nba team most point in a game by 240 or less minute 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, the Denver Nuggets put up the most points by a team in a game with 240 or fewer minutes played, with 163 points against the Spurs on January 11, 1984.

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	TEAM	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Nuggets	163	240	1/11/1984	DEN	vs	SAS	W 163-155	52	44	13	7	64	125	51.2	1	2	50.0	34	41	82.9	57.0	24	28	16	30
2	Nuggets	162	240	2/13/1981	DEN	vs	POR	W 162-143	40	27	16	6	64	113	56.6	0	1	0.0	34	40	85.0	62.0	15	25	14	29
3	Spurs	157	240	4/15/1984	SAS	vs	DEN	W 157-154	48	50	8	8	66	104	63.5	0	1	0.0	25	34	73.5	66.0	10	38	18	21
4	Nuggets	156	240	11/20/1987	DEN	vs	SAS	W 156-142	54	40	9	8	61	113	54.0	2	2	100.0	32	37	86.5	60.3	21	33	14	26
5	Trail Blazers	156	240	2/1/1986	POR	vs	LAC	W 156-121	35	46	13	3	62	89	69.7	0	1	0.0	32	44	72.7	72.0	8	27	17	29
6	Trail Blazers	156	240	11/22/1983	POR	vs	DEN	W 156-116	51	40	8	7	65	100	65.0	0	0		26	31	83.9	68.6	18	33	10	21
7	Warriors	155	240	3/4/1989	GSW	vs	SAC	W 155-143	50	30	13	7	62	107	57.9	6	16	37.5	25	37	67.6	62.9	14	36	15	24
8	Lakers	155	240	1/2/1987	LAL	vs	PHX	W 155-118	39	42	11	10	63	96	65.6	2	3	66.7	27	32	84.4	70.4	10	29	15	24
9	Spurs	155	240	1/11/1984	SAS	@	DEN	L 155-163	46	42	7	5	61	104	58.7	4	5	80.0	29	37	78.4	64.4	10	36	25	34
10	Suns	154	240	3/23/1989	PHX	@	GSW	W 154-124	44	35	12	3	61	105	58.1	9	12	75.0	23	26	88.5	66.1	10	34	14	25
11	SuperSonics	154	240	12/2/1988	SEA	vs	LAC	W 154-104	43	40	22	6	63	106	59.4	6	11	54.5	22	27	81.5	65.3	15	28	20	17
12	Nuggets	154	240	4/15/1984	DEN	@	SAS	L 154-157	45	38	14	2	61	110	55.5	3	6	50.0	29	32	90.6	62.1	12	33	16	25
13	Warriors	154	240	1/7/1984	GSW	vs	SAS	W 154-133	65	32	10	5	62	125	49.6	2	4	50.0	28	34	82.4	55.0	27	38	15	37
14	Nuggets	154	240	3/16/1982	DEN	vs	UTA	W 154-138	56	34	6	7	60	106	56.6	0	0		34	40	85.0	62.3	21	35	26	28
15	76ers	153	240	2/19/1986	PHI	vs	POR	W 153-133	45	31	15	8	52	82	63.4	1	2	50.0	48	59	81.4	70.9	10	35	20	30
16	Lakers	153	240	4/9/1982	LAL	vs	DEN	W 153-128	62	43	13	21	69	116	59.5	0	0		15	33	45.5	58.6	24	38	18	26
17	Pistons	152	240	11/3/1982	DET	vs	CHI	W 152-144	46	40	12	20	60	105	57.1	1	1	100.0	31	40	77.5	62.0	19	27	26	35
18	Warriors	152	240	11/7/1981	GSW	vs	DEN	W 152-107	53	46	11	8	63	105	60.0	4	10	40.0	22	28	78.6	64.8	15	38	14	24
19	Warriors	151	240	3/21/1989	GSW	vs	POR	W 151-127	54	39	10	9	61	107	57.0	5	10	50.0	24	26	92.3	63.7	13	41	24	26
20	SuperSonics	151	240	4/2/1988	SEA	vs	PHX	W 151-107	43	28	18	6	59	105	56.2	2	6	33.3	31	42	73.8	61.1	15	28	11	34
21	Nuggets	151	240	1/2/1988	DEN	@	DET	W 151-142	37	32	10	4	59	99	59.6	2	2	100.0	31	34	91.2	66.3	11	26	13	28
22	Jazz	151	240	4/10/1982	UTA	vs	DEN	W 151-136	46	34	11	4	60	108	55.6	1	2	50.0	30	37	81.1	60.7	18	28	9	25
23	Jazz	151	240	2/10/1982	UTA	@	DEN	W 151-148	50	35	8	8	66	111	59.5	0	1	0.0	19	27	70.4	61.4	18	32	17	29
24	Warriors	150	240	1/15/1986	GSW	vs	UTA	W 150-104	53	37	14	5	62	105	59.0	0	1	0.0	26	29	89.7	63.7	16	37	15	25
25	Mavericks	149	240	1/15/1985	DAL	@	GSW	W 149-104	52	31	9	2	59	94	62.8	4	7	57.1	27	31	87.1	69.2	12	40	13	20

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APG

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1st

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21st

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39.6

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	64	18	.780
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	DEN	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	NOP	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Mon 10/26	GSW	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Wed 10/28	DEN	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	DEN	@	PHX	10:00 PM

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Final

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

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120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

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MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

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61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

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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

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
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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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, the Denver Nuggets put up the most points by a team in a game with 240 or fewer minutes played, with 163 points against the Spurs on January 11, 1984.

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