most points by a team in a game before 1954-55

Before 1954-55, the Sheboygan Red Skins scored the most points by a team in a game, with 141 points versus the Nuggets on March 10, 1950.

Interpreted as:

most points by a team in a regular-season game before 1954-55

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Red Skins	141	3/10/1950	SHE	vs	DEN	W 141-104	240			61			19	27	70.4		20
2	Celtics	131	1/11/1953	BOS	vs	BAL	W 131-87	240		43	49	92	53.3	33	48	68.8	57.9	33
3	Celtics	128	3/5/1954	BOS	vs	MIN	W 128-106	240		42	48	90	53.3	32	38	84.2	60.0	34
4	Bullets	126	1/10/1953	BAL	vs	BOS	W 126-105	240			39			48	66	72.7		38
5	Lakers	126	3/16/1952	MIN	vs	BAL	W 126-82	240			54	121	44.6	18	23	78.3	48.0	22
6	Nationals	125	11/24/1949	SYR	vs	AND	W 125-123	365			33			59	86	68.6		53
7	Royals	124	2/24/1952	ROC	vs	BAL	W 124-100	240			49			26	31	83.9		29
8	Packers	123	11/24/1949	AND	@	SYR	L 123-125	365			33			57	74	77.0		60
9	Nationals	121	3/8/1951	SYR	vs	IND	W 121-97	240			47			27	35	77.1
10	Lakers	121	11/20/1949	MIN	vs	IND	W 121-95	240		28	48	102	47.1	25	37	67.6	51.1	33
11	Pistons	120	2/11/1951	FTW	vs	NYK	W 120-96	240			44			32	39	82.1		30
12	Royals	120	11/26/1949	ROC	vs	WAT	W 120-95	240			49			22	31	71.0
13	Red Skins	120	11/24/1949	SHE	vs	TRI	W 120-113	240		23	33	65	50.8	54	71	76.1	62.3	38
14	Bullets	119	12/16/1950	BAL	vs	BOS	W 119-88	240			41			37	45	82.2
15	Celtics	118	3/15/1952	BOS	@	ROC	W 118-106	240			41			36	45	80.0		21
16	Warriors	118	2/22/1952	PHI	vs	NYK	W 118-95	240	52	32	46	91	50.5	26	34	76.5	55.7	32
17	Capitols	118	11/18/1950	WAS	vs	FTW	W 118-75	240			37			44	45	97.8
18	Nationals	117	11/2/1952	SYR	vs	PHI	W 117-91	240			42			33	43	76.7		39
19	Celtics	117	1/23/1952	BOS	vs	BAL	W 117-75	240		38	51	111	45.9	15	21	71.4	48.7	16
20	Celtics	117	1/20/1952	BOS	vs	IND	W 117-98	240		34	47	111	42.3	23	27	85.2	47.6	19
21	Lakers	117	11/24/1948	MIN	vs	PRO	W 117-89	240			54			9	12	75.0
22	Blackhawks	116	2/18/1950	TRI	@	WAT	W 116-93	240			39	100	39.0	38	49	77.6	47.7	34
23	Pistons	115	3/14/1951	FTW	vs	IND	W 115-109	240			43			29	40	72.5
24	Red Skins	115	3/9/1950	SHE	vs	DEN	W 115-92	240			51			13	24	54.2
25	Red Skins	115	1/12/1950	SHE	vs	DEN	W 115-92	240		34	44	92	47.8	27	34	79.4	53.8	33