nba most points in a game by a team in 1959

The Boston Celtics put up 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

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4	Cavaliers	39	24	.619	7.5
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Fri 3/6	DAL	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sun 3/8	BOS	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Tue 3/10	BOS	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Thu 3/12	BOS	@	OKC	9:30 PM
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1	Pistons	45	15	.750
2	Celtics	41	21	.661	5.0
3	Knicks	40	23	.635	6.5
4	Cavaliers	39	24	.619	7.5
5	Raptors	35	26	.574	10.5
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4	Timberwolves	39	23	.629	9.0
5	Nuggets	38	24	.613	10.0
6	Lakers	37	24	.607	10.5
7	Suns	35	26	.574	12.5
8	Warriors	31	30	.508	16.5
9	Clippers	29	31	.483	18.0
10	Trail Blazers	30	33	.476	18.5
11	Grizzlies	23	38	.377	24.5
12	Mavericks	21	40	.344	26.5
13	Pelicans	19	44	.302	29.5
14	Jazz	18	44	.290	30.0
15	Kings	14	49	.222	34.5