The Oklahoma City Thunder were back in their usual groove on Friday night.
And in fact, they beat the Golden State Warriors in such a way that it hadn’t been done since the New York Knicks took on the Chicago Packers on Jan. 22, 1962.
That’s nearly 64 years ago.
The feat was the specific score: Thunder 131, Warriors 94.
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There hadn’t been a 131-94 game in the NBA since that day in 1962, when the Knicks beat the Packers, 131-94, behind Richie Guerin’s 31 points.
Thunder 131 | 94 Warriors
FinalNo Scorigami.
This score has happened 1 time before, most recently on Jan 22, 1962 (NYK vs CHP).
— NBA Scorigami (@NBA_Scorigami_) January 3, 2026
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Your history lesson for the day:
- The Chicago Packers were in their first year of existence in the 1961-62 season.
- The next year, they played as the Chicago Zephyrs.
- They then left for Baltimore, where they became the Bullets.
- They existed more than a decade as the Baltimore Bullets, then one year as the Capital Bullets, then two decades as the Washington Bullets.
- Now, they’re the Washington Wizards.
So yeah, it’s been a while since there was an NBA game that ended 131-94.
It was kind of the Thunder and Warriors to provide such an outcome on Friday.
