List of highest-scoring NBA games

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McNichols Arena in Denver was the site of the highest-scoring game in NBA history. McNichols Sports Arena 1994.jpg
McNichols Arena in Denver was the site of the highest-scoring game in NBA history.
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix was the site of the highest-scoring playoff game. Arizona veterans memorial coliseum.jpg
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix was the site of the highest-scoring playoff game.

In basketball, points are used to keep track of the score in a game. Points can be accumulated by making field goals (worth two points from within the three-point line or three points from beyond the three-point line) or free throws (worth one point). [1] The team that records the most points at the end of a game is declared the game's winner. If the game is still tied at the end of regulation play, additional overtime period(s) are played in order to determine the winner.

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In the years following the founding of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1946, teams only averaged around 80 points per game. [2] Before the introduction of the shot clock, teams often ran out the clock by passing the ball more frequently after having established a lead in a game. If one team did choose to stall, the opposing team (especially if behind) would often commit fouls to regain possession. This resulted in very low-scoring games with excessive fouls, which negatively affected attendance. [3] Beginning in the 1954–55 season, the NBA implemented a 24-second shot clock, the aim of which was to speed up the game and create a more entertaining experience for those in attendance. If the offensive team failed to hit the rim with the ball within the allotted 24 seconds, they would lose possession. [4] This innovation resulted in higher average scores. [4] Consequently, all of the highest-scoring games in the NBA have happened during the shot-clock era.

Summary

The highest-scoring regular-season game in NBA history is the triple-overtime game between the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets on December 13, 1983. The two teams combined to score 370 points, with the Pistons defeating the Nuggets 186–184. An NBA-record four players scored over 40 points in the game, including the Nuggets' Kiki Vandeweghe with a game-high 51. The two teams also set several other NBA records, including the most points scored by one team (186 points), the most points scored by a losing team (184), the most field goals by two teams (142), most field goals by one team (74) and most assists by two teams (93). [5] [6]

The highest-scoring regular season game in regulation was between the Golden State Warriors and the Denver Nuggets on November 2, 1990. In that game, Golden State defeated Denver 162–158. The Warriors' Chris Mullin scored a game-high 38 points. The Nuggets were coached by Doug Moe from 1980 to 1990 and Paul Westhead from 1990 to 1992, [7] [8] both of whom employed a run-and-gun offensive strategy, which focuses on attempting a high number of field goals while also conceding a large number of points on defense. [9] [10] In fact, Moe's and Westhead's Nuggets were participants in four of the ten highest-scoring regular season games in NBA history. The Warriors were coached by Don Nelson from 1988 to 1995 and 2006 to 2010. [11] He employed Nellie Ball, a style of run and gun that uses smaller, more athletic players to outrun opponents. [12] Another notable high-scoring regular season game is a March 2, 1962, game between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks. In that game, the Warriors' Wilt Chamberlain scored an NBA-record 100 points. [13]

The highest-scoring playoff game is the double-overtime game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Phoenix Suns on May 11, 1992. The two teams combined to score 304 points, with the Trail Blazers defeating the Suns 153–151. The Suns' Kevin Johnson scored a game-high 35 points, with 12 other players also scoring in double figures. The highest-scoring playoff game in regulation occurred when the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Denver Nuggets with a score of 152–133 for a combined score of 285 points on April 26, 1983. In that game, the Spurs' George Gervin scored a game-high 42 points.

Most of the highest-scoring games happened before the 1995–96 season, when the average scoring (points per game) per team was always in the 100s. [2] Until the emergence of small ball in 2013, the average had dropped down to the 90s. [14] From 1995 though 2012, only two games made the top-ten lists of both the regular season and playoffs: a May 10, 2003, game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Sacramento Kings and a December 7, 2006, game between the Phoenix Suns and New Jersey Nets. The Mavericks and the Suns were coached by Nelson and Mike D'Antoni respectively, both of whom also made use of the run-and-gun style. [15] The 2018–19 season saw an entry into this list with a quadruple-overtime game between the Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks. The 2022–23 season then saw an entry into this list with the second-highest scoring game in history, a double-overtime game between the Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento Kings.

List

Key
OT Overtime (the number indicates the number of overtime periods played)
*Indicates a game that was won by the road team

Highest-scoring regular season games

RankTotal pointsDateLocationWinnerResultOTLoserNotesRef.
1
370
December 13, 1983 McNichols Arena
Denver, Colorado 		Detroit Pistons*186–1843 Denver Nuggets
  • NBA records
    • Highest-scoring record [a]
    • The winning and losing teams respectively scored the most and second-most points in a game by one team
    • The teams combined for 142 field goals [5]
    • The teams combined for 93 total assists [5]
    • 4 players scored at least 40 points [5]
  • Nuggets' Kiki VanDeWeghe scored a game-high 51 points, a career high. [5] [16]
  • Leading scorers
[17]
2
351
February 24, 2023 Crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles, California 		Sacramento Kings*176–1752 Los Angeles Clippers [19]
3
337
March 6, 1982 HemisFair Arena
San Antonio, Texas 		San Antonio Spurs 171–1663 Milwaukee Bucks [20]
4329March 1, 2019 State Farm Arena
Atlanta, Georgia 		Chicago Bulls* 168–1614 Atlanta Hawks
  • Highest scoring game with 4 or more overtimes in the NBA.
  • Most losses by the losing team in a game with more than 316 points.
  • Most losses by the winning team in a game with more than 316 points.
  • Hawks' Trae Young scored a game-high 49 points.
  • Leading scorers
[21]
5
320
November 2, 1990 McNichols Arena
Denver, Colorado 		Golden State Warriors*162–158— Denver Nuggets [22]
6
318
January 11, 1984 McNichols Arena
Denver, Colorado 		Denver Nuggets 163–155— San Antonio Spurs [24]
December 7, 2006 Continental Airlines Arena
East Rutherford, New Jersey 		Phoenix Suns*161–1572 New Jersey Nets [25]
8
317
October 30, 2019 Capital One Arena
Washington, D.C. 		Houston Rockets*159–158— Washington Wizards [27]
9
316
March 2, 1962 Hershey Sports Arena
Hershey, Pennsylvania 		Philadelphia Warriors 169–147— New York Knicks [28]
March 12, 1970 Cincinnati Gardens
Cincinnati 		Cincinnati Royals 165–151— San Diego Rockets [29]
November 10, 1990 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Phoenix, Arizona 		Phoenix Suns 173–143— Denver Nuggets [30]

Highest-scoring playoff games

Highest-scoring playoff games
RankTotal
points		DateLocationWinnerResultOTLoserNotesRef.
1
304
May 11, 1992 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Phoenix, Arizona 		Portland Trail Blazers*153–1512 Phoenix Suns [31]
2
287
June 1, 2021 Ball Arena
Denver, Colorado 		Denver Nuggets 147–1402 Portland Trail Blazers
  • NBA playoff record
    • Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard set single-game playoff record with 12 three-pointers. [32]
  • Lillard scored a game-high 55 points, setting a franchise single-game playoff record. [32]
  • Leading scorers
  • Game 5 of the first round, Nuggets won the series 4–2.
 [33]
3
285
April 26, 1983 HemisFair Arena
San Antonio, Texas 		San Antonio Spurs 152–133— Denver Nuggets [34]
April 28, 1990 Boston Garden
Boston 		Boston Celtics 157–128— New York Knicks
  • Tied record for highest-scoring playoff game to not go into overtime
  • Most points scored by one team in a playoff game (157)
  • Celtics' Kevin McHale scored a game-high 31 points
  • Leading scorers
  • Game 2 of the first round, Knicks won the series 3–2
 [35]
5
280
April 23, 1987 Reunion Arena
Dallas 		Dallas Mavericks 151–129— Seattle SuperSonics [36]
6
279
April 1, 1967 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Oakland, California 		San Francisco Warriors 143–136— St. Louis Hawks [37]
7
278
March 25, 1957 Minneapolis Auditorium
Minneapolis 		St. Louis Hawks*143–1352 Minneapolis Lakers [38]
May 10, 2003 ARCO Arena
Sacramento, California 		Dallas Mavericks*141–1372 Sacramento Kings [39]
9
277
April 20, 1985 Great Western Forum
Los Angeles		 Los Angeles Lakers 147–130— Phoenix Suns [40]
May 3, 2019 Moda Center
Portland 		Portland Trail Blazers 140–1374 Denver Nuggets [41]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ It has been the record for 41 years, 38 days.
  2. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Terry Tyler (18), Bill Laimbeer (17), Vinnie Johnson (12).
  3. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Mike Evans (16), Richard Anderson (13), Danny Schayes (11).
  4. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Keegan Murray (15), Harrison Barnes (11), Kevin Huerter (11), Trey Lyles (10).
  5. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Nicolas Batum (19), Russell Westbrook (17), Terance Mann (10), Mason Plumlee (10).
  6. ↑ This was the record from March 6, 1982, to December 13, 1983. It lasted for 1 year, 282 days.
  7. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Dave Corzine (19), Johnny Moore (16), Mike Bratz (14).
  8. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Sidney Moncrief (18), Quinn Buckner (18), Marques Johnson (14).
  9. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Kris Dunn (14), Shaquille Harrison (13), Robin Lopez (11), Ryan Arcidiacono (10).
  10. ↑ Trae Young's high-scoring game came under his rookie season.
  11. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Taurean Prince (17), Kevin Huerter (15), Dewayne Dedmon (14), Vince Carter (13), DeAndre' Bembry (13).
  12. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Tom Tolbert (18), Rod Higgins (17).
  13. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Todd Lichti (19), Michael Adams (18), T. R. Dunn (12), Jerome Lane (11), Blair Rasmussen (10).
  14. ↑ In the fourth quarter, the Spurs scored 53 points and the Nuggets scored 46 points. [23]
  15. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Dan Issel (17), Howard Carter (16), Mike Evans (12), Bill Hanzlik (11), Richard Anderson (10).
  16. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Gene Banks (17), Edgar Jones (17), Artis Gilmore (15), Keith Edmonson (14), Mark McNamara (14).
  17. ↑ Kidd recorded 38 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists.
  18. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Boris Diaw (16), Leandro Barbosa (16).
  19. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Marcus Williams (18), Mikki Moore (14), Eddie House (12), Nenad Krstić (10).
  20. ↑ Westbrook recorded 17 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists.
  21. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Westbrook (17), Danuel House (16), Eric Gordon (15), Austin Rivers (11).
  22. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Isaiah Thomas (17), Troy Brown Jr. (14), Thomas Bryant (13), Moritz Wagner (12).
  23. ↑ This was the record from March 2, 1962, to March 6, 1982. It lasted for 20 years, 4 days.
  24. ↑ This is Chamberlain's career high. Chamberlain also recorded 25 rebounds.
  25. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Al Attles (17), Paul Arizin (16), Tom Meschery (16), Guy Rodgers (11).
  26. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Dave Budd (13), Donnie Butcher (10).
  27. ↑ This tied for the record from March 12, 1970, to March 6, 1982. It lasted for 11 years, 359 days.
  28. ↑ Other with double-digit point totals was Wally Anderzunas (12).
  29. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Bingo Smith (16), Stu Lantz (14), Bernie Williams (12), Toby Kimball (11).
  30. ↑ In the first half, the Suns scored 107 points and the Nuggets scored 67 points. [23]
  31. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Mark West (16), Jeff Hornacek (12), Eddie Johnson (12).
  32. ↑ Other with double-digit point totals was Anthony Cook (13).
  33. ↑ It has been the record for 32 years, 254 days.
  34. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Clifford Robinson (16), Kevin Duckworth (14), Buck Williams (11).
  35. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Cedric Ceballos (19), Andrew Lang (13).
  36. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Austin Rivers (18), Aaron Gordon (14).
  37. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Robert Covington (19), CJ McCollum (18), Jusuf Nurkić (13), Norman Powell (13).
  38. ↑ This was the record from April 26, 1983 to May 11, 1992. It lasted for 9 years, 15 days.
  39. ↑ This specific tie was made on April 28, 1990, with that tied record also sharing the mark until May 11, 1992. That shared tied record would last for 2 years, 13 days.
  40. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Artis Gilmore (13), Edgar Jones (10).
  41. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Billy McKinney (13), Danny Schayes (12), Rob Williams (12).
  42. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Robert Parish (18), Ed Pinckney (16), Larry Bird (15), Dennis Johnson (12), Jim Paxson (11), John Bagley (10).
  43. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Kiki Vandeweghe (13), Charles Oakley (11), Mark Jackson (11).
  44. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Rolando Blackman (18), Derek Harper (18), James Donaldson (15), Sam Perkins (12), Detlef Schrempf (10), Brad Davis (10), Bill Wennington (10).
  45. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Xavier McDaniel (18), Eddie Johnson (14), Kevin Williams (14), Russ Schoene (11).
  46. ↑ This was the record from April 1, 1967, to April 26, 1983. It lasted for 16 years, 25 days.
  47. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Jim King (13), Tom Meschery (13), Fred Hetzel (12).
  48. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Zelmo Beaty (19), Joe Caldwell (18).
  49. ↑ This was the record from March 25, 1957, to April 1, 1967. It lasted for 10 years, 7 days.
  50. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Ed Macauley (19), Jack McMahon (18), Chuck Share (15).
  51. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Ed Kalafat (17), Vern Mikkelsen (16).
  52. ↑ Other with double-digit point totals was Walt Williams (10).
  53. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Doug Christie (18), Mike Bibby (16), Bobby Jackson (16), Keon Clark (12), Jim Jackson (11).
  54. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Magic Johnson (19), James Worthy (15), Michael Cooper (13).
  55. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Maurice Lucas (13), Charles Pittman (12), Charles Jones (12), Rod Foster (10).
  56. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Rodney Hood (19), Enes Kanter (18), Maurice Harkless (15).
  57. ↑ Others with double-digit point totals were Paul Millsap (17), Gary Harris (13), Malik Beasley (11).

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