The Detroit Pistons posted their most points in a game against the Nuggets on December 13, 1983, with 186 points.

Interpreted as:

pistons v nuggets highest scoring regular-season game

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Pistons	186	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	W 186-184	315	56	47	19	6	74	136	54.4	1	2	50.0	37	60	61.7	57.3	23	33	13	44
2	Pistons	148	12/19/1984	DET	@	DEN	W 148-129	240	48	34	7	6	64	98	65.3	0	1	0.0	20	28	71.4	67.1	10	38	21	35
3	Pistons	142	1/2/1988	DET	vs	DEN	L 142-151	240	40	34	6	5	58	96	60.4	2	6	33.3	24	32	75.0	64.5	13	27	18	30
4	Pistons	139	4/9/1978	DET	vs	DEN	W 139-137	240	40	23	13	3	56	102	54.9				27	33	81.8	59.6	15	25	17	21
5	Pistons	136	3/18/2008	DET	vs	DEN	W 136-120	240	40	42	6	2	55	91	60.4	12	20	60.0	14	18	77.8	68.7	14	26	18	22
6	Pistons	130	3/8/2000	DET	vs	DEN	W 130-116	240	32	31	10	4	44	85	51.8	9	16	56.3	33	38	86.8	63.9	9	23	12	28
7	Pistons	129	2/4/2019	DET	vs	DEN	W 129-103	240	53	32	8	8	48	88	54.5	16	37	43.2	17	20	85.0	66.6	16	37	20	20
8	Pistons	129	3/6/1989	DET	vs	DEN	W 129-112	240	57	23	2	2	47	87	54.0	3	8	37.5	32	41	78.0	61.4	17	40	17	27
9	Pistons	129	1/17/1986	DET	vs	DEN	W 129-113	240	57	34	5	3	50	102	49.0	0	1	0.0	29	35	82.9	54.9	22	35	19	27
10	Pistons	128	2/2/2020	DET	vs	DEN	W 128-123	265	43	33	4	2	48	94	51.1	14	31	45.2	18	24	75.0	61.2	11	32	12	22
11	Pistons	128	12/6/1986	DET	vs	DEN	W 128-113	240	54	32	5	4	52	83	62.7	0	2	0.0	24	29	82.8	66.8	12	42	26	27
12	Pistons	127	12/23/1982	DET	vs	DEN	L 127-135	240	48	29			53	101	52.5	1	3	33.3	20	36	55.6	54.3			12	25
13	Pistons	126	2/8/2014	DET	vs	DEN	W 126-109	240	40	28	11	5	50	98	51.0	8	20	40.0	18	23	78.3	58.3	13	27	10	16
14	Pistons	126	10/22/1977	DET	vs	DEN	W 126-106	240	56	23	16	16	48	101	47.5				30	43	69.8	52.5	23	33	21	24
15	Pistons	124	12/23/1981	DET	@	DEN	W 124-119	240	47	29	9	13	47	94	50.0	0	0		30	38	78.9	56.0	17	30	17	26
16	Pistons	124	2/4/1977	DET	vs	DEN	W 124-111	240	47	28	12	11	52	97	53.6				20	27	74.1	56.9		34		26
17	Pistons	123	1/18/1988	DET	@	DEN	W 123-116	240	46	23	11	4	48	87	55.2	0	0		27	37	73.0	59.5	12	34	27	23
18	Pistons	123	1/27/1981	DET	@	DEN	L 123-143	240	42	35	13	4	50	103	48.5	1	1	100.0	22	29	75.9	53.1	15	27	16	35
19	Pistons	122	12/7/1984	DET	vs	DEN	W 122-115	240	51	31	9	10	51	94	54.3	0	0		20	23	87.0	58.6	14	37	17	27
20	Pistons	121	12/28/2024	DET	@	DEN	L 121-134	240	41	29	8	1	46	95	48.4	12	39	30.8	17	23	73.9	57.6	15	26	12	25
21	Pistons	121	12/12/1989	DET	@	DEN	W 121-108	240	35	22	5	2	48	76	63.2	3	6	50.0	22	30	73.3	67.8	5	30	15	25
22	Pistons	121	3/28/1987	DET	@	DEN	W 121-109	240	52	37	3	4	49	94	52.1	1	3	33.3	22	24	91.7	57.9	16	36	14	24
23	Pistons	121	3/14/1984	DET	vs	DEN	L 121-125	240	42	26	7	6	44	92	47.8	0	1	0.0	33	45	73.3	54.1	18	24	16	25
24	Pistons	121	1/22/1979	DET	@	DEN	W 121-117	240	47	29	8	10	45	85	52.9				31	41	75.6	58.7	17	30	18	33
25	Pistons	120	3/25/1983	DET	@	DEN	L 120-131	240	46	21			44	98	44.9	5	13	38.5	27	34	79.4	53.1			25	30