nba most points in a game by a team in 1959

The Boston Celtics had the most points by a team in a game in 1958-59, with 173 points versus the Minneapolis Lakers on February 27, 1959.

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NBA most points in a regular-season game by a team in 1959

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	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
2	Nationals	145	1/8/1959	SYR	@	CIN	W 145-138	315			51			43	55	78.2		40
3	Nationals	142	3/5/1959	SYR	vs	BOS	W 142-118	240			57			28	37	75.7		29
4	Celtics	141	3/8/1959	BOS	vs	CIN	W 141-131	240	75	25	56	124	45.2	29	36	80.6	50.4	24
5	Nationals	140	3/1/1959	SYR	vs	NYK	W 140-115	240			53			34	38	89.5		28
6	Lakers	139	2/27/1959	MIN	@	BOS	L 139-173	240	81	15	47	124	37.9	45	58	77.6	46.5	28
7	Nationals	139	2/22/1959	SYR	vs	DET	W 139-108	240	61	21	48	97	49.5	43	51	84.3	58.2	32
8	Hawks	139	2/14/1959	STL	vs	MIN	W 139-96	240			51	94	54.3	37	42	88.1	61.8	26
9	Celtics	139	2/1/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	W 139-137	265	82	23	50	128	39.1	39	50	78.0	46.3	29
10	Celtics	139	1/18/1959	BOS	vs	STL	W 139-117	240	67	33	53	101	52.5	33	41	80.5	58.4	27
11	Knicks	138	3/10/1959	NYK	@	BOS	W 138-116	240	55	29	53	114	46.5	32	38	84.2	52.8	19
12	Royals	138	1/8/1959	CIN	vs	SYR	L 138-145	315			51			36	50	72.0		37
13	Hawks	137	3/7/1959	STL	vs	DET	W 137-128	240			44			49	56	87.5		30
14	Nationals	137	2/1/1959	SYR	@	BOS	L 137-139	265	59	10	52	117	44.4	33	41	80.5	50.7	37
15	Celtics	137	1/31/1959	BOS	vs	PHI	W 137-102	240	84	36	56	117	47.9	25	35	71.4	51.7	27
16	Celtics	136	2/8/1959	BOS	vs	CIN	W 136-117	240	71	29	54	119	45.4	28	30	93.3	51.4	22
17	Hawks	136	12/17/1958	STL		NYK	W 136-122	240			48			40	46	87.0
18	Pistons	136	11/9/1958	DET	vs	BOS	W 136-133	240			49			38	44	86.4		30
19	Lakers	135	3/5/1959	MIN		NYK	W 135-115	240	68	27	55	103	53.4	25	34	73.5	57.2	26
20	Celtics	135	12/20/1958	BOS	vs	NYK	W 135-106	240	89	32	56	135	41.5	23	29	79.3	45.7	23
21	Warriors	134	2/25/1959	PHI	vs	NYK	W 134-123	240	61	29	53	115	46.1	28	43	65.1	50.0	32
22	Knicks	134	2/24/1959	NYK	vs	BOS	W 134-122	240			52			30	38	78.9		30
23	Nationals	134	1/21/1959	SYR	vs	BOS	W 134-112	240			57			20	29	69.0		34
24	Nationals	133	3/8/1959	SYR	vs	PHI	W 133-103	240	69	23	50	106	47.2	33	37	89.2	54.4	25
25	Celtics	133	11/9/1958	BOS	@	DET	L 133-136	240			45			43	50	86.0		28