Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, the Detroit Pistons posted the most points by a team in a game, with 186 points against the Nuggets on December 13, 1983.

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highest scoring regular-season game in 1980s by a team

	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	Spurs	171	3/6/1982	SAS	vs	MIL	W 171-166	315	49	43	7	8	68	116	58.6	1	3	33.3	34	39	87.2	64.2	15	34	14	34
4	Bucks	166	3/6/1982	MIL	@	SAS	L 166-171	315	35	34	10	3	68	111	61.3	3	4	75.0	27	36	75.0	65.4	6	29	11	34
5	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
6	Nuggets	162	2/13/1981	DEN	vs	POR	W 162-143	240	40	27	16	6	64	113	56.6	0	1	0.0	34	40	85.0	62.0	15	25	14	29
7	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
8	Nuggets	156	11/20/1987	DEN	vs	SAS	W 156-142	240	54	40	9	8	61	113	54.0	2	2	100.0	32	37	86.5	60.3	21	33	14	26
9	Trail Blazers	156	2/1/1986	POR	vs	LAC	W 156-121	240	35	46	13	3	62	89	69.7	0	1	0.0	32	44	72.7	72.0	8	27	17	29
10	Bulls	156	3/16/1984	CHI	@	POR	W 156-155	340	45	36	8	3	62	112	55.4	0	0		32	41	78.0	60.0	15	30	19	43
11	Trail Blazers	156	11/22/1983	POR	vs	DEN	W 156-116	240	51	40	8	7	65	100	65.0	0	0		26	31	83.9	68.6	18	33	10	21
12	Warriors	155	3/4/1989	GSW	vs	SAC	W 155-143	240	50	30	13	7	62	107	57.9	6	16	37.5	25	37	67.6	62.9	14	36	15	24
13	Lakers	155	1/2/1987	LAL	vs	PHX	W 155-118	240	39	42	11	10	63	96	65.6	2	3	66.7	27	32	84.4	70.4	10	29	15	24
14	Trail Blazers	155	3/16/1984	POR	vs	CHI	L 155-156	340	57	32	10	7	56	115	48.7	1	4	25.0	42	58	72.4	55.2	23	34	19	44
15	Spurs	155	1/11/1984	SAS	@	DEN	L 155-163	240	46	42	7	5	61	104	58.7	4	5	80.0	29	37	78.4	64.4	10	36	25	34
16	Nuggets	155	12/28/1982	DEN	vs	IND	W 155-150	265	57	30	8	11	55	111	49.5	0	1	0.0	45	59	76.3	56.6	13	44	14	28
17	Suns	154	3/23/1989	PHX	@	GSW	W 154-124	240	44	35	12	3	61	105	58.1	9	12	75.0	23	26	88.5	66.1	10	34	14	25
18	SuperSonics	154	12/2/1988	SEA	vs	LAC	W 154-104	240	43	40	22	6	63	106	59.4	6	11	54.5	22	27	81.5	65.3	15	28	20	17
19	Nuggets	154	4/15/1984	DEN	@	SAS	L 154-157	240	45	38	14	2	61	110	55.5	3	6	50.0	29	32	90.6	62.1	12	33	16	25
20	Warriors	154	1/7/1984	GSW	vs	SAS	W 154-133	240	65	32	10	5	62	125	49.6	2	4	50.0	28	34	82.4	55.0	27	38	15	37
21	Nuggets	154	3/16/1982	DEN	vs	UTA	W 154-138	240	56	34	6	7	60	106	56.6	0	0		34	40	85.0	62.3	21	35	26	28
22	Cavaliers	154	1/29/1980	CLE	vs	LAL	W 154-153	340	61	44	13	8	65	142	45.8	0	1	0.0	24	32	75.0	49.3	29	32	14	30
23	76ers	153	2/19/1986	PHI	vs	POR	W 153-133	240	45	31	15	8	52	82	63.4	1	2	50.0	48	59	81.4	70.9	10	35	20	30
24	Lakers	153	4/9/1982	LAL	vs	DEN	W 153-128	240	62	43	13	21	69	116	59.5	0	0		15	33	45.5	58.6	24	38	18	26
25	Lakers	153	1/29/1980	LAL	@	CLE	L 153-154	340	66	27	6	11	63	122	51.6	0	0		27	32	84.4	56.2	18	48	34	38

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11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
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