most points allowed in a teams first 5 games of the season

The Denver Nuggets gave up 186 points against the Pistons on December 13, 1983.

	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	Nuggets	186	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	L 184-186	315	184	57	46	7	7	68	115	59.1	1	2	50.0	47	57	82.5	65.7	16	41	24	43
2	Pistons	184	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	W 186-184	315	186	56	47	19	6	74	136	54.4	1	2	50.0	37	60	61.7	57.3	23	33	13	44
3	Clippers	176	2/24/2023	LAC	vs	SAC	L 175-176	290	175	42	39	8	3	59	98	60.2	26	45	57.8	31	36	86.1	76.9	7	35	25	27
4	Kings	175	2/24/2023	SAC	@	LAC	W 176-175	290	176	43	33	18	3	65	111	58.6	18	41	43.9	28	35	80.0	69.6	12	31	15	28
5	Lakers	173	2/27/1959	MIN	@	BOS	L 139-173	240	139	81	15			47	124	37.9				45	58	77.6	46.5				28
6	Nuggets	173	11/10/1990	DEN	@	PHX	L 143-173	240	143	47	33	12	6	54	117	46.2	2	7	28.6	33	41	80.5	52.9	19	28	25	33
7	Bucks	171	3/6/1982	MIL	@	SAS	L 166-171	315	166	35	34	10	3	68	111	61.3	3	4	75.0	27	36	75.0	65.4	6	29	11	34
8	Knicks	169	3/2/1962	NYK		PHI	L 147-169	240	147	56	17			57	118	48.3				33	41	80.5	54.0				32
9	SuperSonics	168	3/16/2008	SEA	@	DEN	L 116-168	240	116	45	28	12	8	46	107	43.0	2	10	20.0	22	32	68.8	47.9	18	27	16	24
10	Hawks	168	3/1/2019	ATL	vs	CHI	L 161-168	340	161	59	33	11	8	61	123	49.6	22	60	36.7	17	25	68.0	60.1	9	50	20	34
11	Spurs	166	3/6/1982	SAS	vs	MIL	W 171-166	315	171	49	43	7	8	68	116	58.6	1	3	33.3	34	39	87.2	64.2	15	34	14	34
12	Rockets	165	3/12/1970	SDR	@	CIN	L 151-165	240	151	62				67	133	50.4				17	25	68.0	52.4				26
13	Warriors	163	3/10/1963	SFW	@	SYR	L 148-163	240	148	54	31			56	111	50.5				36	52	69.2	55.3				27
14	Clippers	163	11/8/1978	SDC	@	SAS	L 125-163	240	125	43	19	9	3	52	115	45.2				21	33	63.6	48.3			13	24
15	Spurs	163	1/11/1984	SAS	@	DEN	L 155-163	240	155	46	42	7	5	61	104	58.7	4	5	80.0	29	37	78.4	64.4	10	36	25	34
16	Knicks	162	12/25/1960	NYK	@	SYR	L 100-162	240	100					34						32	42	76.2					25
17	Pistons	162	2/8/1963	DET	vs	SYR	L 135-162	240	135					51						33	39	84.6					31
18	Warriors	162	3/19/1972	GSW	@	LAL	L 99-162	240	99	54	15			40	117	34.2				19	29	65.5	38.1				23
19	Trail Blazers	162	2/13/1981	POR	@	DEN	L 143-162	240	143	44	36	9	11	59	100	59.0	2	3	66.7	23	38	60.5	61.3	18	26	30	29
20	Nuggets	162	11/2/1990	DEN	vs	GSW	L 158-162	240	158	66	29	12	9	57	130	43.8	4	13	30.8	40	55	72.7	51.2	28	38	16	38
21	Wizards	162	3/27/2025	WAS	vs	IND	L 109-162	240	109	31	19	9	2	38	85	44.7	11	30	36.7	22	26	84.6	56.5	12	19	15	15
22	Nuggets	161	11/7/1990	DEN	@	SAS	L 153-161	240	153	32	40	15	4	63	110	57.3	4	8	50.0	23	25	92.0	63.2	12	20	17	31
23	Nuggets	161	12/29/1990	DEN	@	WAS	L 133-161	240	133	49	24	13	5	57	123	46.3	3	13	23.1	16	21	76.2	50.3	20	29	23	28
24	Nets	161	12/7/2006	NJN	vs	PHX	L 157-161	290	157	50	37	2	3	60	107	56.1	10	21	47.6	27	31	87.1	65.1	10	40	17	29
25	Bulls	161	3/1/2019	CHI	@	ATL	W 168-161	340	168	62	30	10	5	56	119	47.1	21	48	43.8	35	48	72.9	59.9	11	51	16	30