Last night’s Western Conference semifinals game between the Portland Trailblazers and the Denver Nuggets went deep into the night. The game required 4 overtimes before the Blazers won 140-137 in an absolute barn burner with the Denver Nuggets.

In fact, the game tied a record for the most overtimes in an NBA playoff game which means it’s also tied for the longest game in NBA post season history. Behind Rodney Hood‘s clutch shots and CJ McCollum‘s 41 points, the Blazers pulled out the critical game three between the two franchises that went into the history books. Speaking of history books, that got us in the mindset of which  NBA Playoff games had the most overtimes.

The Longest NBA Playoff Games (Most Overtimes)

Here’s the longest NBA Playoff games / NBA Playoff games with the most overtime periods in NBA history:

The Nuggets were led by Nikola Jokic‘s third triple double in the 2019 NBA Playoffs with 33 points, 18 boards and 14 dimes.

The Other Longest NBA Playoff Game

There’s 66 years between the two longest NBA Playoff games. Prior to the Denver-Portland marathon, the only other four-overtime NBA Playoff game was back on May 21, 1953 when the Red Auerbach-coached Boston Celtics defeated the Syracuse Nationals 111-105 in an Eastern Division semifinal. The Celtics were led by the legendary Bob Cousy‘s 50 points and Ed Macauley‘s 18 points. That win allowed the Celtics to advance to the next round as it was a best of five series.

In the league’s entire playoff history, there’s never been a more than four overtimes, but there’s been several four overtime games in the regular season. There’s also been a couple five-overtime games and the longest NBA regular season game was a six-overtime game between Indianapolis Olympians and Rochester Royals in 1951.