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National Basketball Association (NBA) *Team Records*
Highest Scoring Regular Season Matches
This list features the highest scoring regular season matches in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
RANK | WINNING TEAM | SCORE | OPPONENT | TOTAL POINTS | DATE |
1 | Detroit Pistons | 186–184 | Denver Nuggets | 370 | 1983 |
2 | Sacramento Kings | 176–175 | Los Angeles Clippers | 351 | 2023 |
3 | San Antonio Spurs | 171–166 | Milwaukee Bucks | 337 | 1982 |
4 | Chicago Bulls | 168–161 | Atlanta Hawks | 329 | 2019 |
5 | Golden State Warriors | 162–158 | Denver Nuggets | 320 | 1990 |
6 | Denver Nuggets | 163–155 | San Antonio Spurs | 318 | 1984 |
7 | Phoenix Suns | 161–157 | New Jersey Nets | 318 | 2006 |
8 | Houston Rockets | 159–158 | Washington Wizards | 317 | 2019 |
9 | Philadelphia Warriors | 169–147 | New York Knicks | 316 | 1962 |
10 | Cincinnati Royals | 165–151 | San Diego Rockets | 316 | 1970 |
11 | Phoenix Suns | 173–143 | Denver Nuggets | 316 | 1990 |
References
Land of Basketball (2025) Highest scoring NBA games. Available at: https://www.landofbasketball.com/statistics/highest_scoring_games.htm (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
ESPN (2025) What are the highest scoring NBA games of all time? Available at: https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/story/_/id/39575923/what-highest-scoring-nba-games-all (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 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).

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