most points by a team in the playoffs in a game in the 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, the Los Angeles Lakers dropped the most points by a team in a playoff game, with 153 points in Game 5 of the 1985 Western Conference Finals versus the Nuggets.

	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	Lakers	153	5/22/1985	LAL	vs	DEN	W 153-109	240	54	42	13	13	67	116	57.8	1	4	25.0	18	21	85.7	61.1	17	37	12	23
2	Spurs	152	4/26/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	W 152-133	240	52	38	9	6	62	113	54.9	2	4	50.0	26	32	81.3	59.8	14	38	11	27
3	Mavericks	151	4/23/1987	DAL	vs	SEA	W 151-129	240	54	36	9	8	59	99	59.6	0	3	0.0	33	46	71.7	63.3	15	39	13	24
4	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
5	Lakers	147	4/20/1985	LAL	vs	PHX	W 147-130	240	37	37	13	6	58	94	61.7	1	3	33.3	30	38	78.9	66.4	13	24	18	32
6	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
7	Spurs	145	5/4/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	W 145-105	240	75	51	12	10	67	124	54.0	3	7	42.9	8	11	72.7	56.3	19	56	18	28
8	Lakers	142	4/18/1985	LAL	vs	PHX	W 142-114	240	46	41	12	5	61	101	60.4	1	3	33.3	19	30	63.3	62.2	11	35	15	25
9	Lakers	141	6/4/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	W 141-122	240	33	44	8	8	56	91	61.5	6	8	75.0	23	32	71.9	67.1	7	26	10	25
10	Nuggets	141	4/18/1985	DEN	vs	SAS	W 141-111	240	46	32	9	10	57	92	62.0	0	0		27	33	81.8	66.2	12	34	13	29
11	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
12	Lakers	140	4/29/1987	LAL	@	DEN	W 140-103	240	55	40	4	14	48	91	52.7	4	7	57.1	40	49	81.6	62.2	10	45	10	22
13	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
14	Lakers	139	4/25/1987	LAL	vs	DEN	W 139-127	240	46	32	9	9	44	90	48.9	2	7	28.6	49	55	89.1	60.9	15	31	12	23
15	Lakers	139	5/11/1985	LAL	vs	DEN	W 139-122	240	40	39	15	4	57	89	64.0	4	4	100.0	21	30	70.0	68.0	9	31	24	26
16	Lakers	139	5/7/1985	LAL	vs	POR	W 139-120	240	47	35	8	9	50	89	56.2	0	2	0.0	39	42	92.9	64.7	15	32	14	30
17	Mavericks	139	4/18/1985	DAL	vs	POR	W 139-131	290	55	25	11	5	54	112	48.2	0	2	0.0	31	42	73.8	53.3	24	31	16	19
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Lakers	137	6/3/1984	LAL	vs	BOS	W 137-104	240	63	36	7	6	53	103	51.5	0	1	0.0	31	44	70.5	56.0	22	41	10	27
23	Lakers	136	6/2/1985	LAL	vs	BOS	W 136-111	240	49	34	12	6	52	96	54.2	4	8	50.0	28	36	77.8	60.8	13	36	12	28
24	Lakers	136	5/17/1985	LAL	@	DEN	W 136-118	240	52	35	10	8	54	94	57.4	2	6	33.3	26	34	76.5	62.4	9	43	22	28
25	Nuggets	136	5/14/1985	DEN	@	LAL	W 136-114	240	49	41	7	4	56	107	52.3	1	2	50.0	23	31	74.2	56.4	16	33	14	23