most points scored by a team in a game in 1962 nba

The Philadelphia Warriors posted the most points by a team in a game in 1961-62, with 169 points versus the Knicks on March 2, 1962.

Interpreted as:

most points scored by a team in a regular-season game in 1962 NBA

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Warriors	169	3/2/1962	PHI		NYK	W 169-147	240	57	39	63	115	54.8	43	52	82.7	61.3	25
2	Celtics	153	3/7/1962	BOS	vs	PHI	W 153-102	240	83	25	59	121	48.8	35	43	81.4	54.7	19
3	Royals	153	2/21/1962	CIN	@	CHI	W 153-125	240	59		58	96	60.4	37	40	92.5	67.3	32
4	Royals	152	2/13/1962	CIN	vs	PHI	W 152-132	240	68		61	114	53.5	30	40	75.0	57.8	33
5	Royals	151	1/18/1962	CIN	@	PHI	W 151-133	240	86	37	63	131	48.1	25	35	71.4	51.6	26
6	Lakers	151	12/8/1961	LAL	@	PHI	W 151-147	315	90	27	57	138	41.3	37	52	71.2	46.9	38
7	Warriors	151	11/9/1961	PHI	vs	SYR	W 151-108	240	84	36	52	111	46.8	47	64	73.4	54.3	24
8	Nationals	150	2/21/1962	SYR	vs	PHI	W 150-109	240	73	25	56	112	50.0	38	42	90.5	57.5	30
9	Knicks	149	2/25/1962	NYK	@	PHI	W 149-135	240	67	27	57	107	53.3	35	54	64.8	57.0	30
10	Nationals	148	3/11/1962	SYR	vs	PHI	W 148-130	240	62	20	55	106	51.9	38	46	82.6	58.6	29
11	Celtics	148	2/11/1962	BOS	vs	CHI	W 148-115	240	59	32	58	120	48.3	32	40	80.0	53.8	26
12	Nationals	148	11/18/1961	SYR	vs	PHI	W 148-130	240	58	30	61	115	53.0	26	32	81.3	57.3	36
13	Knicks	147	3/2/1962	NYK		PHI	L 147-169	240	56	17	57	118	48.3	33	41	80.5	54.0	32
14	Warriors	147	2/27/1962	PHI	@	STL	W 147-137	240	53	26	58	105	55.2	31	38	81.6	60.4	21
15	Warriors	147	12/8/1961	PHI	vs	LAL	L 147-151	315	98	34	57	153	37.3	33	56	58.9	41.4	35
16	Celtics	145	1/14/1962	BOS	vs	PHI	W 145-136	240	75	22	58	126	46.0	29	33	87.9	51.6	25
17	Royals	145	1/11/1962	CIN	vs	PHI	W 145-128	240	55		57	115	49.6	31	41	75.6	54.5	28
18	Hawks	145	1/1/1962	STL	@	DET	W 145-139	240	66		53	116	45.7	39	46	84.8	53.2	40
19	Warriors	145	11/15/1961	PHI	vs	CIN	W 145-133	240	66	33	57	115	49.6	31	40	77.5	54.7	26
20	Celtics	143	2/2/1962	BOS	vs	CIN	W 143-124	240	75	28	62	142	43.7	19	32	59.4	45.8	25
21	Celtics	142	3/13/1962	BOS	vs	SYR	W 142-110	240			54			34	40	85.0		25
22	Royals	142	12/27/1961	CIN	vs	STL	W 142-117	240	75		55	120	45.8	32	40	80.0	51.6	27
23	Pistons	142	11/24/1961	DET		STL	W 142-135	240			50			42	53	79.2		26
24	Nationals	141	2/18/1962	SYR	vs	NYK	W 141-126	240			56			29	38	76.3		21
25	Nationals	141	1/14/1962	SYR	vs	NYK	W 141-118	240			51			39	44	88.6		20