last time an nba team scored exactly 78 points and won before 1953

The Minneapolis Lakers won when scoring exactly 78 points in Game 1 of the 1952 Division Semifinals against the Indianapolis Olympians on March 23, 1952.

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last time an NBA team scored exactly 78 points in a game and won before 1953

	TEAM	DATE	W	PTS	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Lakers	3/23/1952	1	78	MIN	vs	IND	W 78-70	240			26	78	33.3	26	33	78.8	42.2	23
2	Royals	2/14/1952	1	78	ROC	@	SYR	W 78-76	240			27			24	34	70.6		33
3	Knicks	2/12/1952	1	78	NYK	vs	SYR	W 78-69	240			27			24	33	72.7		27
4	Nationals	1/26/1952	1	78	SYR	@	BAL	W 78-73	240			28			22	31	71.0		31
5	Royals	1/21/1952	1	78	ROC		MIL	W 78-76	240			23			32	37	86.5		34
6	Hawks	12/26/1951	1	78	MIL		NYK	W 78-76	240			31			16	26	61.5		22
7	Royals	11/29/1951	1	78	ROC	@	NYK	W 78-74	240		23	28	86	32.6	22	30	73.3	39.3	32
8	Hawks	11/16/1951	1	78	MIL	@	IND	W 78-68	240			26			26	39	66.7		26
9	Royals	4/11/1951	1	78	ROC	@	NYK	W 78-71	240	46	18	23	60	38.3	32	38	84.2	50.8	22
10	Celtics	2/18/1951	1	78	BOS	vs	IND	W 78-75	240			27			24	32	75.0
11	Olympians	2/6/1951	1	78	IND	vs	ROC	W 78-76	240			28			22	27	81.5
12	Nationals	2/4/1951	1	78	SYR	vs	PHI	W 78-75	240			24	64	37.5	30	48	62.5	45.8	27
13	Olympians	1/26/1951	1	78	IND	vs	PHI	W 78-75	240			26	90	28.9	26	33	78.8	37.3	30
14	Blackhawks	12/14/1950	1	78	TRI	@	SYR	W 78-69	240			24			30	46	65.2		37
15	Celtics	11/12/1950	1	78	BOS	vs	IND	W 78-75	240			25			28	39	71.8		26
16	Celtics	11/11/1950	1	78	BOS	@	WAS	W 78-77	240			27			24	32	75.0
17	Royals	10/31/1950	1	78	ROC	vs	WAS	W 78-70	240			27	81	33.3	24	31	77.4	41.2	17
18	Lakers	3/21/1950	1	78	MIN	@	ROC	W 78-76	240		18	28	57	49.1	22	24	91.7	57.7	24
19	Warriors	3/10/1950	1	78	PHI	vs	STL	W 78-73	240		21	32	86	37.2	14	21	66.7	40.9	21
20	Royals	3/9/1950	1	78	ROC	vs	BOS	W 78-59	240			30			18	26	69.2
21	Stags	2/1/1950	1	78	CHI		BOS	W 78-76	240			31			16	28	57.1		26
22	Stags	1/16/1950	1	78	CHI	vs	STL	W 78-69	240			30			18	21	85.7
23	Capitols	1/14/1950	1	78	WAS	vs	PHI	W 78-70	240		14	31	76	40.8	16	22	72.7	45.5	24
24	Olympians	1/3/1950	1	78	IND	vs	TRI	W 78-76	240			23			32	44	72.7
25	Lakers	12/26/1949	1	78	MIN	@	TRI	W 78-76	240			22			34	44	77.3		31

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