most points by a eastern division team in a single game

The Boston Celtics have dropped the most points by an Eastern Division team in a game, with 173 points against the Minneapolis Lakers on February 27, 1959.

Interpreted as:

most points by a eastern division team in a single regular-season game

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	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
2	Warriors	169	3/2/1962	PHI		NYK	W 169-147	240	57	39	63	115	54.8	43	52	82.7	61.3	25
3	Royals	165	3/12/1970	CIN	vs	SDR	W 165-151	240	69		67	131	51.1	31	42	73.8	55.2	21
4	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
5	Nationals	162	2/8/1963	SYR	@	DET	W 162-135	240			61			40	44	90.9		31
6	Nationals	162	12/25/1960	SYR	vs	NYK	W 162-100	240			65			32	37	86.5		28
7	76ers	160	12/20/1967	PHI	@	SEA	W 160-122	240	86	28	63	112	56.3	34	62	54.8	57.4	19
8	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
9	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
10	Pistons	158	3/23/1969	DET	vs	CHI	W 158-114	240	68	32	67	113	59.3	24	32	75.0	62.2	15
11	76ers	158	3/18/1968	PHI	vs	LAL	W 158-128	240	73	40	68	119	57.1	22	33	66.7	59.2	15
12	Royals	156	12/5/1969	CIN	vs	ATL	W 156-127	240	62	39	59	109	54.1	38	50	76.0	59.5	30
13	Bullets	156	3/1/1968	BAL	@	SDR	W 156-114	240	63	37	64	114	56.1	28	37	75.7	59.9	20
14	Bullets	153	2/6/1970	BAL	vs	DET	W 153-148	290			61			31	41	75.6		28
15	Royals	153	11/24/1967	CIN		SEA	W 153-133	240	59	37	60	108	55.6	33	42	78.6	60.5	28
16	Celtics	153	3/7/1962	BOS	vs	PHI	W 153-102	240	83	25	59	121	48.8	35	43	81.4	54.7	19
17	Celtics	153	2/10/1960	BOS		DET	W 153-121	240	71	30	60	129	46.5	33	44	75.0	51.6	22
18	Nationals	152	3/2/1963	SYR	vs	DET	W 152-128	240			58			36	47	76.6		34
19	Knicks	152	12/11/1959	NYK	vs	SYR	W 152-121	240			61			30	40	75.0		24
20	Knicks	151	2/13/1970	NYK	@	PHI	W 151-106	240	63	34	60	117	51.3	31	38	81.6	56.5	22
21	Warriors	151	11/9/1961	PHI	vs	SYR	W 151-108	240	84	36	52	111	46.8	47	64	73.4	54.3	24
22	Celtics	151	11/11/1959	BOS	vs	CIN	W 151-118	240	78		59			33	48	68.8		24
23	76ers	150	3/6/1970	PHI	vs	BOS	W 150-134	240	43	35	59	95	62.1	32	47	68.1	64.8	20
24	Knicks	150	12/11/1965	NYK	vs	BAL	W 150-127	240	55	33	57	114	50.0	36	41	87.8	56.8	35
25	Nationals	150	2/21/1962	SYR	vs	PHI	W 150-109	240	73	25	56	112	50.0	38	42	90.5	57.5	30