what was the highest scoring nba game by a team in 1972

The Los Angeles Lakers posted the most points by a team in a game in 1971-72, with 162 points against the Warriors on March 19, 1972.

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What was the highest scoring NBA regular-season game by a team in 1972?

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	TOV	PF
1	Lakers	162	3/19/1972	LAL	vs	GSW	W 162-99	240	73	43	69	113	61.1	24	32	75.0	63.7		21
2	Suns	160	3/21/1972	PHX	vs	POR	W 160-128	240	53	43	64	112	57.1	32	37	86.5	62.4		20
3	Lakers	154	12/19/1971	LAL	vs	PHI	W 154-132	240	62	30	55	94	58.5	44	51	86.3	66.1		26
4	Lakers	153	1/30/1972	LAL	vs	POR	W 153-131	240	55	47	67	105	63.8	19	26	73.1	65.7		16
5	Lakers	151	2/6/1972	LAL	vs	BAL	W 151-127	240	63	32	58	108	53.7	35	46	76.1	58.9		26
6	Pistons	151	1/7/1972	DET	vs	CIN	W 151-132	240	39	27	56	91	61.5	39	44	88.6	68.4		29
7	76ers	148	1/2/1972	PHI	@	CLE	W 148-119	240	40	39	53	86	61.6	42	51	82.4	68.2		26
8	Bulls	148	11/19/1971	CHI	@	PHI	W 148-104	240	74	30	57	109	52.3	34	47	72.3	57.1		26
9	Lakers	143	11/10/1971	LAL	@	PHI	W 143-103	240	69	33	60	113	53.1	23	27	85.2	57.3		21
10	Celtics	142	11/10/1971	BOS	@	HOU	W 142-103	240	63		57	111	51.4	28	35	80.0	56.2	19	34
11	Lakers	141	3/12/1972	LAL	vs	BUF	W 141-102	240	72	36	53	103	51.5	35	43	81.4	57.8		21
12	SuperSonics	141	1/11/1972	SEA	vs	HOU	W 141-126	240	45	37	57	95	60.0	27	33	81.8	64.4	20	23
13	Bucks	141	11/24/1971	MIL	vs	ATL	W 141-107	240			55			31	41	75.6			26
14	Hawks	140	12/25/1971	ATL	vs	BUF	W 140-117	240			51			38	48	79.2			24
15	Celtics	140	11/17/1971	BOS	vs	PHX	W 140-121	240	48	34	58	107	54.2	24	31	77.4	58.0		31
16	Celtics	139	2/9/1972	BOS	vs	BUF	W 139-112	240	62	31	54	108	50.0	31	36	86.1	56.1		18
17	Bulls	139	1/5/1972	CHI	@	PHI	W 139-107	240	68	38	60	120	50.0	19	28	67.9	52.5		21
18	Suns	139	12/1/1971	PHX	vs	POR	W 139-103	240	63	30	56	100	56.0	27	28	96.4	61.9		27
19	Lakers	139	11/25/1971	LAL	@	SEA	W 139-115	240	48	35	59	107	55.1	21	28	75.0	58.2		21
20	Pistons	139	11/10/1971	DET	vs	POR	W 139-122	240	63	32	54	105	51.4	31	38	81.6	57.1		17
21	Lakers	138	11/28/1971	LAL	vs	SEA	W 138-121	240	55	26	55	106	51.9	28	37	75.7	56.4	21	33
22	Lakers	137	12/26/1971	LAL	vs	HOU	W 137-115	240	60	34	56	103	54.4	25	37	67.6	57.4		18
23	Suns	137	10/29/1971	PHX	@	PHI	W 137-135	290	75	19	40	97	41.2	57	67	85.1	54.2		30
24	Royals	136	3/19/1972	CIN	vs	BUF	W 136-105	240	53	31	52	95	54.7	32	38	84.2	60.9		30
25	Pistons	136	2/13/1972	DET	@	CLE	W 136-121	240	60	33	55	93	59.1	26	33	78.8	63.2		21