highest minutes played in the nba playoffs by a team in a game before 1970

Before 1969-70, the Boston Celtics and the Syracuse Nationals were tied for playing the most minutes in a playoff game, with 340 minutes on the court.

	TEAM	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	PTS	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Celtics	340	3/21/1953	BOS	vs	SYR	W 111-105	111	52	22	27	66	40.9	57	64	89.1	58.9	51
2	Nationals	340	3/21/1953	SYR	@	BOS	L 105-111	105	46	19	27	72	37.5	51	64	79.7	52.4	55
3	Knicks	290	3/27/1968	NYK	@	PHI	L 132-138	132	54	24	54	111	48.6	24	43	55.8	50.8	36
4	76ers	290	3/27/1968	PHI	vs	NYK	W 138-132	138	73	30	52	104	50.0	34	54	63.0	54.0	33
5	Celtics	290	4/13/1957	BOS	vs	STL	W 125-123	125	81	22	47	128	36.7	31	54	57.4	41.2	37
6	Hawks	290	4/13/1957	STL	@	BOS	L 123-125	123	71	23	39	102	38.2	45	62	72.6	47.6	37
7	Celtics	290	3/30/1957	BOS	vs	STL	L 123-125	123	67	17	44	124	35.5	35	42	83.3	43.2	34
8	Hawks	290	3/30/1957	STL	@	BOS	W 125-123	125	56	18	44	106	41.5	37	55	67.3	48.0	31
9	Lakers	290	3/25/1957	MIN	vs	STL	L 135-143	135			46	126	36.5	43	51	84.3	45.5	37
10	Hawks	290	3/25/1957	STL	@	MIN	W 143-135	143			52	117	44.4	39	56	69.6	50.5	31
11	Celtics	290	3/26/1952	BOS	vs	NYK	L 87-88	87		22	27	73	37.0	33	45	73.3	46.9	43
12	Knicks	290	3/26/1952	NYK	@	BOS	W 88-87	88		22	28	66	42.4	32	41	78.0	52.4	41
13	Celtics	265	4/30/1968	BOS	vs	LAL	W 120-117	120	60	24	45	106	42.5	30	42	71.4	48.2	29
14	Lakers	265	4/30/1968	LAL	@	BOS	L 117-120	117	59	23	45	101	44.6	27	35	77.1	50.3	28
15	Warriors	265	4/14/1967	SFW	@	PHI	L 135-141	135	80	25	55	140	39.3	25	34	73.5	43.6	31
16	76ers	265	4/14/1967	PHI	vs	SFW	W 141-135	141	79	35	57	116	49.1	27	46	58.7	51.7	27
17	Celtics	265	4/17/1966	BOS	vs	LAL	L 129-133	129	68	24	51	117	43.6	27	34	79.4	48.9	36
18	Lakers	265	4/17/1966	LAL	@	BOS	W 133-129	133	54	12	47	102	46.1	39	55	70.9	52.7	27
19	Celtics	265	4/10/1966	BOS	vs	PHI	W 114-108	114	67	21	39	105	37.1	36	53	67.9	44.4	28
20	76ers	265	4/10/1966	PHI	@	BOS	L 108-114	108	64	14	39	100	39.0	30	45	66.7	45.1	34
21	Celtics	265	4/9/1965	BOS	@	PHI	L 131-134	131	72	31	57	126	45.2	17	28	60.7	47.4	38
22	76ers	265	4/9/1965	PHI	vs	BOS	W 134-131	134	70	25	49	110	44.5	36	50	72.0	50.8	31
23	Royals	265	3/24/1965	CIN	vs	PHI	L 117-119	117	67	26	41	101	40.6	35	40	87.5	49.3	30
24	76ers	265	3/24/1965	PHI	@	CIN	W 119-117	119	49	25	47	96	49.0	25	41	61.0	52.2	29
25	Royals	265	3/26/1963	CIN	@	SYR	W 131-127	131	59		48	102	47.1	35	41	85.4	54.6	31