most points scored by a team in one game in the first nba

The Detroit Pistons dropped 186 points versus the Nuggets on December 13, 1983.

	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	Nuggets	184	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	L 184-186	315	57	46	7	7	68	115	59.1	1	2	50.0	47	57	82.5	65.7	16	41	24	43
3	Kings	176	2/24/2023	SAC	@	LAC	W 176-175	290	43	33	18	3	65	111	58.6	18	41	43.9	28	35	80.0	69.6	12	31	15	28
4	Clippers	175	2/24/2023	LAC	vs	SAC	L 175-176	290	42	39	8	3	59	98	60.2	26	45	57.8	31	36	86.1	76.9	7	35	25	27
5	Celtics	173	2/27/1959	BOS	vs	MIN	W 173-139	240	73	43			72	143	50.3				29	37	78.4	54.3				30
6	Suns	173	11/10/1990	PHX	vs	DEN	W 173-143	240	53	50	19	7	67	104	64.4	0	2	0.0	39	48	81.3	69.1	12	41	27	28
7	Spurs	171	3/6/1982	SAS	vs	MIL	W 171-166	315	49	43	7	8	68	116	58.6	1	3	33.3	34	39	87.2	64.2	15	34	14	34
8	Warriors	169	3/2/1962	PHI		NYK	W 169-147	240	57	39			63	115	54.8				43	52	82.7	61.3				25
9	Nuggets	168	3/16/2008	DEN	vs	SEA	W 168-116	240	51	44	12	10	61	101	60.4	16	31	51.6	30	35	85.7	72.2	8	43	14	19
10	Bulls	168	3/1/2019	CHI	@	ATL	W 168-161	340	62	30	10	5	56	119	47.1	21	48	43.8	35	48	72.9	59.9	11	51	16	30
11	Bucks	166	3/6/1982	MIL	@	SAS	L 166-171	315	35	34	10	3	68	111	61.3	3	4	75.0	27	36	75.0	65.4	6	29	11	34
12	Royals	165	3/12/1970	CIN	vs	SDR	W 165-151	240	69				67	131	51.1				31	42	73.8	55.2				21
13	Nationals	163	3/10/1963	SYR	vs	SFW	W 163-148	240	59	33			69	125	55.2				25	33	75.8	58.4				35
14	Spurs	163	11/8/1978	SAS	vs	SDC	W 163-125	240	61	46	11	8	68	116	58.6				27	36	75.0	61.8			18	23
15	Nuggets	163	1/11/1984	DEN	vs	SAS	W 163-155	240	52	44	13	7	64	125	51.2	1	2	50.0	34	41	82.9	57.0	24	28	16	30
16	Nationals	162	12/25/1960	SYR	vs	NYK	W 162-100	240					65						32	37	86.5					28
17	Nationals	162	2/8/1963	SYR	@	DET	W 162-135	240					61						40	44	90.9					31
18	Lakers	162	3/19/1972	LAL	vs	GSW	W 162-99	240	73	43			69	113	61.1				24	32	75.0	63.7				21
19	Nuggets	162	2/13/1981	DEN	vs	POR	W 162-143	240	40	27	16	6	64	113	56.6	0	1	0.0	34	40	85.0	62.0	15	25	14	29
20	Warriors	162	11/2/1990	GSW	@	DEN	W 162-158	240	58	37	10	4	63	109	57.8	2	4	50.0	34	49	69.4	62.0	11	47	22	38
21	Pacers	162	3/27/2025	IND	@	WAS	W 162-109	240	50	48	8	2	59	92	64.1	27	47	57.4	17	19	89.5	80.7	13	37	12	19
22	Spurs	161	11/7/1990	SAS	vs	DEN	W 161-153	240	47	42	10	10	64	101	63.4	0	0		33	39	84.6	68.1	17	30	25	20
23	Bullets	161	12/29/1990	WAS	vs	DEN	W 161-133	240	52	35	14	6	66	107	61.7	0	1	0.0	29	39	74.4	64.8	13	39	23	22
24	Suns	161	12/7/2006	PHX	@	NJN	W 161-157	290	39	43	10	5	61	117	52.1	17	31	54.8	22	27	81.5	62.5	11	28	12	28
25	Hawks	161	3/1/2019	ATL	vs	CHI	L 161-168	340	59	33	11	8	61	123	49.6	22	60	36.7	17	25	68.0	60.1	9	50	20	34