most playoff points by a eastern conference team in a single game

The Boston Celtics have scored the most points by an Eastern Conference team in a playoff game, with 157 points in Game 2 of the 1990 First Round versus the Knicks.

	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	Celtics	157	4/28/1990	BOS	vs	NYK	W 157-128	240	42	46	7	7	63	94	67.0	1	6	16.7	30	33	90.9	72.3	14	28	12	20
2	Raptors	150	8/23/2020	TOR	@	BKN	W 150-122	240	57	39	9	6	56	101	55.4	22	47	46.8	16	22	72.7	67.8	12	45	10	26
3	Celtics	148	5/27/1985	BOS	vs	LAL	W 148-114	240	48	43	10	3	62	102	60.8	7	9	77.8	17	25	68.0	65.5	13	35	13	17
4	76ers	145	4/15/2019	PHI	vs	BKN	W 145-123	240	49	29	8	3	55	98	56.1	9	23	39.1	26	32	81.3	64.7	15	34	12	23
5	Pistons	145	5/24/1987	DET	vs	BOS	W 145-119	240	44	34	5	4	61	96	63.5	2	5	40.0	21	29	72.4	66.7	13	31	7	24
6	Bulls	142	4/27/2013	CHI	vs	BKN	W 142-134	315	46	34	8	7	58	109	53.2	6	19	31.6	20	29	69.0	58.3	9	37	14	35
7	Nets	141	5/30/2021	BKN	@	BOS	W 141-126	240	36	29	8	9	48	83	57.8	16	27	59.3	29	30	96.7	73.3	9	27	9	28
8	Rockets	141	4/6/1980	HOU	vs	SAS	W 141-120	240	53	36	12	6	58	100	58.0	1	6	16.7	24	32	75.0	61.8			16	32
9	Hawks	140	4/17/1986	ATL	vs	DET	W 140-122	240	42	36	6	6	51	91	56.0	1	2	50.0	37	41	90.2	64.2	13	29	13	23
10	Cavaliers	138	4/28/2025	CLE	@	MIA	W 138-83	240	51	26	15	6	47	86	54.7	22	47	46.8	22	25	88.0	71.1	8	43	11	12
11	Bucks	138	4/19/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	W 138-122	240	45	35	9	4	53	99	53.5	25	49	51.0	7	8	87.5	67.3	9	36	11	16
12	Celtics	138	5/10/1987	BOS	@	MIL	W 138-137	290	42	33	6	7	51	100	51.0	5	10	50.0	31	38	81.6	59.1	15	27	11	30
13	Celtics	138	4/14/1980	BOS	@	HOU	W 138-121	240	31	36	7	4	50	79	63.3	4	6	66.7	34	40	85.0	71.4			14	24
14	Cavaliers	137	6/9/2017	CLE	vs	GSW	W 137-116	240	41	27	6	3	46	87	52.9	24	45	53.3	21	31	67.7	68.1	11	30	11	24
15	Bucks	137	5/10/1987	MIL	vs	BOS	L 137-138	290	41	30	5	6	49	95	51.6	4	5	80.0	35	43	81.4	60.1	15	26	16	33
16	Hawks	137	4/19/1986	ATL	vs	DET	W 137-125	240	44	40	7	7	49	82	59.8	0	1	0.0	39	53	73.6	65.0	10	34	15	31
17	76ers	137	4/20/1978	PHI	@	NYK	W 137-126	240	46	29	6	3	54	91	59.3				29	34	85.3	64.6			17	26
18	Celtics	136	4/2/1972	BOS	vs	ATL	W 136-113	240	52	31			57	108	52.8				22	23	95.7	57.6				26
19	Cavaliers	135	5/25/2017	CLE	@	BOS	W 135-102	240	38	24	13	5	48	85	56.5	19	41	46.3	20	24	83.3	70.6	6	32	11	21
20	Knicks	135	5/4/1990	NYK	vs	BOS	W 135-108	240	36	43	18	3	53	90	58.9	3	7	42.9	26	31	83.9	65.1	10	26	13	26
21	Celtics	135	4/20/1986	BOS	vs	CHI	W 135-131	290	59	31	7	12	49	103	47.6	3	9	33.3	34	42	81.0	55.6	19	40	16	32
22	76ers	135	6/6/1982	PHI	vs	LAL	W 135-102	240	39	37	14	13	56	94	59.6	0	0		23	34	67.6	61.9	13	26	11	18
23	Raptors	134	8/17/2020	TOR	vs	BKN	W 134-110	240	47	26	4	6	40	85	47.1	22	44	50.0	32	33	97.0	67.3	9	38	11	22
24	Nets	134	4/27/2013	BKN	@	CHI	L 134-142	315	47	23	7	10	48	97	49.5	9	24	37.5	29	45	64.4	57.4	12	35	19	27
25	76ers	134	4/27/1986	PHI	vs	WAS	W 134-109	240	49	38	8	13	52	93	55.9	0	1	0.0	30	38	78.9	61.1	18	31	12	21