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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 MONDAY, MAY 25, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York 130 38 30 30 32 Towns 19 Towns 14 Hart 6 Cleveland 93 26 23 22 22 Mitchell 31 Mobley 7 Mobley 4 GAMES OF SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oklahoma City 82 19 19 22 22 Gilgeous-Alexander 19 Holmgren 9 Gilgeous-Alexander 7 San Antonio 103 28 22 28 25 Wembanyama 33 Fox 10 Castle 6 GAMES OF SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York 121 37 23 31 30 Brunson 30 Hart 9 Towns 7 Cleveland 108 27 27 28 26 Mobley 24 Allen/Strus 7 Strus 6 GAMES OF FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oklahoma City 123 26 32 37 28 Gilgeous-Alexander 26 Hartenstein 8 Gilgeous-Alexander 12 San Antonio 108 31 20 33 24 Wembanyama 26 Fox/Vassell 7 Castle 7 GAMES OF THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleveland 93 27 22 21 23 Mitchell 26 Allen 10 Mobley/Schroder/Strus/Wade 3 New York 109 24 29 32 24 Hart 26 Towns 13 Brunson 14 GAMES OF WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- San Antonio 113 31 20 37 25 Castle 25 Wembanyama 17 Castle 8 Oklahoma City 122 31 31 34 26 Gilgeous-Alexander 30 Hartenstein 13 Gilgeous-Alexander 9 GAMES OF TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleveland 104 16 32 35 18 3 Mitchell 29 Mobley 14 Schroder 5 New York 115 23 23 23 32 14 Brunson 38 Towns 13 Brunson 6 GAMES OF MONDAY, MAY 18, 2026 TEAM TOT 1 2 3 4 OT POINTS: TEAM LEADERS REBOUNDS: TEAM LEADERS ASSISTS: TEAM LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- San Antonio 122 27 24 29 21 7 14 Wembanyama 41 Wembanyama 24 Castle 11 Oklahoma City 115 27 17 29 28 7 7 Caruso 31 Holmgren 8 Gilgeous-Alexander 12ABOUT 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.