In Quidditch, catching the snitch is worth 150 points and almost always ends the match.
In the NBA Playoffs, the first team to one hundred almost always wins.
Updated through —. The 2026 postseason is ongoing; figures will revise as games are played.
of NBA playoff games from 2024 onward in which a team reached 100 points first — that team went on to win.
133 wins 19 losses 14 games never hit 100
We call the moment a team crosses one hundred the catching of the snitch. It is, statistically, the most reliable in-game omen in basketball.
By Round
As the stakes climb the snitch becomes a less reliable narrator. In the First Round it predicts 92% of winners. In the Conference Finals only seven of every ten.
The Ledger of Teams
Click any column heading to re-rank. The Boston Celtics caught the snitch twenty times and converted every single one into a win — a perfect record.
| Team | GP | W | Snitch ✦ | Converted | Conv % | Snitched On | Comebacks |
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When the Snitch Lied
Nineteen games where a team crossed one hundred first — and still lost. The exceptions that test the rule. The receipts of each betrayal follow.
The Whole Record
Every completed playoff game from the past two postseasons, with the very play where the snitch was caught.