Many fans of the NBA often ask which is the highest scoring game in NBA history.
The NBA has been a competition filled with adrenaline and ability to its core ever since its inception in 1949. With some of the best basketball players in the world going head to head against each other, it is bound to happen that the games are some of the most high scoring in the league – one of the most asked questions about the NBA is what is the highest scoring game in its history?
It turns out that nearly forty years ago, on Dec. 13, 1983, the Detroit Pistons beat the Denver Nuggets 186-184 in triple overtime. It was, and remains, the highest-scoring game in NBA history. 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).
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.
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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. 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.
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