What is the highest score NBA game?

* Box Score: Pistons 186, Nuggets 184
Two of the best offenses in the NBA during the 1983-84 season produced one of the wildest games in NBA history on Dec. 13, 1983. The Pistons won the historic game in triple-overtime 186-184.
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What is the highest-scoring NBA game in history?

Twenty-two 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. Before they were the Bad Boys, Isiah and the Pistons were a high-scoring machine.
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Has there ever been a 300 point NBA game?

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.
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Has there ever been a 200 point NBA game?

Has an NBA game ever reached 200 points? No NBA team has ever scored 200 points in a game. In 1983, the Detroit Pistons beat the Denver Nuggets 186–184 and this is the most in NBA history. You did however say “basketball game”, so this means it can also include other basketball leagues.
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What NBA player scored 73 points in a game?

Nuggets 360: David Thompson on scoring 73 points | NBA.com.
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Highest Scoring Games of The Greatest NBA Players



Has any NBA player scored 69 points?

On March 28th, 1990, Jordan's Chicago Bulls were playing against the Cleveland Cavaliers when he got hammered by Cleveland's defense. His reaction to the foul was as expected. He went on a tear and ended up scoring an incredible 69 points.
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Has anyone made 100 points in the NBA?

On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain set the NBA single-game scoring record by tallying 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 victory over the New York Knicks.
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Did NBA team ever go 0 82?

Eventually, all three teams are going to lose games. It should surprise no one to hear that no NBA team has ever gone 82-0.
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What is the lowest NBA score ever?

Lowest Scoring Game: Pistons vs.

22, 1950 than there were points scored on the court. In the lowest scoring game of all time, the Fort Wayne Pistons beat the Minneapolis Lakers 19-18 that day.
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Has any NBA team go 0 82?

Now, each team plays about 3.5 games per week during the regular season which lasts about 165 days. So Has an NBA team ever gone 0-82 or 82-0? No team has ever won or lost all 82 games in a single season. The best record ever was 73 wins and 9 losses by the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors.
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How many 70-point games in NBA history?

A 70-point game is a rarity. Only six players in the history of the league have scored 70 points or more, with Wilt Chamberlain accounting for six of the 11 total scoring outbursts. Not all 70-point games are created equally, of course.
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Who scored 70 points in the NBA?

Elgin Baylor was the first NBA player to have a 70-point game when he had a 71-point, 25-rebound effort as a member of the Lakers in November 1960. Chamberlain broke Baylor's record the following year with his 78-point game, which actually came in a loss to Baylor, who scored 63 points in the matchup, and the Lakers.
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Has there ever been a 0 point NBA game?

#5 Dennis Rodman vs Charlotte Hornets - December 1st, 1993

One of the NBA's best defensive players of all time, Dennis Rodman, was no stranger to a scoreless game.
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Who scored 1000 points the fastest in the NBA?

On Friday, Williamson scored his 1,000th NBA point. He became the fastest player to achieve the feat since Blake Griffin did it during his rookie year.
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What NBA player scored 93 points in a game?

According to the graphic above, the fourth-year player put up an astounding 93 points—on only 10 field goals—29 rebounds and three blocks. That means Mozgov made a minimum of 63 free throws on his way to putting up the second-most points in a game in NBA history.
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Has any NBA player scored 3000 points in a season?

Chamberlain scored 4,029 points in 80 games, over 1500 more points than his nearest rival that year. Only one other player has ever scored more than 3,000 points in a season (Michael Jordan, 1987).
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What is LeBron's lowest scoring game?

LeBron James scored his fewest points in a game against the Rockets on December 29, 2004, with 3 points.
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What is Jordan's lowest scoring?

Michael Jordan posted his fewest points in a game on December 15, 2002 and on April 2, 2002, with 2 points.
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Who scored 99 points in the NBA?

The number one spot is unsurprisingly held by Wilt Chamberlain. Donovan Mitchell of the @cavs scored or assisted on 99 points tonight. That's the second most in a game in NBA history behind Wilt Chamberlain in his 100-point game on March 2, 1962 (104).
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What's the best start in NBA history?

The Warriors began the 2015–16 season by winning their first 24 games, eclipsing the previous best start in NBA history, set by the 1993–94 Houston Rockets and the 1948–49 Washington Capitols at 15–0 . Their record-setting start ended when they were defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks on December 12, 2015.
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Has any NBA team lost a 3 0 lead?

The NBA is the only major North American sport with a seven-game playoffs series where no team has overcome a 3–0 deficit.
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Has any NBA player shot 100% in a game?

Wilt Chamberlain has posted the most points in a game with a field-goal percentage of 100.0, with 42 points versus the Baltimore Bullets on February 24, 1967.
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Has anyone had a perfect game in NBA?

Inside Chris Paul's perfect game: How the Point God set an all-time NBA playoff record in Game 6 for Suns | Sporting News.
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Who is the fastest NBA player to 20000 points?

Wilt Chamberlain is No. 1 on this list -- he reached 20,000 points in just 499 games. It took Michael Jordan, the 2nd player on the list, 620 games to do so.
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