most points allowed in a nba game in the playoffs

The New York Knicks have given up the most points by a team in a playoff game with 157 allowed in Game 2 of the 1990 First Round against the Celtics.

	TEAM	OPP PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Knicks	157	4/28/1990	NYK	@	BOS	L 128-157	240	128	35	25	9	1	51	100	51.0	3	11	27.3	23	29	79.3	56.8	17	18	14	27
2	76ers	156	3/30/1970	PHI	vs	MIL	L 120-156	240	120	52	25			52	114	45.6				16	28	57.1	47.5				22
3	Mavericks	154	8/25/2020	DAL	@	LAC	L 111-154	240	111	31	19	8	6	38	85	44.7	12	37	32.4	23	33	69.7	55.8	7	24	13	22
4	Suns	153	5/11/1992	PHX	vs	POR	L 151-153	290	151	44	34	8	6	53	115	46.1	3	13	23.1	42	50	84.0	55.1	15	29	6	38
5	Nuggets	153	5/22/1985	DEN	@	LAL	L 109-153	240	109	44	26	9	5	40	104	38.5	2	8	25.0	27	33	81.8	46.0	18	26	21	22
6	Nuggets	152	4/26/1983	DEN	@	SAS	L 133-152	240	133	46	40	5	5	52	105	49.5	0	4	0.0	29	32	90.6	55.8	16	30	17	25
7	Trail Blazers	151	5/11/1992	POR	@	PHX	W 153-151	290	153	44	36	5	7	54	93	58.1	6	11	54.5	39	53	73.6	65.8	7	37	17	37
8	SuperSonics	151	4/23/1987	SEA	@	DAL	L 129-151	240	129	52	31	10	10	52	107	48.6	4	9	44.4	21	32	65.6	53.3	25	27	14	35
9	Nets	150	8/23/2020	BKN	vs	TOR	L 122-150	240	122	44	21	5	6	39	98	39.8	19	50	38.0	25	33	75.8	54.2	12	32	14	17
10	Nuggets	149	5/7/2025	DEN	@	OKC	L 106-149	240	106	38	18	4	6	33	87	37.9	15	37	40.5	25	32	78.1	52.4	13	25	20	29
11	Lakers	148	5/27/1985	LAL	@	BOS	L 114-148	240	114	35	28	9	4	49	100	49.0	2	5	40.0	14	21	66.7	52.2	8	27	12	23
12	Trail Blazers	147	6/1/2021	POR	@	DEN	L 140-147	290	140	45	25	6	6	47	103	45.6	21	48	43.8	25	29	86.2	60.5	10	35	14	31
13	Suns	147	4/20/1985	PHX	@	LAL	L 130-147	240	130	34	33	9	6	46	84	54.8	0	3	0.0	38	43	88.4	63.2	12	22	23	30
14	Nets	145	4/15/2019	BKN	@	PHI	L 123-145	240	123	32	20	3	2	43	90	47.8	15	36	41.7	22	29	75.9	59.8	12	20	14	24
15	Celtics	145	5/24/1987	BOS	@	DET	L 119-145	240	119	35	27	2	2	49	92	53.3	2	10	20.0	19	24	79.2	58.0	12	23	11	20
16	Nuggets	145	5/4/1983	DEN	@	SAS	L 105-145	240	105	46	24	8	3	41	108	38.0	2	4	50.0	21	31	67.7	43.2	16	30	17	16
17	Pistons	145	3/25/1958	DET	vs	STL	L 101-145	240	101					34	110	30.9				33	45	73.3	38.9				31
18	Thunder	143	5/24/2025	OKC	@	MIN	L 101-143	240	101	31	19	5	3	35	86	40.7	14	44	31.8	17	19	89.5	53.5	5	26	14	20
19	Nuggets	143	4/23/1978	DEN	@	MIL	L 112-143	240	112	40	30	5	0	47	97	48.5				18	27	66.7	51.4	18	22	21	27
20	Hawks	143	4/1/1967	STL	@	SFW	L 136-143	240	136	47	29			46	94	48.9				44	55	80.0	57.5				28
21	Lakers	143	3/25/1957	MIN	vs	STL	L 135-143	290	135					46	126	36.5				43	51	84.3	45.5				37
22	Grizzlies	142	5/7/2022	MEM	@	GSW	L 112-142	240	112	30	21	7	4	40	92	43.5	16	43	37.2	16	21	76.2	55.3	7	23	10	20
23	Nets	142	4/27/2013	BKN	@	CHI	L 134-142	315	134	47	23	7	10	48	97	49.5	9	24	37.5	29	45	64.4	57.4	12	35	19	27
24	Suns	142	4/18/1985	PHX	@	LAL	L 114-142	240	114	42	35	7	4	51	101	50.5	1	5	20.0	11	16	68.8	52.8	11	31	20	22
25	Lakers	142	4/18/1965	LAL	@	BOS	L 110-142	240	110	55	15			42	96	43.8				26	38	68.4	48.8				31