most pts by a team in a game, list opponent pts

The Detroit Pistons have put up the most points by a team in a game, with 186 points against the Nuggets on December 13, 1983.

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most pts by a team in a regular-season game, list opponent pts

	TEAM	PTS	OPP 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	Pistons	186	184	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	W 186-184	315	56	47	19	6	74	136	54.4	1	2	50.0	37	60	61.7	57.3	23	33	13	44
2	Nuggets	184	186	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	L 184-186	315	57	46	7	7	68	115	59.1	1	2	50.0	47	57	82.5	65.7	16	41	24	43
3	Kings	176	175	2/24/2023	SAC	@	LAC	W 176-175	290	43	33	18	3	65	111	58.6	18	41	43.9	28	35	80.0	69.6	12	31	15	28
4	Clippers	175	176	2/24/2023	LAC	vs	SAC	L 175-176	290	42	39	8	3	59	98	60.2	26	45	57.8	31	36	86.1	76.9	7	35	25	27
5	Suns	173	143	11/10/1990	PHX	vs	DEN	W 173-143	240	53	50	19	7	67	104	64.4	0	2	0.0	39	48	81.3	69.1	12	41	27	28
6	Celtics	173	139	2/27/1959	BOS	vs	MIN	W 173-139	240	73	43			72	143	50.3				29	37	78.4	54.3				30
7	Spurs	171	166	3/6/1982	SAS	vs	MIL	W 171-166	315	49	43	7	8	68	116	58.6	1	3	33.3	34	39	87.2	64.2	15	34	14	34
8	Warriors	169	147	3/2/1962	PHI		NYK	W 169-147	240	57	39			63	115	54.8				43	52	82.7	61.3				25
9	Bulls	168	161	3/1/2019	CHI	@	ATL	W 168-161	340	62	30	10	5	56	119	47.1	21	48	43.8	35	48	72.9	59.9	11	51	16	30
10	Nuggets	168	116	3/16/2008	DEN	vs	SEA	W 168-116	240	51	44	12	10	61	101	60.4	16	31	51.6	30	35	85.7	72.2	8	43	14	19
11	Bucks	166	171	3/6/1982	MIL	@	SAS	L 166-171	315	35	34	10	3	68	111	61.3	3	4	75.0	27	36	75.0	65.4	6	29	11	34
12	Royals	165	151	3/12/1970	CIN	vs	SDR	W 165-151	240	69				67	131	51.1				31	42	73.8	55.2				21
13	Nuggets	163	155	1/11/1984	DEN	vs	SAS	W 163-155	240	52	44	13	7	64	125	51.2	1	2	50.0	34	41	82.9	57.0	24	28	16	30
14	Spurs	163	125	11/8/1978	SAS	vs	SDC	W 163-125	240	61	46	11	8	68	116	58.6				27	36	75.0	61.8			18	23
15	Nationals	163	148	3/10/1963	SYR	vs	SFW	W 163-148	240	59	33			69	125	55.2				25	33	75.8	58.4				35
16	Pacers	162	109	3/27/2025	IND	@	WAS	W 162-109	240	50	48	8	2	59	92	64.1	27	47	57.4	17	19	89.5	80.7	13	37	12	19
17	Warriors	162	158	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
18	Nuggets	162	143	2/13/1981	DEN	vs	POR	W 162-143	240	40	27	16	6	64	113	56.6	0	1	0.0	34	40	85.0	62.0	15	25	14	29
19	Lakers	162	99	3/19/1972	LAL	vs	GSW	W 162-99	240	73	43			69	113	61.1				24	32	75.0	63.7				21
20	Nationals	162	135	2/8/1963	SYR	@	DET	W 162-135	240					61						40	44	90.9					31
21	Nationals	162	100	12/25/1960	SYR	vs	NYK	W 162-100	240					65						32	37	86.5					28
22	Hawks	161	168	3/1/2019	ATL	vs	CHI	L 161-168	340	59	33	11	8	61	123	49.6	22	60	36.7	17	25	68.0	60.1	9	50	20	34
23	Suns	161	157	12/7/2006	PHX	@	NJN	W 161-157	290	39	43	10	5	61	117	52.1	17	31	54.8	22	27	81.5	62.5	11	28	12	28
24	Bullets	161	133	12/29/1990	WAS	vs	DEN	W 161-133	240	52	35	14	6	66	107	61.7	0	1	0.0	29	39	74.4	64.8	13	39	23	22
25	Spurs	161	153	11/7/1990	SAS	vs	DEN	W 161-153	240	47	42	10	10	64	101	63.4	0	0		33	39	84.6	68.1	17	30	25	20