nba record for most shot attempts by a team in a playoff game

The Chicago Stags have the most shot attempts by a team in a playoff game, with 150 attempts in Game 2 of the 1947 NBA Finals against the Philadelphia Warriors.

TEAMFGARECDATETMOPPRESULTW%MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF
1Stags
Stags
150
0-1
4/17/1947
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
L
74-85
.000
240
74
3
30
20.0
14
24
58.3
23.0
28
2Warriors
Warriors
140
0-1
4/14/1967
SFW SFW
@
PHI PHI
L
135-141
.000
265
135
80
25
55
39.3
25
34
73.5
43.6
31
3Celtics
Celtics
140
1-0
3/18/1959
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
W
131-109
1.000
240
131
95
30
57
40.7
17
28
60.7
43.0
31
4Celtics
Celtics
135
0-1
3/22/1960
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
L
107-128
.000
240
107
89
19
40
29.6
27
33
81.8
35.8
24
5Celtics
Celtics
135
1-0
4/1/1959
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
W
130-125
1.000
240
130
89
26
50
37.0
30
39
76.9
42.7
29
6Celtics
Celtics
133
1-0
3/27/1960
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
W
140-122
1.000
240
140
73
27
61
45.9
18
24
75.0
48.8
20
7Celtics
Celtics
133
1-0
3/19/1960
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
W
120-90
1.000
240
120
97
18
52
39.1
16
21
76.2
42.2
20
8Knicks
Knicks
131
0-1
3/15/1959
NYK NYK
@
SYR SYR
L
115-131
.000
240
115
46
35.1
23
31
74.2
39.8
34
9Bulls
Bulls
130
0-1
6/13/1993
CHI CHI
vs
PHX PHX
L
121-129
.000
315
121
59
32
8
6
55
42.3
5
13
38.5
6
9
66.7
45.2
27
32
16
29
10Celtics
Celtics
130
1-0
4/4/1959
BOS BOS
vs
MIN MIN
W
118-115
1.000
240
118
86
29
47
36.2
24
33
72.7
40.8
20
11Warriors
Warriors
129
0-1
4/16/1967
SFW SFW
@
PHI PHI
L
95-126
.000
240
95
76
20
38
29.5
19
29
65.5
33.5
24
12Celtics
Celtics
129
1-0
3/28/1959
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
W
129-108
1.000
240
129
82
26
51
39.5
27
29
93.1
45.5
26
13Stags
Stags
129
0-1
4/16/1947
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
L
71-84
.000
240
71
5
26
20.2
19
30
63.3
25.0
25
14Celtics
Celtics
128
1-0
4/13/1957
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
W
125-123
1.000
290
125
81
22
47
36.7
31
54
57.4
41.2
37
15Celtics
Celtics
126
0-1
4/9/1965
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
L
131-134
.000
265
131
72
31
57
45.2
17
28
60.7
47.4
38
16Celtics
Celtics
126
1-0
3/22/1959
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
W
133-111
1.000
240
133
78
26
54
42.9
25
32
78.1
47.5
24
17Lakers
Lakers
126
0-1
3/25/1957
MIN MIN
vs
STL STL
L
135-143
.000
290
135
46
36.5
43
51
84.3
45.5
37
18Warriors
Warriors
125
0-1
4/20/1967
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
L
108-122
.000
240
108
75
20
44
35.2
20
33
60.6
38.7
28
19Hawks
Hawks
125
0-1
3/21/1961
STL STL
vs
LAL LAL
L
118-122
.000
240
118
62
49
39.2
20
34
58.8
42.2
30
20Warriors
Warriors
125
1-0
3/14/1960
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
W
132-112
1.000
240
132
81
36
57
45.6
18
32
56.3
47.5
22
21Trail Blazers
Trail Blazers
124
1-0
5/3/2019
POR POR
vs
DEN DEN
W
140-137
1.000
340
140
62
23
13
5
52
41.9
12
42
28.6
24
28
85.7
51.3
24
38
13
24
22Spurs
Spurs
124
1-0
5/4/1983
SAS SAS
vs
DEN DEN
W
145-105
1.000
240
145
75
51
12
10
67
54.0
3
7
42.9
8
11
72.7
56.3
19
56
18
28
23Celtics
Celtics
124
1-0
4/18/1965
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
W
142-110
1.000
240
142
77
30
53
42.7
36
47
76.6
49.1
26
24Celtics
Celtics
124
0-1
3/30/1957
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
L
123-125
.000
290
123
67
17
44
35.5
35
42
83.3
43.2
34
25Celtics
Celtics
123
0-1
3/31/1962
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
L
106-110
.000
240
106
76
26
36
29.3
34
44
77.3
37.2
33
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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Thunder Thunder
7
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1.000
2
Spurs Spurs
5
1
.833
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Lakers Lakers
6
2
.750
1.5
4
Nuggets Nuggets
4
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.667
2.5
5
Rockets Rockets
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6
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Bulls Bulls
5
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3
Bucks Bucks
5
2
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Pistons Pistons
5
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Heat Heat
4
3
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6
Knicks Knicks
4
3
.571
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Mon
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@
OKC OKC
124-125
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@
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119-109
Tue
10/21
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@
NYK NYK
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