The Detroit Pistons had their most points in a game versus the Nuggets on December 13, 1983, with 186 points.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game for the pistons

	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	Pistons	186	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	W 186-184	315	56	47	19	6	74	136	54.4	1	2	50.0	37	60	61.7	57.3	23	33	13	44
2	Pistons	160	3/9/1979	DET	vs	BOS	W 160-117	240	57	36	7	4	69	108	63.9				22	35	62.9	64.8	19	38	14	23
3	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
4	Pistons	152	11/3/1982	DET	vs	CHI	W 152-144	240	46	40	12	20	60	105	57.1	1	1	100.0	31	40	77.5	62.0	19	27	26	35
5	Pistons	151	1/7/1972	DET	vs	CIN	W 151-132	240	39	27			56	91	61.5				39	44	88.6	68.4				29
6	Pistons	148	2/23/2025	DET	@	ATL	W 148-143	240	37	39	9	5	55	93	59.1	20	40	50.0	18	25	72.0	71.2	5	32	19	23
7	Pistons	148	1/3/2024	DET	@	UTA	L 148-154	265	48	33	5	3	56	105	53.3	19	41	46.3	17	22	77.3	64.5	16	32	17	27
8	Pistons	148	12/19/1984	DET	@	DEN	W 148-129	240	48	34	7	6	64	98	65.3	0	1	0.0	20	28	71.4	67.1	10	38	21	35
9	Pistons	148	2/6/1970	DET	@	BAL	L 148-153	290					59						30	37	81.1					29
10	Pistons	147	12/18/2015	DET	@	CHI	W 147-144	340	64	28	7	4	56	124	45.2	8	29	27.6	27	46	58.7	51.0	19	45	11	35
11	Pistons	147	12/13/1959	DET	vs	NYK	W 147-129	240					59						29	30	96.7					25
12	Pistons	146	1/12/1963	DET		SYR	W 146-115	240					57						32	40	80.0					28
13	Pistons	145	12/27/2006	DET	@	NYK	L 145-151	315	56	22	6	6	54	123	43.9	7	25	28.0	30	36	83.3	52.2	27	29	10	40
14	Pistons	144	11/21/1987	DET	@	CHI	W 144-132	265	41	27	4	4	50	87	57.5	2	2	100.0	42	60	70.0	63.5	8	33	19	30
15	Pistons	144	2/18/1973	DET	vs	KCO	W 144-100	240	40	31			56	96	58.3				32	41	78.0	63.1				26
16	Pistons	144	1/30/1969	DET		SEA	W 144-118	240	50	23			54	93	58.1				36	43	83.7	64.3				27
17	Pistons	144	1/18/1961	DET		CIN	W 144-128	240	60				49						46	62	74.2					24
18	Pistons	143	11/27/1987	DET	vs	SAS	W 143-111	240	58	29	10	6	52	99	52.5	0	2	0.0	39	51	76.5	58.9	23	35	11	22
19	Pistons	143	2/8/1983	DET	@	SAS	L 143-147	265	37	35	9	6	52	100	52.0	3	7	42.9	36	40	90.0	60.8	12	25	11	26
20	Pistons	143	11/28/1962	DET	vs	NYK	W 143-101	240					62						19	28	67.9					29
21	Pistons	142	1/2/1988	DET	vs	DEN	L 142-151	240	40	34	6	5	58	96	60.4	2	6	33.3	24	32	75.0	64.5	13	27	18	30
22	Pistons	142	2/19/1984	DET	@	SAS	W 142-140	265	63	34	2	3	56	126	44.4	0	3	0.0	30	43	69.8	49.0	29	34	9	27
23	Pistons	142	10/26/1970	DET	vs	SEA	W 142-111	240	42	30			62	97	63.9				18	22	81.8	66.6			31	30
24	Pistons	142	1/5/1968	DET	vs	CIN	W 142-141	265	60				58	114	50.9				26	46	56.5	52.9				35
25	Pistons	142	11/24/1961	DET		STL	W 142-135	240					50						42	53	79.2					26