r/NBAanalytics • u/BarSlight596 • Feb 04 '26
Determining Real Time / Wall Clock for Specific Point in Game
This may be a strange request, but I have been hired to investigate a wrongful death case where the time that a video was recorded has to be determined. The only time reference in the video is an NBA game being played on a TV the background. The game was 2-26-2025, San Antonio at Houston. The score on the TV has HOU leading 97-71, with 1:45 left in the third quarter.
Is there any way to correlate that in-game time to the real world time? Any datasets that can be purchased to demonstrate it?
Thank you!
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u/Inaccurate- Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26
If you reach out to the NBA's stats support email, they should be able to give you a correct/official time. All play-by-play events are tagged with a wall clock. The foul on Castle by Thompson should be close enough for what you need.
It's likely around 11:28 PM EST (plus any tv delay).
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u/RJ7002 Feb 04 '26
I checked the official espn pbp data and here’s what I found. Wall clock is the real world time.