highest points for two teams combined in a game in 1978

The New Orleans Jazz had the most points by a team in a game in 1977-78, with 153 points against the Spurs on April 9, 1978.

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highest points for two teams combined in a regular-season game in 1978

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Jazz	153	4/9/1978	NOJ	vs	SAS	W 153-132	240	63	49	8	6	68	119	57.1	17	24	70.8	59.0			21	22
2	Bucks	152	12/16/1977	MIL	vs	NYK	W 152-150	315	61	32	16	12	62	128	48.4	28	45	62.2	51.4			21	23
3	Knicks	150	12/16/1977	NYK	@	MIL	L 150-152	315	61	40	13	8	63	140	45.0	24	28	85.7	49.2			21	36
4	76ers	149	3/29/1978	PHI	vs	BUF	W 149-118	240	56	37		10	56	102	54.9	37	45	82.2	61.2				23
5	Bullets	146	1/6/1978	WAS	vs	IND	W 146-114	240	49	38			59	97	60.8	28	39	71.8	63.9				21
6	Spurs	145	10/31/1977	SAS	@	PHX	W 145-143	240	48	29	6	3	57	97	58.8	31	38	81.6	63.8	16	32	24	31
7	Knicks	143	1/22/1978	NYK	@	DEN	W 143-141	265	48	39	11	7	58	98	59.2	27	37	73.0	62.6	11	37	31	42
8	Suns	143	10/31/1977	PHX	vs	SAS	L 143-145	240	39	35	13	4	58	100	58.0	27	33	81.8	62.4	11	28	18	32
9	Suns	142	1/11/1978	PHX	vs	NOJ	W 142-99	240	51	36	14	4	58	101	57.4	26	35	74.3	61.0	15	36	24	20
10	76ers	141	3/18/1978	PHI	@	NYK	W 141-127	240	50	30			56	108	51.9	29	43	67.4	55.5				24
11	Nuggets	141	1/22/1978	DEN	vs	NYK	L 141-143	265	37	29	14	2	47	97	48.5	47	59	79.7	57.3	14	23	24	31
12	Knicks	141	10/22/1977	NYK	vs	WAS	W 141-115	240	53	39			61	105	58.1	19	21	90.5	61.7				33
13	Nets	140	2/8/1978	NJN	vs	IND	W 140-138	265	48	28			53	107	49.5	34	46	73.9	55.0				39
14	Pistons	139	4/9/1978	DET	vs	DEN	W 139-137	240	40	23	13	3	56	102	54.9	27	33	81.8	59.6	15	25	17	21
15	Knicks	138	2/28/1978	NYK	vs	SAS	W 138-123	240	58	38	14	5	56	107	52.3	26	38	68.4	55.8			21	28
16	Pacers	138	2/8/1978	IND	@	NJN	L 138-140	265	61	18			51	115	44.3	36	52	69.2	50.0				38
17	Nuggets	137	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	L 137-139	240	44	30	15	5	55	90	61.1	27	32	84.4	65.8	11	33	22	24
18	Suns	136	3/31/1978	PHX	vs	KCK	W 136-112	240	59	35	18	3	59	116	50.9	18	21	85.7	54.3	22	37	21	20
19	Braves	136	3/17/1978	BUF	vs	MIL	W 136-127	240	44	29	6	3	46	80	57.5	44	56	78.6	65.0			23	36
20	Bucks	136	2/28/1978	MIL	vs	WAS	W 136-135	265	51	38	8	7	55	105	52.4	26	39	66.7	55.7				36
21	Cavaliers	136	2/14/1978	CLE	vs	NYK	W 136-127	290	62	26	5	2	50	110	45.5	36	57	63.2	50.3	20	42	13	27
22	Trail Blazers	136	1/31/1978	POR	vs	MIL	W 136-116	240	47	25	13	7	55	107	51.4	26	30	86.7	56.6	20	27	13	23
23	76ers	136	1/14/1978	PHI	@	NJN	W 136-120	240	46	21			47	93	50.5	42	50	84.0	59.1				26
24	SuperSonics	136	12/9/1977	SEA	vs	MIL	W 136-123	240	45	27	9	4	54	98	55.1	28	33	84.8	60.4	18	27	16	25
25	Nuggets	136	11/26/1977	DEN	vs	IND	W 136-123	240	55	25	12	5	50	102	49.0	36	47	76.6	55.4	19	36	25	33