Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, the Los Angeles Lakers posted their most points in a game against the Suns on January 2, 1987, with 155 points.

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lakers 1980s highest points in a regular-season game

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	Lakers	148	11/15/1988	LAL	@	DEN	W 148-146	290	46	31	14	15	52	99	52.5	2	5	40.0	42	50	84.0	61.2	9	37	25	27
5	Lakers	148	4/9/1985	LAL	vs	DEN	W 148-119	240	42	43	8	9	62	105	59.0	5	8	62.5	19	26	73.1	63.6	13	29	15	20
6	Lakers	148	3/24/1985	LAL	vs	DET	W 148-130	240	37	44	8	10	64	98	65.3	1	4	25.0	19	27	70.4	67.3	8	29	14	25
7	Lakers	147	11/15/1987	LAL	vs	SAS	W 147-130	240	58	37	10	8	57	105	54.3	1	5	20.0	32	42	76.2	59.5	21	37	14	26
8	Lakers	147	3/20/1987	LAL	vs	SAS	W 147-115	240	57	42	11	7	60	101	59.4	3	5	60.0	24	31	77.4	64.1	22	35	17	23
9	Lakers	147	1/7/1987	LAL	vs	DEN	W 147-109	240	54	39	11	5	59	99	59.6	1	2	50.0	28	34	82.4	64.5	13	41	15	16
10	Lakers	147	11/25/1983	LAL	vs	NJN	W 147-123	240	49	38	3	3	54	82	65.9	0	0		39	48	81.3	71.3	10	39	19	26
11	Lakers	146	3/29/1981	LAL	vs	DEN	L 146-148	265	60	39	14	7	65	112	58.0	0	1	0.0	16	23	69.6	59.8	20	40	30	36
12	Lakers	145	4/12/1985	LAL	vs	SEA	W 145-131	240	54	43	8	7	64	109	58.7	0	2	0.0	17	29	58.6	59.5	18	36	14	33
13	Lakers	145	3/6/1985	LAL	vs	GSW	W 145-119	240	49	46	14	5	58	94	61.7	0	2	0.0	29	35	82.9	66.3	17	32	21	32
14	Lakers	145	2/23/1982	LAL	vs	DEN	W 145-129	240	49	51	16	7	66	116	56.9	1	4	25.0	12	16	75.0	58.9	13	36	16	29
15	Lakers	144	10/31/1985	LAL	@	PHX	W 144-107	240	50	42	12	6	55	93	59.1	0	1	0.0	34	46	73.9	63.6	14	36	25	30
16	Lakers	144	10/30/1984	LAL	vs	GSW	W 144-110	240	42	41	11	14	61	90	67.8	1	1	100.0	21	30	70.0	69.8	10	32	22	20
17	Lakers	143	3/10/1987	LAL	vs	DEN	W 143-107	240	48	40	11	9	53	89	59.6	2	3	66.7	35	41	85.4	66.8	14	34	21	26
18	Lakers	143	1/14/1986	LAL	vs	PHX	W 143-122	240	39	37	15	12	57	94	60.6	1	3	33.3	28	33	84.8	65.9	9	30	15	21
19	Lakers	143	3/15/1984	LAL	vs	SAS	W 143-124	240	51	32	9	7	61	99	61.6	1	1	100.0	20	22	90.9	65.8	15	36	25	23
20	Lakers	143	2/4/1983	LAL	@	KCK	W 143-125	240	54	35	14	4	58	103	56.3	0			27	43	62.8	58.6				27
21	Lakers	143	11/21/1982	LAL	vs	DEN	W 143-129	240	50	46	12	11	62	111	55.9	0	1	0.0	19	22	86.4	59.2	13	37	19	29
22	Lakers	143	3/30/1982	LAL	vs	SDC	W 143-120	240	45	40		11	53	100	53.0	0	1	0.0	37	47	78.7	59.2			15	22
23	Lakers	142	4/18/1989	LAL	vs	DEN	W 142-118	240	55	34	12	9	50	93	53.8	8	14	57.1	34	37	91.9	65.0	14	41	21	25
24	Lakers	142	3/1/1989	LAL	vs	GSW	W 142-121	240	66	21	7	4	50	104	48.1	8	16	50.0	34	40	85.0	58.4	25	41	19	16
25	Lakers	142	11/17/1987	LAL	vs	POR	W 142-115	240	50	35	10	6	54	94	57.4	4	8	50.0	30	40	75.0	63.6	16	34	20	24

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