# ESPN NBA Scoreboard by Date

> ESPN NBA Scoreboard by Date is a paid API for AI agents from api.fadeandco.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Returns all NBA games for a given date with team names, scores, game status, venue, and period from ESPN's public scoreboard API.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.fadeandco.workers.dev/api/dev/espn-nba-scoreboard?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/espn-nba-scoreboard-by-date-cb989e35
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_xa_k32Fz2LfX5OTn-Lh-g

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability espn-nba-scoreboard-by-date-cb989e35
```

Example prompt: What NBA games were played on January 15, 2025? I want to see all the scores, teams, venues, and final statuses for that day.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured NBA scoreboard data for a specific date — including live scores, final results, and game metadata like venue and period — without needing authentication or managing ESPN API keys. Prefer this over scraping ESPN directly or using unofficial scrapers, as it proxies ESPN's official public scoreboard JSON in a clean, agent-friendly format.

## Known failure modes

- Date out of range or far future: may return empty games list
- Invalid date format: request may fail or default to yesterday
- ESPN upstream outage: proxy may return error or stale data
- Days with no scheduled NBA games return count 0 and empty array

## How this service works

Pay-per-call agent intelligence, token risk, developer and AI data tools for AI agents, from public chains and public sources. Payment: x402, USDC on Base, Solana, Arc, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad, World Chain, Optimism, Avalanche, Celo or Stellar, or RLUSD/XRP on the XRP Ledger. No signup, no API key; a failed call is not charged.

## Output

A JSON object with the queried date, a count of games, and an array of game objects each containing: game ID, away and home team names/abbreviations/scores, game name, state (pre/in/post), status label (Scheduled/In Progress/Final), venue name, current period, and start time in UTC. Returns an empty games list for dates with no NBA games.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "date": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Date YYYY-MM-DD (default: yesterday UTC)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "date": "2026-10-15",
  "count": 2,
  "games": [
   {
    "id": "401908945",
    "away": {
     "name": "Toronto Raptors",
     "score": 120,
     "abbreviation": "TOR"
    },
    "home": {
     "name": "New York Knicks",
     "score": 122,
     "abbreviation": "NY"
    },
    "name": "Toronto Raptors at New York Knicks",
    "state": "post",
    "venue": "Madison Square Garden",
    "period": 4,
    "status": "Final",
    "startUtc": "2026-10-15T23:30Z"
   },
   {
    "id": "401908622",
    "away": {
     "name": "Oklahoma City Thunder",
     "score": 89,
     "abbreviation": "OKC"
    },
    "home": {
     "name": "Houston Rockets",
     "score": 116,
     "abbreviation": "HOU"
    },
    "name": "Oklahoma City Thunder at Houston Rockets",
    "state": "post",
    "venue": "Toyota Center (Houston)",
    "period": 4,
    "status": "Final",
    "startUtc": "2026-10-16T00:30Z"
   }
  ],
  "source": "https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/scoreboard?dates=20261015",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-23T09:35:40.323Z"
 }
}
```

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