most points in an nba elimination game while losing

The Minneapolis Lakers have posted the most points by a team in a loss in an elimination game, with 135 points in Game 3 of the 1957 Division Finals against the St. Louis Hawks.

	TEAM	PTS	L	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	135	1	3/25/1957	MIN	vs	STL	L 135-143	290					46	126	36.5				43	51	84.3	45.5				37
2	Warriors	133	1	5/4/1994	GSW	vs	PHX	L 133-140	240	32	40	7	11	55	95	57.9	8	15	53.3	15	20	75.0	64.1	9	23	14	28
3	Royals	131	1	4/10/1963	CIN	@	BOS	L 131-142	240	43	11			45	99	45.5				41	50	82.0	54.1				38
4	Clippers	130	1	4/25/2023	LAC	@	PHX	L 130-136	240	46	23	4	1	43	95	45.3	13	36	36.1	31	37	83.8	58.4	17	29	10	21
5	Nationals	127	1	3/26/1963	SYR	vs	CIN	L 127-131	265	57				47	103	45.6				33	42	78.6	52.3				33
6	Bucks	126	1	4/26/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	L 126-128	265	56	20	4	1	42	91	46.2	14	33	42.4	28	45	62.2	56.9	10	46	15	21
7	Mavericks	126	1	5/20/2005	DAL	vs	PHX	L 126-130	265	47	13	8	5	42	97	43.3	7	20	35.0	35	43	81.4	54.3	11	36	9	26
8	Bullets	126	1	5/5/1982	WAS	@	BOS	L 126-131	290	46	29			47	97	48.5	3	6	50.0	29	33	87.9	56.5				30
9	Rockets	125	1	5/14/1987	HOU	@	SEA	L 125-128	290	62	28	6	9	48	111	43.2	0	1	0.0	29	39	74.4	48.8	25	37	16	29
10	Nationals	125	1	4/1/1959	SYR	@	BOS	L 125-130	240	62	25			45	115	39.1				35	40	87.5	47.1				24
11	76ers	124	1	3/29/1964	PHI	@	CIN	L 124-130	240	40				48	101	47.5				28	37	75.7	52.9				23
12	Trail Blazers	123	1	4/21/2018	POR	@	NOP	L 123-131	240	33	20	8	2	50	95	52.6	10	27	37.0	13	16	81.3	60.3	6	27	6	28
13	Pistons	123	1	4/27/1984	DET	vs	NYK	L 123-127	265	53	22	9	2	45	104	43.3	2	4	50.0	31	41	75.6	50.4	17	36	16	32
14	Spurs	123	1	5/15/1982	SAS	vs	LAL	L 123-128	240	45	35	6	4	50	100	50.0	1	4	25.0	22	28	78.6	54.8			11	29
15	76ers	123	1	4/18/1976	PHI	vs	BUF	L 123-124	265	53	24			45	98	45.9				33	43	76.7	52.6				35
16	Hawks	123	1	4/13/1957	STL	@	BOS	L 123-125	290	71	23			39	102	38.2				45	62	72.6	47.6				37
17	Trail Blazers	122	1	8/29/2020	POR	@	LAL	L 122-131	240	43	20	12	1	44	93	47.3	13	27	48.1	21	26	80.8	58.4	10	33	19	28
18	Nets	122	1	8/23/2020	BKN	vs	TOR	L 122-150	240	44	21	5	6	39	98	39.8	19	50	38.0	25	33	75.8	54.2	12	32	14	17
19	Nuggets	122	1	5/8/1986	DEN	vs	HOU	L 122-126	290	59	25	8	5	44	109	40.4	0	3	0.0	34	42	81.0	47.9	23	36	13	32
20	Warriors	122	1	4/24/1967	SFW	vs	PHI	L 122-125	240	64	28			50	113	44.2				22	29	75.9	48.5				36
21	Trail Blazers	121	1	5/11/2016	POR	@	GSW	L 121-125	240	47	20	9	4	38	92	41.3	16	36	44.4	29	39	74.4	55.4	13	34	10	23
22	Warriors	121	1	5/3/2014	GSW	@	LAC	L 121-126	240	37	25	9	6	39	79	49.4	14	25	56.0	29	35	82.9	64.1	9	28	18	21
23	Pacers	121	1	5/5/1991	IND	@	BOS	L 121-124	240	31	24	9	6	40	87	46.0	7	17	41.2	34	39	87.2	58.1	8	23	16	30
24	Nuggets	121	1	5/2/1989	DEN	vs	PHX	L 121-130	240	42	21	7	3	47	102	46.1	4	14	28.6	23	28	82.1	52.9	14	28	11	26
25	Rockets	121	1	4/14/1980	HOU	vs	BOS	L 121-138	240	39	32	3	1	51	96	53.1	3	4	75.0	16	18	88.9	58.2			16	31