which nba teams score on first possessions the most

The Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets are tied for the most possessions in a game, with 147.3 possessions on December 13, 1983.

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Which NBA teams score on first possessions in a regular-season game the most?

	TEAM	POSS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Pistons	147.3	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	W 186-184	315	186	56	47	19	6	74	136	54.4	1	2	50.0	37	60	61.7	57.3	23	33	13	44
2	Nuggets	147.3	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	L 184-186	315	184	57	46	7	7	68	115	59.1	1	2	50.0	47	57	82.5	65.7	16	41	24	43
3	Hawks	142.5	3/1/2019	ATL	vs	CHI	L 161-168	340	161	59	33	11	8	61	123	49.6	22	60	36.7	17	25	68.0	60.1	9	50	20	34
4	Bulls	142.5	3/1/2019	CHI	@	ATL	W 168-161	340	168	62	30	10	5	56	119	47.1	21	48	43.8	35	48	72.9	59.9	11	51	17	30
5	Lakers	141.9	1/29/1980	LAL	@	CLE	L 153-154	340	153	66	27	6	11	63	122	51.6	0	0		27	32	84.4	56.2	18	48	34	38
6	Cavaliers	141.9	1/29/1980	CLE	vs	LAL	W 154-153	340	154	61	44	13	8	65	142	45.8	0	1	0.0	24	32	75.0	49.3	29	32	14	30
7	SuperSonics	139.8	11/9/1989	SEA	@	MIL	L 154-155	365	154	52	26	10	8	52	117	44.4	4	10	40.0	46	60	76.7	53.7	22	30	25	39
8	Bucks	139.8	11/9/1989	MIL	vs	SEA	W 155-154	365	155	51	31	13	6	56	111	50.5	4	8	50.0	39	49	79.6	58.5	10	41	22	39
9	Warriors	139.2	11/2/1990	GSW	@	DEN	W 162-158	240	162	58	37	10	4	63	109	57.8	2	4	50.0	34	49	69.4	62.0	11	47	22	38
10	Nuggets	139.2	11/2/1990	DEN	vs	GSW	L 158-162	240	158	66	29	12	9	57	130	43.8	4	13	30.8	40	55	72.7	51.2	28	38	16	38
11	Nuggets	137.7	11/10/1990	DEN	@	PHX	L 143-173	240	143	47	33	12	6	54	117	46.2	2	7	28.6	33	41	80.5	52.9	19	28	25	33
12	Suns	137.7	11/10/1990	PHX	vs	DEN	W 173-143	240	173	53	50	19	7	67	104	64.4	0	2	0.0	39	48	81.3	69.1	12	41	27	28
13	Warriors	137.5	2/1/1987	GSW	vs	NJN	W 150-147	340	150	61	33	16	7	58	124	46.8	0	3	0.0	34	44	77.3	52.3	18	43	19	32
14	Nets	137.5	2/1/1987	NJN	@	GSW	L 147-150	340	147	69	35	13	5	59	127	46.5	2	6	33.3	27	34	79.4	51.8	25	44	21	37
15	Warriors	135.7	3/26/1974	GSW	vs	POR	W 143-120	240	143	66	42	13	12	64	121	52.9				15	21	71.4	54.9	19	47	26	28
16	Trail Blazers	135.7	3/26/1974	POR	@	GSW	L 120-143	240	120	56	25	7	10	47	110	42.7				26	31	83.9	48.5	14	42	28	23
17	Pacers	134.7	10/30/1985	IND	@	NJN	L 138-147	315	138	58	24	9	6	48	109	44.0	0	1	0.0	42	50	84.0	52.7	19	39	22	35
18	Nets	134.7	10/30/1985	NJN	vs	IND	W 147-138	315	147	65	27	14	6	55	121	45.5	0	3	0.0	37	46	80.4	52.0	18	47	20	36
19	Nuggets	134.5	12/28/1982	DEN	vs	IND	W 155-150	265	155	57	30	8	11	55	111	49.5	0	1	0.0	45	59	76.3	56.6	13	44	14	28
20	Pacers	134.5	12/28/1982	IND	@	DEN	L 150-155	265	150	56	32	5	4	62	120	51.7	3	9	33.3	23	34	67.6	55.6	16	40	18	46
21	Warriors	132.4	11/3/1973	GSW	@	BUF	W 124-121	265	124	63	35	14	3	54	113	47.8				16	20	80.0	50.9	15	48	28	26
22	Braves	132.4	11/3/1973	BUF	vs	GSW	L 121-124	265	121	51	36	16	12	51	108	47.2				19	27	70.4	50.5	8	43	22	22
23	Spurs	132.1	2/23/1984	SAS	@	UTA	L 142-143	290	142	47	37	11	5	59	117	50.4	0	1	0.0	24	32	75.0	54.2	13	34	19	32
24	Jazz	132.1	2/23/1984	UTA	vs	SAS	W 143-142	290	143	70	27	9	10	53	116	45.7	3	8	37.5	34	44	77.3	52.8	27	43	26	31
25	Nuggets	132	12/26/1983	DEN	@	PHX	L 133-140	265	133	42	31	14	2	45	108	41.7	5	11	45.5	38	44	86.4	52.2	13	29	25	44

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1	Pistons	57	21	.731
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Wed 4/8	MIL	@	DET	7:00 PM
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1	Pistons - z	57	21	.731
2	Celtics - x	53	25	.679	4.0
3	Knicks - x	50	28	.641	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	49	29	.628	8.0
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1	Thunder - x	62	16	.795
2	Spurs - x	59	19	.756	3.0
3	Lakers - x	50	28	.641	12.0
4	Nuggets - x	50	28	.641	12.0
5	Rockets - x	49	29	.628	13.0
6	Timberwolves	46	32	.590	16.0
7	Suns	43	35	.551	19.0
8	Clippers	40	38	.513	22.0
9	Trail Blazers	40	38	.513	22.0
10	Warriors	36	42	.462	26.0
11	Grizzlies - e	25	53	.321	37.0
12	Mavericks - e	25	53	.321	37.0
13	Pelicans - e	25	54	.316	37.5
14	Kings - e	21	58	.266	41.5
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