last time an nba team scored exactly 78 points and won before

The Denver Nuggets won when scoring exactly 78 points against the Timberwolves on January 6, 2016.

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last time an NBA team scored exactly 78 points in a game and won before

		TEAM	DATE	W	PTS	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1		Nuggets	1/6/2016	1	78	DEN	@	MIN	W 78-74	240	46	21	3	7	29	81	35.8	8	20	40.0	12	17	70.6	44.1	13	33	11	19
2		Hornets	1/21/2015	1	78	CHA	vs	MIA	W 78-76	240	56	19	3	8	27	80	33.8	4	19	21.1	20	30	66.7	41.8	20	36	14	16
3		Heat	1/13/2015	1	78	MIA	@	LAL	W 78-75	240	52	23	7	11	33	78	42.3	2	16	12.5	10	15	66.7	46.1	9	43	19	16
4		Bucks	12/10/2013	1	78	MIL	@	CHI	W 78-74	240	39	14	7	11	30	75	40.0	2	11	18.2	16	20	80.0	46.5	12	27	16	16
5		76ers	2/4/2013	1	78	PHI	vs	ORL	W 78-61	240	46	26	8	7	36	79	45.6	3	20	15.0	3	5	60.0	48.0	7	39	11	10
6		Pacers	5/15/2012	1	78	IND	@	MIA	W 78-75	240	50	10	8	7	28	74	37.8	3	15	20.0	19	27	70.4	45.4	15	35	20	25
7		Celtics	4/24/2012	1	78	BOS	vs	MIA	W 78-66	240	38	15	11	6	32	74	43.2	4	12	33.3	10	16	62.5	48.1	4	34	15	11
8		Clippers	2/10/2012	1	78	LAC	@	PHI	W 78-77	240	46	14	6	1	33	85	38.8	2	19	10.5	10	15	66.7	42.6	15	31	7	23
9		Bulls	1/11/2012	1	78	CHI	vs	WAS	W 78-64	240	62	17	6	10	33	90	36.7	3	12	25.0	9	16	56.3	40.2	23	39	16	14
10		Magic	4/5/2011	1	78	ORL	vs	MIL	W 78-72	240	49	12	13	5	26	67	38.8	2	21	9.5	24	36	66.7	47.1	11	38	21	15
11		Thunder	3/16/2009	1	78	OKC	vs	SAS	W 78-76	240	43	13	10	4	29	81	35.8	3	7	42.9	17	21	81.0	43.2	10	33	12	11
12		Grizzlies	2/7/2009	1	78	MEM	vs	TOR	W 78-70	240	53	17	4	6	30	78	38.5	5	17	29.4	13	17	76.5	45.6	10	43	15	21
13		Heat	3/24/2008	1	78	MIA	vs	MIL	W 78-73	240	36	15	9	8	26	69	37.7	4	15	26.7	22	25	88.0	48.8	8	28	11	20
14		Bucks	11/3/2007	1	78	MIL	vs	CHI	W 78-72	240	47	16	8	5	25	76	32.9	5	16	31.3	23	28	82.1	44.2	13	34	16	21
15		Timberwolves	12/23/2006	1	78	MIN	@	IND	W 78-71	240	50	12	5	4	31	79	39.2	2	6	33.3	14	22	63.6	44.0	14	36	13	24
16		Nets	3/15/2006	1	78	NJN	vs	POR	W 78-65	240	43	23	9	4	30	77	39.0	7	22	31.8	11	17	64.7	46.2	12	31	15	13
17		Pistons	11/18/2005	1	78	DET	@	HOU	W 78-70	240	38	17	10	10	33	85	38.8	5	15	33.3	7	12	58.3	43.2	12	26	8	20
18		Pistons	11/26/2004	1	78	DET	vs	MIA	W 78-77	240	45	18	5	2	25	77	32.5	5	10	50.0	23	31	74.2	43.0	10	35	12	25
19		Trail Blazers	11/3/2004	1	78	POR	@	GSW	W 78-75	240	49	21	6	7	32	75	42.7	5	15	33.3	9	16	56.3	47.5	10	39	16	17
20		Pacers	5/22/2004	1	78	IND	vs	DET	W 78-74	240	41	14	12	7	28	83	33.7	4	15	26.7	18	23	78.3	41.9	16	25	11	19
21		Pistons	5/3/2004	1	78	DET	vs	NJN	W 78-56	240	48	21	7	7	30	63	47.6	4	12	33.3	14	21	66.7	54.0	5	43	19	22
22		Spurs	4/12/2004	1	78	SAS	@	POR	W 78-66	240	40	20	7	8	27	59	45.8	2	5	40.0	22	28	78.6	54.7	6	34	22	17
23		Nets	3/5/2004	1	78	NJN	@	GSW	W 78-74	240	40	16	7	5	32	72	44.4	1	6	16.7	13	19	68.4	48.5	11	29	15	20
24		Rockets	1/23/2004	1	78	HOU	@	IND	W 78-74	240	49	17	7	6	29	72	40.3	7	20	35.0	13	16	81.3	49.3	14	35	20	25
25		Raptors	1/15/2004	1	78	TOR	@	NOH	W 78-74	265	45	18	8	3	30	75	40.0	8	16	50.0	10	15	66.7	47.8	10	35	17	23

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