what is the most points by a team in a playoff game

The Boston Celtics have the most points by a team in a playoff game, with 157 points in Game 2 of the 1990 First Round against the Knicks.

	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	Celtics	157	4/28/1990	BOS	vs	NYK	W 157-128	240	42	46	7	7	63	94	67.0	1	6	16.7	30	33	90.9	72.3	14	28	12	20
2	Bucks	156	3/30/1970	MIL	@	PHI	W 156-120	240	56	46			67	110	60.9				22	28	78.6	63.8				18
3	Clippers	154	8/25/2020	LAC	vs	DAL	W 154-111	240	49	28	5	4	53	84	63.1	22	35	62.9	26	34	76.5	77.8	8	41	15	26
4	Trail Blazers	153	5/11/1992	POR	@	PHX	W 153-151	290	44	36	5	7	54	93	58.1	6	11	54.5	39	53	73.6	65.8	7	37	17	37
5	Lakers	153	5/22/1985	LAL	vs	DEN	W 153-109	240	54	42	13	13	67	116	57.8	1	4	25.0	18	21	85.7	61.1	17	37	12	23
6	Spurs	152	4/26/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	W 152-133	240	52	38	9	6	62	113	54.9	2	4	50.0	26	32	81.3	59.8	14	38	11	27
7	Suns	151	5/11/1992	PHX	vs	POR	L 151-153	290	44	34	8	6	53	115	46.1	3	13	23.1	42	50	84.0	55.1	15	29	6	38
8	Mavericks	151	4/23/1987	DAL	vs	SEA	W 151-129	240	54	36	9	8	59	99	59.6	0	3	0.0	33	46	71.7	63.3	15	39	13	24
9	Raptors	150	8/23/2020	TOR	@	BKN	W 150-122	240	57	39	9	6	56	101	55.4	22	47	46.8	16	22	72.7	67.8	12	45	10	26
10	Thunder	149	5/7/2025	OKC	vs	DEN	W 149-106	240	44	31	12	8	50	89	56.2	16	36	44.4	33	36	91.7	71.1	8	36	9	24
11	Celtics	148	5/27/1985	BOS	vs	LAL	W 148-114	240	48	43	10	3	62	102	60.8	7	9	77.8	17	25	68.0	65.5	13	35	13	17
12	Nuggets	147	6/1/2021	DEN	vs	POR	W 147-140	290	52	33	5	5	50	104	48.1	20	44	45.5	27	32	84.4	62.2	13	39	11	24
13	Lakers	147	4/20/1985	LAL	vs	PHX	W 147-130	240	37	37	13	6	58	94	61.7	1	3	33.3	30	38	78.9	66.4	13	24	18	32
14	76ers	145	4/15/2019	PHI	vs	BKN	W 145-123	240	49	29	8	3	55	98	56.1	9	23	39.1	26	32	81.3	64.7	15	34	12	23
15	Pistons	145	5/24/1987	DET	vs	BOS	W 145-119	240	44	34	5	4	61	96	63.5	2	5	40.0	21	29	72.4	66.7	13	31	7	24
16	Spurs	145	5/4/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	W 145-105	240	75	51	12	10	67	124	54.0	3	7	42.9	8	11	72.7	56.3	19	56	18	28
17	Hawks	145	3/25/1958	STL	@	DET	W 145-101	240					55	98	56.1				35	44	79.5	61.8				29
18	Timberwolves	143	5/24/2025	MIN	vs	OKC	W 143-101	240	50	30	6	3	55	96	57.3	20	40	50.0	13	17	76.5	69.1	11	39	10	18
19	Bucks	143	4/23/1978	MIL	vs	DEN	W 143-112	240	30	46	9	13	64	97	66.0				15	22	68.2	67.0	8	22	14	26
20	Warriors	143	4/1/1967	SFW	vs	STL	W 143-136	240	52	28			58	106	54.7				27	35	77.1	58.9				35
21	Hawks	143	3/25/1957	STL	@	MIN	W 143-135	290					52	117	44.4				39	56	69.6	50.5				31
22	Warriors	142	5/7/2022	GSW	vs	MEM	W 142-112	240	38	34	5	4	53	85	62.4	17	32	53.1	19	21	90.5	75.3	4	34	16	24
23	Bulls	142	4/27/2013	CHI	vs	BKN	W 142-134	315	46	34	8	7	58	109	53.2	6	19	31.6	20	29	69.0	58.3	9	37	14	35
24	Lakers	142	4/18/1985	LAL	vs	PHX	W 142-114	240	46	41	12	5	61	101	60.4	1	3	33.3	19	30	63.3	62.2	11	35	15	25
25	Celtics	142	4/18/1965	BOS	vs	LAL	W 142-110	240	77	30			53	124	42.7				36	47	76.6	49.1				26