nba most starter points in a game by a team

The Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets are tied for the most points by starters in a game, with 142 points on December 13, 1983.

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

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Pistons	142	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	197	29	33	11	5	57	96	59.4	1	2	50.0	27	43	62.8	61.8	10	19	9	24
2	Nuggets	142	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	192	36	27	3	4	56	89	62.9	0	1	0.0	30	38	78.9	67.2	10	26	14	22
3	Suns	138	12/7/2006	PHX	@	NJN	219	29	33	5	4	52	87	59.8	15	20	75.0	19	21	90.5	71.7	9	20	10	21	+23
4	Lakers	137	3/12/2026	LAL	vs	CHI	186	33	25	7	2	53	87	60.9	16	28	57.1	15	21	71.4	71.2	10	23	8	9	+70
5	Knicks	135	2/12/2025	NYK	vs	ATL	221	34	22	6	5	49	83	59.0	11	23	47.8	26	32	81.3	69.5	8	26	14	17	-4
6	Wizards	135	12/22/2006	WAS	@	PHX	219	43	9	8	0	52	93	55.9	9	18	50.0	22	23	95.7	65.5	9	34	10	22	+33
7	Bulls	134	3/1/2019	CHI	@	ATL	235	48	22	5	5	46	97	47.4	19	38	50.0	23	31	74.2	60.6	11	37	14	18	+38
8	Thunder	134	2/22/2019	OKC	vs	UTA	208	38	20	10	5	50	92	54.3	16	35	45.7	18	23	78.3	65.6	10	28	8	22	+28
9	Spurs	134	3/6/1982	SAS	vs	MIL	206	34	23	3	6	56	89	62.9	0	0		22	24	91.7	67.3	12	22	9	18
10	Knicks	133	12/27/2006	NYK	vs	DET	237	29	21	1	2	44	75	58.7	5	15	33.3	40	51	78.4	68.2	7	22	16	20	+18
11	Nuggets	131	12/25/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	209	34	26	5	4	42	84	50.0	19	42	45.2	28	30	93.3	67.4	9	25	13	14	+41
12	Wizards	131	12/17/2006	WAS	@	LAL	204	38	17	5	2	39	74	52.7	10	20	50.0	43	56	76.8	66.4	7	31	9	18	+34
13	Spurs	131	1/27/1983	SAS	@	IND	191	35	28	5	4	55	87	63.2	0	0		21	23	91.3	67.4	16	19	9	13
14	Mavericks	130	4/11/1995	DAL	@	HOU	232	54	22	9	2	47	103	45.6	12	24	50.0	24	37	64.9	54.5	25	29	13	21
15	Jazz	130	4/10/1982	UTA	vs	DEN	167	29	29	10	3	52	85	61.2	1	2	50.0	25	29	86.2	66.5	15	14	4	17
16	Nuggets	129	2/12/2025	DEN	vs	POR	186	39	23	9	6	48	88	54.5	14	33	42.4	19	24	79.2	65.4	9	30	9	17	+49
17	SuperSonics	129	11/9/1989	SEA	@	MIL	278	44	22	6	7	41	95	43.2	3	8	37.5	44	58	75.9	53.5	18	26	20	24
18	Lakers	129	1/24/1971	LAL	vs	CIN	209	49	34			51	104	49.0				27	33	81.8	54.4				15
19	Knicks	128	12/28/2024	NYK	@	WAS	215	35	22	5	2	48	86	55.8	9	33	27.3	23	25	92.0	66.0	8	27	12	11	+17
20	Celtics	128	1/16/1987	BOS	vs	CLE	227	32	31	7	10	46	80	57.5	1	2	50.0	35	36	97.2	66.8	7	25	15	18
21	Celtics	128	3/3/1985	BOS	vs	DET	196	48	26	3	6	48	84	57.1	1	2	50.0	31	33	93.9	65.0	18	30	14	14
22	Lakers	128	2/22/1972	LAL	vs	DET	229	48	28			54	103	52.4				20	32	62.5	54.7				13
23	Knicks	127	4/5/2023	NYK	@	IND	194	43	28	12	8	47	85	55.3	18	40	45.0	15	23	65.2	66.8	16	27	12	14	+117
24	Clippers	127	4/1/2022	LAC	@	MIL	173	24	24	7	5	45	74	60.8	20	37	54.1	17	22	77.3	75.9	3	21	5	10	+145
25	Lakers	127	1/29/1980	LAL	@	CLE	272	57	25	5	11	54	105	51.4	0	0		19	24	79.2	54.9	16	41	28	27

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

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NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

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Wed 3/25	OKC	@	BOS	109-119
Wed 3/25	SAS	@	MEM	123-98
Wed 3/25	WAS	@	UTA	133-110
Wed 3/25	HOU	@	MIN	108-110
Wed 3/25	DAL	@	DEN	135-142

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 5/3	TOR	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 5/4	PHI	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Mon 5/4	MIN	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Tue 5/5	LAL	@	OKC	8:30 PM
Wed 5/6	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM

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