which team has the most points in a playoff game since 1990

Since 1989-90, the Boston Celtics have dropped the most points by a team in a playoff game, with 157 points in Game 2 of the 1990 First Round versus 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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Nets	141	5/30/2021	BKN	@	BOS	W 141-126	240	36	29	8	9	48	83	57.8	16	27	59.3	29	30	96.7	73.3	9	27	9	28
13	Jazz	141	5/26/2021	UTA	vs	MEM	W 141-129	240	42	28	2	4	49	90	54.4	19	39	48.7	24	31	77.4	68.0	12	30	12	25
14	Mavericks	141	5/10/2003	DAL	@	SAC	W 141-137	290	47	28	7	2	53	110	48.2	19	42	45.2	16	20	80.0	59.3	11	36	10	31
15	Trail Blazers	140	6/1/2021	POR	@	DEN	L 140-147	290	45	25	6	6	47	103	45.6	21	48	43.8	25	29	86.2	60.5	10	35	14	31
16	Trail Blazers	140	5/3/2019	POR	vs	DEN	W 140-137	340	62	23	13	5	52	124	41.9	12	42	28.6	24	28	85.7	51.3	24	38	13	24
17	Rockets	140	4/29/1995	HOU	@	UTA	W 140-126	240	36	31	6	9	51	85	60.0	19	28	67.9	19	26	73.1	72.6	7	29	13	31
18	Suns	140	5/4/1994	PHX	@	GSW	W 140-133	240	42	26	13	4	54	95	56.8	5	13	38.5	27	38	71.1	62.7	16	26	11	14
19	Pacers	138	5/21/2025	IND	@	NYK	W 138-135	265	39	26	6	3	51	100	51.0	15	37	40.5	21	28	75.0	61.4	11	28	7	24
20	Cavaliers	138	4/28/2025	CLE	@	MIA	W 138-83	240	51	26	15	6	47	86	54.7	22	47	46.8	22	25	88.0	71.1	8	43	11	12
21	Bucks	138	4/19/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	W 138-122	240	45	35	9	4	53	99	53.5	25	49	51.0	7	8	87.5	67.3	9	36	11	16
22	Clippers	138	4/21/2014	LAC	vs	GSW	W 138-98	240	34	29	15	5	47	83	56.6	12	25	48.0	32	35	91.4	70.1	9	25	13	22
23	Trail Blazers	138	5/15/1990	POR	vs	SAS	W 138-132	290	47	22	7	3	48	93	51.6	9	17	52.9	33	45	73.3	61.2	15	32	21	29
24	Nuggets	137	5/3/2019	DEN	@	POR	L 137-140	340	66	28	11	8	54	119	45.4	15	42	35.7	14	20	70.0	53.6	24	42	20	27
25	Cavaliers	137	6/9/2017	CLE	vs	GSW	W 137-116	240	41	27	6	3	46	87	52.9	24	45	53.3	21	31	67.7	68.1	11	30	11	24