most points ever in an nba playoff close out game with a win

The Los Angeles Lakers have posted the most points by a team in a win in a closeout, with 153 points in Game 5 of the 1985 Western Conference Finals against the Nuggets.

		TEAM	PTS	W	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	1	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		Raptors	150	1	8/23/2020	TOR	@	BKN	W 150-122	240	57	39	9	6	56	101	55.4	22	47	46.8	16	22	72.7	67.8	12	45	11	26
3		Spurs	145	1	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
4		Hawks	143	1	3/25/1957	STL	@	MIN	W 143-135	290					52	117	44.4				39	56	69.6	50.5				31
5		Celtics	142	1	4/10/1963	BOS	vs	CIN	W 142-131	240	61	27			51	98	52.0				40	50	80.0	59.2				36
6		Rockets	141	1	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
7		Suns	140	1	5/4/1994	PHX	@	GSW	W 140-133	240	42	26	13	4	54	95	56.8	5	13	38.5	27	38	71.1	62.7	16	26	11	14
8		Lakers	140	1	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
9		76ers	140	1	4/11/1967	PHI	vs	BOS	W 140-116	240	73	35			50	103	48.5				40	56	71.4	54.8				20
10		Lakers	139	1	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
11		Cavaliers	138	1	4/28/2025	CLE	@	MIA	W 138-83	240	51	26	15	6	47	86	54.7	22	47	46.8	22	25	88.0	71.1	8	43	12	12
12		Celtics	138	1	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
13		Lakers	137	1	3/19/1961	LAL	vs	DET	W 137-120	240	78				55	111	49.5				27	37	73.0	53.8				32
14		Suns	136	1	4/25/2023	PHX	vs	LAC	W 136-130	240	43	31	7	4	51	94	54.3	13	26	50.0	21	24	87.5	65.0	11	32	9	27
15		Bucks	136	1	4/4/1971	MIL	vs	SFW	W 136-86	240	56	37			58	104	55.8				20	28	71.4	58.5				26
16		Cavaliers	135	1	5/25/2017	CLE	@	BOS	W 135-102	240	38	24	13	5	48	85	56.5	19	41	46.3	20	24	83.3	70.6	6	32	11	21
17		76ers	134	1	4/27/1986	PHI	vs	WAS	W 134-109	240	49	38	8	13	52	93	55.9	0	1	0.0	30	38	78.9	61.1	18	31	12	21
18		Lakers	133	1	5/25/1987	LAL	@	SEA	W 133-102	240	51	28	14	3	44	86	51.2	1	4	25.0	44	53	83.0	60.8	14	37	16	24
19		Lakers	133	1	4/19/1970	LAL	vs	ATL	W 133-114	240	63	34			53	101	52.5				27	39	69.2	56.3				19
20		76ers	132	1	4/28/2022	PHI	@	TOR	W 132-97	240	47	32	4	4	47	81	58.0	16	40	40.0	22	23	95.7	72.4	10	37	11	22
21		Celtics	132	1	5/6/1986	BOS	vs	ATL	W 132-99	240	51	27	9	6	50	90	55.6	2	4	50.0	30	40	75.0	61.3	17	34	14	21
22		Knicks	132	1	4/20/1970	NYK	vs	MIL	W 132-96	240	49	27			57	113	50.4				18	25	72.0	53.2				22
23		Warriors	132	1	3/14/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	W 132-112	240	81	36			57	125	45.6				18	32	56.3	47.5				22
24		Clippers	131	1	6/18/2021	LAC	vs	UTA	W 131-119	240	33	27	13	6	48	85	56.5	20	39	51.3	15	17	88.2	70.8	10	23	8	16
25		Lakers	131	1	8/29/2020	LAL	vs	POR	W 131-122	240	41	27	11	5	48	88	54.5	14	36	38.9	21	26	80.8	65.9	7	34	18	20

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1	Thunder	57	16	.781
2	Spurs	55	18	.753	2.0
3	Lakers	47	26	.644	10.0
4	Nuggets	46	28	.622	11.5
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Fri 3/27	BKN	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Mon 3/30	WAS	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Tue 3/31	CLE	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Thu 4/2	LAL	@	OKC	9:30 PM
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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	52	20	.722
2	Celtics	48	24	.667	4.0
3	Knicks	48	25	.658	4.5
4	Cavaliers	45	28	.616	7.5
5	Hawks	41	32	.562	11.5
6	Raptors	40	32	.556	12.0
7	76ers	40	33	.548	12.5
8	Heat	39	34	.534	13.5
9	Hornets	38	34	.528	14.0
10	Magic	38	34	.528	14.0
11	Bucks	29	43	.403	23.0
12	Bulls	29	43	.403	23.0
13	Wizards - e	17	55	.236	35.0
14	Nets - e	17	56	.233	35.5
15	Pacers - e	16	57	.219	36.5

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1	Thunder - x	57	16	.781
2	Spurs - x	55	18	.753	2.0
3	Lakers	47	26	.644	10.0
4	Nuggets	46	28	.622	11.5
5	Timberwolves	45	28	.616	12.0
6	Rockets	43	29	.597	13.5
7	Suns	40	33	.548	17.0
8	Clippers	37	36	.507	20.0
9	Trail Blazers	37	37	.500	20.5
10	Warriors	35	38	.479	22.0
11	Pelicans - e	25	48	.342	32.0
12	Grizzlies - e	24	48	.333	32.5
13	Mavericks - e	23	50	.315	34.0
14	Jazz - e	21	52	.288	36.0
15	Kings - e	19	54	.260	38.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 2/27	HOU	@	MIA	105-115
Fri 2/27	TOR	@	WAS	134-125
Fri 2/27	LAL	@	GSW	129-101
Fri 2/27	NOP	@	UTA	115-105
Sat 2/28	SAS	@	NYK	89-114

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/26	NOP	@	DET	7:00 PM
Thu 3/26	NYK	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Thu 3/26	SAC	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Fri 3/27	LAC	@	IND	7:00 PM
Fri 3/27	MIA	@	CLE	7:30 PM