nba most points in a game by a team in 1956

The Philadelphia Warriors scored the most points by a team in a game in 1955-56, with 142 points versus the Celtics on March 8, 1956.

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NBA most points in a regular-season game by a team in 1956

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Warriors	142	3/8/1956	PHI	vs	BOS	W 142-120	240	62	41	52	106	49.1	38	43	88.4	56.8	38
2	Warriors	135	2/24/1956	PHI	vs	BOS	W 135-129	240	72	33	46	106	43.4	43	57	75.4	51.5	38
3	Lakers	135	12/15/1955	MIN	@	SYR	W 135-133	315	61	38	49	109	45.0	37	42	88.1	52.9	31
4	Warriors	134	2/17/1956	PHI	vs	MIN	W 134-111	240	65	39	47	99	47.5	40	52	76.9	55.0	26
5	Celtics	133	1/20/1956	BOS	vs	STL	W 133-112	240	85	33	51	106	48.1	31	44	70.5	53.0	33
6	Nationals	133	12/15/1955	SYR	vs	MIN	L 133-135	315	49	42	49	114	43.0	35	47	74.5	49.4	32
7	Warriors	130	1/2/1956	PHI		ROC	W 130-100	240			45			40	56	71.4		27
8	Celtics	129	2/24/1956	BOS	@	PHI	L 129-135	240	67	26	42	111	37.8	45	61	73.8	46.8	36
9	Warriors	129	1/22/1956	PHI	@	BOS	W 129-115	240	51	32	46	97	47.4	37	42	88.1	55.9	28
10	Celtics	128	3/4/1956	BOS	vs	PHI	W 128-114	240	75	25	50	123	40.7	28	34	82.4	46.4	29
11	Warriors	128	2/7/1956	PHI		SYR	W 128-95	240	61	34	50	94	53.2	28	33	84.8	59.0	30
12	Hawks	127	3/11/1956	STL	@	BOS	W 127-121	240	57	27	42	95	44.2	43	52	82.7	53.9	22
13	Lakers	126	3/11/1956	MIN	vs	ROC	W 126-98	240			42	93	45.2	42	51	82.4	54.6	30
14	Celtics	126	1/28/1956	BOS	@	ROC	W 126-119	240			44			38	50	76.0		29
15	Celtics	124	2/10/1956	BOS	vs	STL	W 124-100	240	75	27	51	106	48.1	22	33	66.7	51.4	25
16	Warriors	123	1/12/1956	PHI	vs	ROC	W 123-94	240	59	35	51	94	54.3	21	29	72.4	57.6	22
17	Celtics	122	3/14/1956	BOS	vs	SYR	W 122-103	240	79	26	45	102	44.1	32	41	78.0	50.8	19
18	Knicks	122	3/11/1956	NYK	@	FTW	W 122-96	240			50			22	26	84.6		25
19	Knicks	122	1/20/1956	NYK		MIN	W 122-109	240			39			44	55	80.0		27
20	Nationals	122	1/19/1956	SYR	vs	MIN	W 122-100	240	53	35	43	95	45.3	36	46	78.3	52.9	20
21	Celtics	122	12/6/1955	BOS	@	STL	W 122-99	240			41	78	52.6	40	52	76.9	60.5	28
22	Celtics	121	3/11/1956	BOS	vs	STL	L 121-127	240	62	35	49	103	47.6	23	30	76.7	52.1	32
23	Royals	121	2/5/1956	ROC	@	MIN	W 121-109	240			46	99	46.5	29	40	72.5	51.9	27
24	Celtics	121	1/1/1956	BOS	vs	PHI	W 121-113	240	65	35	44	93	47.3	33	45	73.3	53.6	25
25	Hawks	121	11/15/1955	STL	vs	NYK	W 121-95	240			47	115	40.9	27	48	56.3	44.4	33