most team points in nba game in 1987-88 season

The Denver Nuggets scored the most points by a team in a game in 1987-88, with 156 points against the Spurs on November 20, 1987.

	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	Nuggets	156	11/20/1987	DEN	vs	SAS	W 156-142	240	54	40	9	8	61	113	54.0	2	2	100.0	32	37	86.5	60.3	21	33	14	26
2	SuperSonics	151	4/2/1988	SEA	vs	PHX	W 151-107	240	43	28	18	6	59	105	56.2	2	6	33.3	31	42	73.8	61.1	15	28	11	34
3	Nuggets	151	1/2/1988	DEN	@	DET	W 151-142	240	37	32	10	4	59	99	59.6	2	2	100.0	31	34	91.2	66.3	11	26	13	28
4	Trail Blazers	148	12/20/1987	POR	vs	SAS	W 148-126	240	50	42	11	3	57	103	55.3	2	3	66.7	32	43	74.4	60.7	14	36	14	24
5	Trail Blazers	147	4/15/1988	POR	vs	GSW	W 147-113	240	39	45	8	4	58	87	66.7	3	8	37.5	28	33	84.8	72.4	9	30	14	23
6	Nuggets	147	12/2/1987	DEN	vs	SAC	W 147-120	240	46	47	13	2	60	110	54.5	2	4	50.0	25	29	86.2	59.9	15	31	12	29
7	Lakers	147	11/15/1987	LAL	vs	SAS	W 147-130	240	58	37	10	8	57	105	54.3	1	5	20.0	32	42	76.2	59.5	21	37	14	26
8	SuperSonics	144	1/13/1988	SEA	vs	GSW	W 144-115	240	48	31	14	9	54	97	55.7	2	8	25.0	34	46	73.9	61.4	15	33	13	30
9	Pistons	144	11/21/1987	DET	@	CHI	W 144-132	265	41	27	4	4	50	87	57.5	2	2	100.0	42	60	70.0	63.5	8	33	19	30
10	Hawks	143	3/8/1988	ATL	vs	PHX	W 143-113	240	43	39	14	6	57	96	59.4	4	7	57.1	25	36	69.4	63.9	14	29	10	22
11	Celtics	143	1/13/1988	BOS	vs	DET	W 143-105	240	53	40	13	4	55	99	55.6	6	11	54.5	27	34	79.4	62.7	19	34	19	25
12	Pistons	143	11/27/1987	DET	vs	SAS	W 143-111	240	58	29	10	6	52	99	52.5	0	2	0.0	39	51	76.5	58.9	23	35	11	22
13	Pistons	142	1/2/1988	DET	vs	DEN	L 142-151	240	40	34	6	5	58	96	60.4	2	6	33.3	24	32	75.0	64.5	13	27	18	30
14	Spurs	142	11/20/1987	SAS	@	DEN	L 142-156	240	50	29	7	10	53	109	48.6	7	13	53.8	29	42	69.0	55.7	23	27	19	26
15	Lakers	142	11/17/1987	LAL	vs	POR	W 142-115	240	50	35	10	6	54	94	57.4	4	8	50.0	30	40	75.0	63.6	16	34	20	24
16	Trail Blazers	141	4/22/1988	POR	vs	DEN	W 141-135	265	49	34	7	5	60	108	55.6	1	1	100.0	20	25	80.0	59.2	16	33	13	28
17	Trail Blazers	141	4/5/1988	POR	vs	LAC	W 141-119	240	42	43	12	3	59	99	59.6	1	5	20.0	22	34	64.7	61.9	9	33	13	21
18	SuperSonics	141	1/9/1988	SEA	vs	SAS	W 141-133	240	51	33	7	3	51	97	52.6	3	10	30.0	36	48	75.0	59.7	22	29	16	24
19	Spurs	140	12/30/1987	SAS	vs	SAC	W 140-108	240	43	42	13	9	59	96	61.5	5	7	71.4	17	27	63.0	64.9	11	32	10	24
20	Celtics	140	11/7/1987	BOS	@	WAS	W 140-139	290	44	44	7	5	56	99	56.6	3	7	42.9	25	33	75.8	61.7	14	30	26	31
21	Trail Blazers	139	2/9/1988	POR	vs	SEA	W 139-123	240	35	37	8	3	49	88	55.7	3	5	60.0	38	50	76.0	63.2	9	26	16	26
22	Hawks	139	12/4/1987	ATL	vs	NJN	W 139-102	240	52	36	10	7	52	90	57.8	3	5	60.0	32	39	82.1	64.9	18	34	14	20
23	Bullets	139	11/7/1987	WAS	vs	BOS	L 139-140	290	47	26	13	2	53	105	50.5	0	0		33	41	80.5	56.5	20	27	22	30
24	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
25	Nuggets	138	2/17/1988	DEN	vs	BOS	W 138-125	240	35	30	4	3	54	82	65.9	6	10	60.0	24	27	88.9	73.5	6	29	14	37

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6	Spurs	4	2	.667	2.0
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9	Timberwolves	4	3	.571	2.5
10	Warriors	3	3	.500	3.0

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Mon 11/2	POR	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Wed 11/4	TOR	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Sat 11/7	DEN	@	IND	5:00 PM
Mon 11/9	DEN	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 11/11	DEN	@	MEM	8:00 PM

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Wembanyama

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Maxey

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1	76ers	6	1	.857
2	Pistons	5	1	.833	0.5
3	Celtics	4	1	.800	1.0
4	Cavaliers	4	2	.667	1.5
5	Raptors	3	2	.600	2.0
6	Wizards	3	3	.500	2.5
7	Hawks	3	4	.429	3.0
8	Hornets	3	4	.429	3.0
9	Magic	2	3	.400	3.0
10	Heat	2	4	.333	3.5
11	Pacers	2	4	.333	3.5
12	Knicks	2	4	.333	3.5
13	Bulls	1	5	.167	4.5
14	Bucks	1	5	.167	4.5
15	Nets	0	5	.000	5.0

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1	Grizzlies	6	0	1.000
2	Rockets	6	1	.857	0.5
3	Trail Blazers	4	1	.800	1.5
4	Lakers	4	2	.667	2.0
5	Thunder	4	2	.667	2.0
6	Spurs	4	2	.667	2.0
7	Mavericks	4	2	.667	2.0
8	Nuggets	3	2	.600	2.5
9	Timberwolves	4	3	.571	2.5
10	Warriors	3	3	.500	3.0
11	Pelicans	2	4	.333	4.0
12	Suns	1	3	.250	4.0
13	Clippers	1	4	.200	4.5
14	Jazz	1	5	.167	5.0
15	Kings	0	6	.000	6.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
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