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SPORTS
National Basketball Association (NBA) *Team Records*
Highest Scoring Play-Off Matches
This list features the highest scoring play-off matches in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
RANK | WINNING TEAM | SCORE | OPPONENT | TOTAL POINTS | DATE |
1 | Portland Trail Blazers | 153–151 | Phoenix Suns | 304 | 1992 |
2 | Denver Nuggets | 147–140 | Portland Trail Blazers | 287 | 2021 |
3 | San Antonio Spurs | 152–133 | Denver Nuggets | 285 | 1983 |
4 | Boston Celtics | 157–128 | New York Knicks | 285 | 1990 |
5 | Dallas Mavericks | 151–129 | Seattle SuperSonics | 280 | 1987 |
6 | San Francisco Warriors | 143–136 | St. Louis Hawks | 279 | 1967 |
7 | St. Louis Hawks | 143–135 | Minneapolis Lakers | 278 | 1957 |
8 | Dallas Mavericks | 141–137 | Sacramento Kings | 278 | 2003 |
9 | Los Angeles Lakers | 147–130 | Phoenix Suns | 277 | 1985 |
10 | Portland Trail Blazers | 140–137 | Denver Nuggets | 277 | 2019 |
References
Land of Basketball (2025) NBA highest scoring playoff games. Available at: https://www.landofbasketball.com/statistics/highest_scoring_games_pl.htm (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
Wikipedia (2025) List of highest-scoring NBA games. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-scoring_NBA_games#Highest-scoring_playoff_games (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
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