most combined team points in a game until march 22 2012

Before March 23, 2012, the Detroit Pistons dropped the most points by a team in a game, with 186 points against the Nuggets on December 13, 1983.

Interpreted as:

most combined team points in a regular-season game until march 22 2012

	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	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
4	Celtics	173	2/27/1959	BOS	vs	MIN	W 173-139	240	73	43			72	143	50.3				29	37	78.4	54.3				30
5	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
6	Warriors	169	3/2/1962	PHI		NYK	W 169-147	240	57	39			63	115	54.8				43	52	82.7	61.3				25
7	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
8	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
9	Royals	165	3/12/1970	CIN	vs	SDR	W 165-151	240	69				67	131	51.1				31	42	73.8	55.2				21
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	Nationals	163	3/10/1963	SYR	vs	SFW	W 163-148	240	59	33			69	125	55.2				25	33	75.8	58.4				35
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	Lakers	162	3/19/1972	LAL	vs	GSW	W 162-99	240	73	43			69	113	61.1				24	32	75.0	63.7				21
16	Nationals	162	2/8/1963	SYR	@	DET	W 162-135	240					61						40	44	90.9					31
17	Nationals	162	12/25/1960	SYR	vs	NYK	W 162-100	240					65						32	37	86.5					28
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Suns	160	3/21/1972	PHX	vs	POR	W 160-128	240	53	43			64	112	57.1				32	37	86.5	62.4				20
23	76ers	160	12/20/1967	PHI	@	SEA	W 160-122	240	86	28			63	112	56.3				34	62	54.8	57.4				19
24	76ers	159	2/15/1970	PHI	vs	PHX	W 159-125	240	60	39			63	102	61.8				33	45	73.3	65.3				29
25	76ers	159	1/25/1970	PHI	vs	SDR	W 159-131	240	69	39			63	118	53.4				33	40	82.5	58.6				25