houston 111 37 26 29 19 Durant 27 Eason 8 Sengun 10 Cleveland 113 34 19 30 30 Allen 18 Bryant 6 Mitchell 6 L.A. Lakers 127 32 33 45 17 Doncic 42 Ayton 9 Doncic 12 Portland 114 34 28 29 23 Holiday 30 Avdija 11 Avdija 8 L.A. Clippers 104 31 15 28 30 Leonard 23 Leonard 8 Garland 4 Dallas 99 31 20 19 29 Flagg 19 Cisse 13 Nembhard 4 Milwaukee 123 38 27 25 33 Rollins 24 Dieng 10 Rollins 9 GAMES OF MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philadelphia 109 34 27 26 22 Embiid 26 Oubre Jr. 11 Maxey 9 Miami 119 38 20 33 28 Herro 30 Adebayo 16 Adebayo 6 Boston 102 30 24 22 26 Brown 29 Brown 10 Brown 9 Atlanta 112 29 25 36 22 Johnson/Okongwu 20 Johnson 12 Alexander-Walker/McCollum 6 Phoenix 131 34 31 26 40 Booker 36 Maluach 11 Gillespie 10 Memphis 105 31 30 28 16 Burton 17 Jarreau 8 Clayton Jr. 7 Chicago 114 28 19 35 32 Jones 23 Giddey 7 Giddey 10 San Antonio 129 29 35 38 27 Wembanyama 41 Wembanyama 16 Castle 10 Minnesota 124 35 21 38 30 Randle 24 Dosunmu 15 Dosunmu 12 Dallas 94 23 23 25 23 Gafford 21 Gafford/Powell/Smith 8 Williams 7 Cleveland 122 31 32 31 28 Mitchell/Mobley 34 Mobley 17 Harden 14 Utah 113 29 24 36 24 Williams 26 Filipowski 10 Bailey/Chandler/Filipowski/Mbeng/Sensabaugh 5 Detroit 110 24 19 31 27 9 Reed 21 Reed 10 Huerter/Jenkins 6 Oklahoma City 114 31 22 26 22 13 Gilgeous-Alexander 47 Jay. Williams 13 Caruso 4 Washington 101 26 18 33 24 Riley 20 Johnson 6 Carrington 7 L.A. Lakers 120 25 40 26 29 L. James 21 L. James 10 L. James 12 GAMES OF SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L.A. Clippers 127 29 28 39 31 Mathurin 28 Leonard 8 Garland 11 Milwaukee 113 25 21 28 39 Trent Jr. 36 Jackson Jr./Prince 6 Prince 8 Miami 118 36 39 32 11 Herro 31 Adebayo 12 Mitchell 8 Indiana 135 34 45 29 27 Siakam 30 Siakam 11 Nembhard 10 Sacramento 99 18 27 28 26 Carter 20 Achiuwa/Carter/Raynaud 8 Hayes 7 Brooklyn 116 31 37 18 30 Agbaji 18 Saraf 8 Saraf/Traore 6 Boston 114 27 36 26 25 Tatum 32 Queta 8 Tatum 8 Charlotte 99 21 28 26 24 Ball 19 Diabate/McNeeley/Miller 6 James/Miller 4 Orlando 87 20 23 25 19 Bane 17 Banchero 5 Suggs 5 Toronto 139 38 32 43 26 Barrett 24 Poeltl 7 Barnes 15 Washington 88 15 32 19 22 Riley 14 Reese 13 Carrington/Reese 4 Portland 123 24 34 33 32 Camara 23 Avdija/Camara 7 Henderson 7 Houston 134 29 39 33 33 Sengun 36 Capela 14 Sengun 7 New Orleans 102 29 18 33 22 Murray 19 Bey 7 Murray 6 New York 100 23 29 26 22 Brunson 32 Towns 18 Brunson 5 Oklahoma City 111 26 27 31 27 Gilgeous-Alexander 30 Hartenstein 13 Mitchell 5 Golden State 93 28 25 21 19 Podziemski/Porzingis 23 Santos 10 Green/Spencer 8 Denver 116 23 23 40 30 Jokic 25 Jokic 15 Jokic 8ABOUT 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.