Since 1982-83, the Detroit Pistons have put up the most points by a team in a game, with 186 points against the Nuggets on December 13, 1983.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring regular-season game by team since 1983

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Pistons	186	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	W 186-184	315	56	47	19	6	74	136	54.4	1	2	50.0	37	60	61.7	57.3	23	33	13	44
2	Nuggets	184	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	L 184-186	315	57	46	7	7	68	115	59.1	1	2	50.0	47	57	82.5	65.7	16	41	24	43
3	Kings	176	2/24/2023	SAC	@	LAC	W 176-175	290	43	33	18	3	65	111	58.6	18	41	43.9	28	35	80.0	69.6	12	31	15	28
4	Clippers	175	2/24/2023	LAC	vs	SAC	L 175-176	290	42	39	8	3	59	98	60.2	26	45	57.8	31	36	86.1	76.9	7	35	25	27
5	Suns	173	11/10/1990	PHX	vs	DEN	W 173-143	240	53	50	19	7	67	104	64.4	0	2	0.0	39	48	81.3	69.1	12	41	27	28
6	Bulls	168	3/1/2019	CHI	@	ATL	W 168-161	340	62	30	10	5	56	119	47.1	21	48	43.8	35	48	72.9	59.9	11	51	16	30
7	Nuggets	168	3/16/2008	DEN	vs	SEA	W 168-116	240	51	44	12	10	61	101	60.4	16	31	51.6	30	35	85.7	72.2	8	43	14	19
8	Nuggets	163	1/11/1984	DEN	vs	SAS	W 163-155	240	52	44	13	7	64	125	51.2	1	2	50.0	34	41	82.9	57.0	24	28	16	30
9	Pacers	162	3/27/2025	IND	@	WAS	W 162-109	240	50	48	8	2	59	92	64.1	27	47	57.4	17	19	89.5	80.7	13	37	12	19
10	Warriors	162	11/2/1990	GSW	@	DEN	W 162-158	240	58	37	10	4	63	109	57.8	2	4	50.0	34	49	69.4	62.0	11	47	22	38
11	Hawks	161	3/1/2019	ATL	vs	CHI	L 161-168	340	59	33	11	8	61	123	49.6	22	60	36.7	17	25	68.0	60.1	9	50	20	34
12	Suns	161	12/7/2006	PHX	@	NJN	W 161-157	290	39	43	10	5	61	117	52.1	17	31	54.8	22	27	81.5	62.5	11	28	12	28
13	Bullets	161	12/29/1990	WAS	vs	DEN	W 161-133	240	52	35	14	6	66	107	61.7	0	1	0.0	29	39	74.4	64.8	13	39	23	22
14	Spurs	161	11/7/1990	SAS	vs	DEN	W 161-153	240	47	42	10	10	64	101	63.4	0	0		33	39	84.6	68.1	17	30	25	20
15	Rockets	159	10/30/2019	HOU	@	WAS	W 159-158	240	44	34	10	5	55	103	53.4	23	54	42.6	26	33	78.8	67.6	19	25	13	24
16	Hornets	158	1/26/2022	CHA	@	IND	W 158-126	240	36	37	9	5	54	93	58.1	24	45	53.3	26	33	78.8	73.5	8	28	13	29
17	Rockets	158	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	W 158-111	240	52	30	9	2	52	89	58.4	25	51	49.0	29	34	85.3	76.0	13	39	15	23
18	Wizards	158	10/30/2019	WAS	vs	HOU	L 158-159	240	40	31	6	4	57	91	62.6	20	36	55.6	24	29	82.8	76.1	11	29	19	27
19	Nuggets	158	11/2/1990	DEN	vs	GSW	L 158-162	240	66	29	12	9	57	130	43.8	4	13	30.8	40	55	72.7	51.2	28	38	16	38
20	Pacers	157	4/14/2024	IND	vs	ATL	W 157-115	240	48	41	10	6	65	100	65.0	19	36	52.8	8	10	80.0	75.2	12	36	14	24
21	Pacers	157	11/21/2023	IND	@	ATL	W 157-152	240	29	35	7	11	57	94	60.6	22	45	48.9	21	28	75.0	73.8	7	22	13	25
22	Warriors	157	4/9/2023	GSW	@	POR	W 157-101	240	58	47	13	6	58	96	60.4	27	49	55.1	14	16	87.5	76.2	9	49	15	18
23	Spurs	157	2/25/2022	SAS	@	WAS	W 157-153	290	50	35	6	3	57	105	54.3	9	29	31.0	34	43	79.1	63.3	16	34	17	22
24	Nets	157	12/7/2006	NJN	vs	PHX	L 157-161	290	50	37	2	3	60	107	56.1	10	21	47.6	27	31	87.1	65.1	10	40	17	29
25	Spurs	157	4/15/1984	SAS	vs	DEN	W 157-154	240	48	50	8	8	66	104	63.5	0	1	0.0	25	34	73.5	66.0	10	38	18	21