highest scoring nba game by a team the past 50 year

Between December 12, 1975 and December 12, 2025, the Detroit Pistons have 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 NBA regular-season game by a team the past 50 year

	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	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
7	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	17	30
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	Spurs	163	11/8/1978	SAS	vs	SDC	W 163-125	240	61	46	11	8	68	116	58.6				27	36	75.0	61.8			18	23
12	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	15	19
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	Pistons	160	3/9/1979	DET	vs	BOS	W 160-117	240	57	36	7	4	69	108	63.9				22	35	62.9	64.8	19	38	14	23
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	Bucks	158	3/14/1979	MIL	vs	NOJ	W 158-102	240	51	45	21	7	69	106	65.1				20	22	90.9	68.3				21