which nba team has the most points in a season opener

The Golden State Warriors have scored the most points by a team in a season opener, with 162 points versus the Nuggets on November 2, 1990.

	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	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
2	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
3	Celtics	149	10/20/1962	BOS	vs	NYK	W 149-116	240	86	40			63	126	50.0				23	32	71.9	53.2				26
4	Warriors	144	10/13/1967	SFW	vs	SEA	W 144-116	240	73	31			61	124	49.2				22	26	84.6	53.2				21
5	Pacers	143	10/25/2023	IND	vs	WAS	W 143-120	240	51	38	10	8	56	107	52.3	20	43	46.5	11	12	91.7	63.7	10	41	12	23
6	Warriors	140	10/23/2024	GSW	@	POR	W 140-104	240	57	38	13	5	48	93	51.6	20	48	41.7	24	30	80.0	65.9	15	42	17	27
7	Pacers	140	10/18/2017	IND	vs	BKN	W 140-131	240	47	29	12	9	53	102	52.0	9	34	26.5	25	32	78.1	60.3	14	33	14	25
8	Spurs	140	11/1/1991	SAS	vs	DAL	W 140-99	240	47	38	8	9	53	93	57.0	2	7	28.6	32	34	94.1	64.8	12	35	10	24
9	Trail Blazers	140	10/27/1984	POR	@	KCK	W 140-119	240	43	26	7	4	55	95	57.9	0	2	0.0	30	36	83.3	63.2	12	31	12	32
10	Warriors	140	10/23/1962	SFW	vs	DET	W 140-113	240	84	37			60	121	49.6				20	37	54.1	51.0				20
11	Royals	140	10/19/1960	CIN	vs	LAL	W 140-123	240	66	42			57	101	56.4				26	36	72.2	59.9				34
12	Nuggets	139	11/6/1987	DEN	vs	LAC	W 139-93	240	57	37	12	7	53	103	51.5	1	1	100.0	32	37	86.5	58.3	12	45	17	25
13	Nuggets	139	10/28/1983	DEN	vs	UTA	W 139-125	240	56	40	4	8	55	102	53.9	0	0		29	39	74.4	58.3	19	37	11	26
14	Raptors	138	10/22/2025	TOR	@	ATL	W 138-118	240	54	36	10	4	54	95	56.8	6	25	24.0	24	29	82.8	64.0	12	42	19	31
15	Knicks	138	10/20/2021	NYK	vs	BOS	W 138-134	290	55	27	9	10	51	105	48.6	17	45	37.8	19	27	70.4	59.0	7	48	17	22
16	Royals	138	10/21/1961	CIN	@	STL	W 138-129	240	58				48	114	42.1				42	56	75.0	49.8				27
17	Heat	137	10/21/2021	MIA	vs	MIL	W 137-95	240	58	28	8	2	51	96	53.1	15	35	42.9	20	31	64.5	62.5	11	47	11	26
18	Knicks	137	10/27/1984	NYK	vs	DET	W 137-118	240	45	29	14	1	48	83	57.8	0	1	0.0	41	55	74.5	63.9	11	34	18	37
19	Celtics	137	10/21/1961	BOS	vs	DET	W 137-102	240		26			55	120	45.8				27	37	73.0	50.3				27
20	Hornets	136	10/22/2025	CHA	vs	BKN	W 136-117	240	50	33	5	5	48	90	53.3	17	36	47.2	23	33	69.7	65.1	14	36	16	25
21	Cavaliers	136	10/23/2024	CLE	@	TOR	W 136-106	240	36	29	10	9	51	87	58.6	14	30	46.7	20	26	76.9	69.1	8	28	12	22
22	Suns	136	11/3/1989	PHX	vs	GSW	W 136-106	240	48	32	12	3	49	96	51.0	3	6	50.0	35	42	83.3	59.4	16	32	17	29
23	Pacers	135	10/23/2025	IND	vs	OKC	L 135-141	290	55	21	6	4	46	105	43.8	13	43	30.2	30	40	75.0	55.1	11	44	14	37
24	Celtics	134	10/20/2021	BOS	@	NYK	L 134-138	290	56	34	13	9	48	117	41.0	21	57	36.8	17	23	73.9	52.7	15	41	18	24
25	Knicks	134	11/2/1990	NYK	@	CHA	W 134-130	265	42	28	9	8	48	84	57.1	1	2	50.0	37	52	71.2	62.7	10	32	14	24