most points by a team in the playoffs in a game in the 1950s

Between the 1949-50 and 1958-59 seasons, the St. Louis Hawks dropped the most points by a team in a playoff game, with 145 points in Game 4 of the 1958 Division Finals against the Pistons.

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Hawks	145	3/25/1958	STL	@	DET	W 145-101	240			55	98	56.1	35	44	79.5	61.8	29
2	Hawks	143	3/25/1957	STL	@	MIN	W 143-135	290			52	117	44.4	39	56	69.6	50.5	31
3	Celtics	136	3/30/1958	BOS	vs	STL	W 136-112	240	77	25	48	103	46.6	40	46	87.0	55.2	32
4	Lakers	135	3/25/1957	MIN	vs	STL	L 135-143	290			46	126	36.5	43	51	84.3	45.5	37
5	Nationals	133	3/29/1959	SYR	vs	BOS	W 133-121	240	52	32	49	111	44.1	35	43	81.4	51.2	34
6	Celtics	133	3/22/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	W 133-111	240	78	26	54	126	42.9	25	32	78.1	47.5	24
7	Lakers	133	3/19/1956	MIN	vs	STL	W 133-75	240			44	101	43.6	45	53	84.9	53.5	30
8	Celtics	131	3/18/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	W 131-109	240	95	30	57	140	40.7	17	28	60.7	43.0	31
9	Nationals	131	3/15/1959	SYR	vs	NYK	W 131-115	240			43	94	45.7	45	51	88.2	56.3	25
10	Lakers	131	3/17/1957	MIN	vs	FTW	W 131-127	240		35	53	101	52.5	25	34	73.5	56.5	23
11	Celtics	130	4/1/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	W 130-125	240	89	26	50	135	37.0	30	39	76.9	42.7	29
12	Celtics	129	3/28/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	W 129-108	240	82	26	51	129	39.5	27	29	93.1	45.5	26
13	Lakers	129	3/18/1959	MIN	vs	DET	W 129-102	240			46	99	46.5	37	45	82.2	54.3	28
14	Nationals	129	3/13/1959	SYR	@	NYK	W 129-123	240			42	95	44.2	45	53	84.9	54.5	33
15	Celtics	128	4/5/1959	BOS	vs	MIN	W 128-108	240	82	31	47	116	40.5	34	43	79.1	47.4	23
16	Hawks	127	3/24/1959	STL	vs	MIN	W 127-97	240	81		49	102	48.0	29	42	69.0	52.7	23
17	Pistons	127	3/17/1957	FTW	@	MIN	L 127-131	240			50	103	48.5	27	40	67.5	52.7	24
18	Nationals	125	4/1/1959	SYR	@	BOS	L 125-130	240	62	25	45	115	39.1	35	40	87.5	47.1	24
19	Celtics	125	4/13/1957	BOS	vs	STL	W 125-123	290	81	22	47	128	36.7	31	54	57.4	41.2	37
20	Hawks	125	3/30/1957	STL	@	BOS	W 125-123	290	56	18	44	106	41.5	37	55	67.3	48.0	31
21	Hawks	124	3/21/1959	STL	vs	MIN	W 124-90	240			48	97	49.5	28	38	73.7	54.5	30
22	Pistons	124	3/16/1958	DET	@	CIN	W 124-104	240			44	87	50.6	36	49	73.5	57.1	29
23	Celtics	124	4/9/1957	BOS	vs	STL	W 124-109	240	70	33	49	106	46.2	26	39	66.7	50.3	33
24	Celtics	123	4/7/1959	BOS	@	MIN	W 123-110	240	62	34	48	106	45.3	27	43	62.8	49.2	23
25	Knicks	123	3/13/1959	NYK	vs	SYR	L 123-129	240			44	117	37.6	35	45	77.8	45.0	36