what was the highest scoring nba game by a team since 1980

Since 1979-80, the Detroit Pistons have put up the most points by a team in a game, with 186 points against the Nuggets on December 13, 1983.

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What was the highest scoring NBA regular-season game by a team since 1980?

	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	Nuggets	184	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	L 184-186	315	57	46	7	7	68	115	59.1	1	2	50.0	47	57	82.5	65.7	16	41	24	43
3	Kings	176	2/24/2023	SAC	@	LAC	W 176-175	290	43	33	18	3	65	111	58.6	18	41	43.9	28	35	80.0	69.6	12	31	15	28
4	Clippers	175	2/24/2023	LAC	vs	SAC	L 175-176	290	42	39	8	3	59	98	60.2	26	45	57.8	31	36	86.1	76.9	7	35	25	27
5	Suns	173	11/10/1990	PHX	vs	DEN	W 173-143	240	53	50	19	7	67	104	64.4	0	2	0.0	39	48	81.3	69.1	12	41	27	28
6	Spurs	171	3/6/1982	SAS	vs	MIL	W 171-166	315	49	43	7	8	68	116	58.6	1	3	33.3	34	39	87.2	64.2	15	34	14	34
7	Bulls	168	3/1/2019	CHI	@	ATL	W 168-161	340	62	30	10	5	56	119	47.1	21	48	43.8	35	48	72.9	59.9	11	51	17	30
8	Nuggets	168	3/16/2008	DEN	vs	SEA	W 168-116	240	51	44	12	10	61	101	60.4	16	31	51.6	30	35	85.7	72.2	8	43	14	19
9	Bucks	166	3/6/1982	MIL	@	SAS	L 166-171	315	35	34	10	3	68	111	61.3	3	4	75.0	27	36	75.0	65.4	6	29	11	34
10	Nuggets	163	1/11/1984	DEN	vs	SAS	W 163-155	240	52	44	13	7	64	125	51.2	1	2	50.0	34	41	82.9	57.0	24	28	16	30
11	Pacers	162	3/27/2025	IND	@	WAS	W 162-109	240	50	48	8	2	59	92	64.1	27	47	57.4	17	19	89.5	80.7	13	37	15	19
12	Warriors	162	11/2/1990	GSW	@	DEN	W 162-158	240	58	37	10	4	63	109	57.8	2	4	50.0	34	49	69.4	62.0	11	47	22	38
13	Nuggets	162	2/13/1981	DEN	vs	POR	W 162-143	240	40	27	16	6	64	113	56.6	0	1	0.0	34	40	85.0	62.0	15	25	14	29
14	Hawks	161	3/1/2019	ATL	vs	CHI	L 161-168	340	59	33	11	8	61	123	49.6	22	60	36.7	17	25	68.0	60.1	9	50	20	34
15	Suns	161	12/7/2006	PHX	@	NJN	W 161-157	290	39	43	10	5	61	117	52.1	17	31	54.8	22	27	81.5	62.5	11	28	12	28
16	Bullets	161	12/29/1990	WAS	vs	DEN	W 161-133	240	52	35	14	6	66	107	61.7	0	1	0.0	29	39	74.4	64.8	13	39	23	22
17	Spurs	161	11/7/1990	SAS	vs	DEN	W 161-153	240	47	42	10	10	64	101	63.4	0	0		33	39	84.6	68.1	17	30	25	20
18	Rockets	159	10/30/2019	HOU	@	WAS	W 159-158	240	44	34	10	5	55	103	53.4	23	54	42.6	26	33	78.8	67.6	19	25	13	24
19	Hornets	158	1/26/2022	CHA	@	IND	W 158-126	240	36	37	9	5	54	93	58.1	24	45	53.3	26	33	78.8	73.5	8	28	13	29
20	Rockets	158	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	W 158-111	240	52	30	9	2	52	89	58.4	25	51	49.0	29	34	85.3	76.0	13	39	15	23
21	Wizards	158	10/30/2019	WAS	vs	HOU	L 158-159	240	40	31	6	4	57	91	62.6	20	36	55.6	24	29	82.8	76.1	11	29	19	27
22	Nuggets	158	11/2/1990	DEN	vs	GSW	L 158-162	240	66	29	12	9	57	130	43.8	4	13	30.8	40	55	72.7	51.2	28	38	16	38
23	Pacers	157	4/14/2024	IND	vs	ATL	W 157-115	240	48	41	10	6	65	100	65.0	19	36	52.8	8	10	80.0	75.2	12	36	16	24
24	Pacers	157	11/21/2023	IND	@	ATL	W 157-152	240	29	35	7	11	57	94	60.6	22	45	48.9	21	28	75.0	73.8	7	22	14	25
25	Warriors	157	4/9/2023	GSW	@	POR	W 157-101	240	58	47	13	6	58	96	60.4	27	49	55.1	14	16	87.5	76.2	9	49	16	18

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27.1

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Team Rankings

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DRTG

111.8

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	21	5	.808
2	Knicks	18	7	.720	2.5
3	Raptors	16	11	.593	5.5
4	Celtics	15	11	.577	6.0
5	Magic	15	11	.577	6.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 12/18	DET	@	DAL	8:30 PM
Sat 12/20	CHA	@	DET	7:30 PM
Mon 12/22	DET	@	POR	10:00 PM
Tue 12/23	DET	@	SAC	10:00 PM
Fri 12/26	DET	@	UTA	9:30 PM

Last Game

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21 - 5

112

Final

105

Celtics

15 - 11

Mon 15 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

34.7

Dončić

32.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.5

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.4

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Zubac

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.2

Cunningham

8.9

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.3

Wallace

2.1

Daniels

1.9

Bridges

BPG Leaders

2.5

Huff

1.9

Kalkbrenner

1.9

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.0

Mitchell

3.7

Maxey

3.6

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TS% Leaders

72.4

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72.0

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

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126.1

122.9

121.4

121.3

119.1

DRtg Rankings

104.8

111.8

112.1

112.7

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

16.5

9.8

9.4

8.9

6.3

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

4-20

5-22

6-20

7-18

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FanDuel Points Leaders

1,603.3

Jokić

1,301.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,223.3

Maxey

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,704.3

Jokić

1,308.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,269.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.8

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.3

Mitchell

MPG Leaders

39.9

Maxey

37.3

Dončić

36.9

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FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.83

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.57

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DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.95

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.57

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NBA 2025-26 Betting

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17-8

17-10

15-9-1

16-10

14-9

15-10

Worst Record ATS

8-20

8-18

8-16

10-17

11-16

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	21	5	.808
2	Knicks	18	7	.720	2.5
3	Raptors	16	11	.593	5.5
4	Celtics	15	11	.577	6.0
5	Magic	15	11	.577	6.0
6	76ers	14	11	.560	6.5
7	Hawks	15	12	.556	6.5
8	Heat	14	12	.538	7.0
9	Cavaliers	15	13	.536	7.0
10	Bulls	11	15	.423	10.0
11	Bucks	11	16	.407	10.5
12	Hornets	8	18	.308	13.0
13	Nets	7	18	.280	13.5
14	Pacers	6	20	.231	15.0
15	Wizards	4	20	.167	16.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	24	2	.923
2	Nuggets	19	6	.760	4.5
3	Lakers	18	7	.720	5.5
4	Spurs	18	7	.720	5.5
5	Rockets	16	7	.696	6.5
6	Timberwolves	17	10	.630	7.5
7	Suns	14	12	.538	10.0
8	Warriors	13	14	.481	11.5
9	Grizzlies	13	14	.481	11.5
10	Jazz	10	15	.400	13.5
11	Trail Blazers	10	16	.385	14.0
12	Mavericks	10	17	.370	14.5
13	Kings	6	20	.231	18.0
14	Clippers	6	20	.231	18.0
15	Pelicans	5	22	.185	19.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/14	LAL	@	MIL	119-95
Sat 11/15	LAC	@	BOS	118-121
Sat 11/15	SAC	@	SAS	110-123
Sat 11/15	BKN	@	WAS	129-106
Sat 11/15	GSW	@	NOP	124-106

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 12/18	ATL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Thu 12/18	NYK	@	IND	7:00 PM
Thu 12/18	MIA	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Thu 12/18	LAC	@	OKC	8:00 PM
Thu 12/18	WAS	@	SAS	8:00 PM

Since 1979-80, the Detroit Pistons have put up the most points by a team in a game, with 186 points against the Nuggets on December 13, 1983.

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