nba most fga in a game by a team after 1970

Since 1970-71, the Cleveland Cavaliers have the most attempted shots by a team in a game, with 142 attempts against the Lakers on January 29, 1980.

Interpreted as:
NBA most fga in a regular-season game by a team after 1970
TEAMFGADATETMOPPRESULTMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF
1Cavaliers
Cavaliers
142
1/29/1980
CLE CLE
vs
LAL LAL
W
154-153
340
154
61
44
13
8
65
45.8
0
1
0.0
24
32
75.0
49.3
29
32
14
30
2Knicks
Knicks
140
12/16/1977
NYK NYK
@
MIL MIL
L
150-152
315
150
61
40
13
8
63
45.0
24
28
85.7
49.2
21
36
376ers
76ers
137
10/29/1971
PHI PHI
vs
PHX PHX
L
135-137
290
135
62
20
51
37.2
33
39
84.6
43.8
45
4Pistons
Pistons
136
12/13/1983
DET DET
@
DEN DEN
W
186-184
315
186
56
47
19
6
74
54.4
1
2
50.0
37
60
61.7
57.3
23
33
13
44
5Bucks
Bucks
131
3/16/1979
MIL MIL
@
WAS WAS
W
134-126
290
134
55
32
15
7
60
45.8
14
19
73.7
48.1
31
6Celtics
Celtics
131
10/17/1970
BOS BOS
@
SEA SEA
L
114-126
240
114
80
23
48
36.6
18
28
64.3
39.8
18
26
7Nuggets
Nuggets
130
11/2/1990
DEN DEN
vs
GSW GSW
L
158-162
240
158
66
29
12
9
57
43.8
4
13
30.8
40
55
72.7
51.2
28
38
16
38
8Rockets
Rockets
130
4/13/1984
HOU HOU
vs
SAS SAS
L
128-129
265
128
77
37
6
4
60
46.2
0
3
0.0
8
13
61.5
47.2
35
42
18
20
9Bucks
Bucks
129
3/20/2015
MIL MIL
@
BKN BKN
L
127-129
315
127
81
23
11
9
49
38.0
8
16
50.0
21
29
72.4
44.8
38
43
18
31
10Celtics
Celtics
129
1/19/1973
BOS BOS
vs
SEA SEA
W
124-104
240
124
63
25
57
44.2
10
21
47.6
44.8
26
11Knicks
Knicks
128
1/29/2017
NYK NYK
@
ATL ATL
L
139-142
340
139
63
32
9
11
51
39.8
18
51
35.3
19
23
82.6
50.3
15
48
14
39
12Mavericks
Mavericks
128
4/11/1995
DAL DAL
@
HOU HOU
W
156-147
290
156
62
29
12
2
55
43.0
15
31
48.4
31
45
68.9
52.8
27
35
18
28
13SuperSonics
SuperSonics
128
12/18/1977
SEA SEA
vs
WAS WAS
W
111-109
265
111
63
28
12
5
47
36.7
17
22
77.3
40.3
33
30
17
31
14Bucks
Bucks
128
12/16/1977
MIL MIL
vs
NYK NYK
W
152-150
315
152
61
32
16
12
62
48.4
28
45
62.2
51.4
21
23
15Celtics
Celtics
128
11/14/1971
BOS BOS
@
LAL LAL
L
115-128
240
115
66
24
46
35.9
23
27
85.2
41.1
24
16Suns
Suns
128
3/10/1971
PHX PHX
@
ATL ATL
L
98-139
240
98
62
17
38
29.7
22
32
68.8
34.5
25
25
17SuperSonics
SuperSonics
128
1/22/1971
SEA SEA
vs
CIN CIN
W
132-131
265
132
80
29
55
43.0
22
33
66.7
46.3
23
23
18Nuggets
Nuggets
127
1/10/1991
DEN DEN
vs
HOU HOU
L
133-156
240
133
50
23
13
6
55
43.3
7
21
33.3
16
19
84.2
49.1
25
25
14
33
19Nuggets
Nuggets
127
12/5/1990
DEN DEN
@
BOS BOS
L
140-148
240
140
51
33
15
3
60
47.2
3
12
25.0
17
18
94.4
51.9
20
31
13
32
20Spurs
Spurs
127
2/28/1990
SAS SAS
@
GSW GSW
L
135-144
265
135
68
27
12
4
56
44.1
1
7
14.3
22
33
66.7
47.7
37
31
12
29
21Clippers
Clippers
127
2/16/1989
LAC LAC
vs
GSW GSW
L
138-143
265
138
59
32
15
11
51
40.2
3
6
50.0
33
40
82.5
47.7
32
27
16
31
22Nets
Nets
127
2/1/1987
NJN NJN
@
GSW GSW
L
147-150
340
147
69
35
13
5
59
46.5
2
6
33.3
27
34
79.4
51.8
25
44
21
37
23Pistons
Pistons
127
12/14/1975
DET DET
@
LAL LAL
L
100-110
240
100
63
14
17
4
41
32.3
18
24
75.0
36.3
36
27
15
21
24Celtics
Celtics
127
1/12/1973
BOS BOS
vs
ATL ATL
W
133-109
240
133
72
39
55
43.3
23
27
85.2
47.9
28
25Jazz
Jazz
126
3/25/2012
UTA UTA
@
ATL ATL
L
133-139
340
133
64
28
8
8
49
38.9
6
21
28.6
29
35
82.9
47.0
23
41
10
38
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1982-83 season.

More Cavaliers Stats

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.3

10th

DRTG

114.1

11th

NETRTG

3.1

11th

3P%

34.0

28th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
5
Magic Magic
15
11
.577
5.5
6
Raptors Raptors
15
11
.577
5.5
7
Cavaliers Cavaliers
15
11
.577
5.5
8
Heat Heat
14
11
.560
6.0
9
Hawks Hawks
14
12
.538
6.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
CHA CHA
@
CLE CLE
3:30 PM
Wed
12/17
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Fri
12/19
CHI CHI
@
CLE CLE
7:30 PM
Mon
12/22
CHA CHA
@
CLE CLE
7:00 PM
Tue
12/23
NOP NOP
@
CLE CLE
7:30 PM
Last Game
CLE Cavaliers

15 - 11

130

Final

126

WAS Wizards

3 - 20

Fri 12 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
24
1
.960
2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
5.5
3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
.727
6.5
4
Lakers Lakers
17
7
.708
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
17
7
.708
6.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
16
9
.640
8.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
20
5
.800
2
Knicks Knicks
18
7
.720
2.0
3
Celtics Celtics
15
10
.600
5.0
4
76ers 76ers
14
10
.583
5.5
5
Magic Magic
15
11
.577
5.5
6
Raptors Raptors
15
11
.577
5.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
11/11
DEN DEN
@
LAC LAC
130-116
Wed
11/12
TOR TOR
@
CLE CLE
126-113
Wed
11/12
IND IND
@
PHX PHX
98-133
Wed
11/12
ATL ATL
@
UTA UTA
132-122
Thu
11/13
BKN BKN
@
ORL ORL
98-105

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
IND IND
3:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CHA CHA
@
CLE CLE
3:30 PM
Sun
12/14
PHI PHI
@
ATL ATL
6:00 PM
Sun
12/14
MIL MIL
@
BKN BKN
6:00 PM
Sun
12/14
SAC SAC
@
MIN MIN
7:00 PM