What is the highest-scoring 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 score game NBA?

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.
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Has any NBA team scored over 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.
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What is the lowest scoring games in the NBA?

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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Who scored 73 points in an NBA game?

Draymond delivers honest truth about Warriors' mediocrity

The next non-Chamberlain 70-point game after Baylor's came in April 1978 when David Thompson poured in 73 points with the Denver Nuggets. That was followed by The Admiral, former San Antonio Spurs big man David Robinson, in April 1994 with a 71-point game.
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Highest Scoring Games in NBA History



Has a team ever went 0 82 in the NBA?

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 80 point games in NBA history?

22, 2006: Los Angeles Lakers 122, Toronto Raptors 104. Kobe Bryant's 81-point game is almost as famous as Chamberlain's 100. It's the only other time in NBA history a player has scored 80 or more points in a game, and only one other player (Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns) has hit 70 points since then.
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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 career high?

LeBron James scores career-high 61 points.
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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 is the fastest player to reach 1000 points 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 is the highest scoring 1st half in the NBA?

Phoenix set the NBA record with 107 points in the first half against Denver on Nov. 10, 1990. The Warriors — with current Nets star Kevin Durant on their roster — scored 92 against Chicago on Oct. 29.
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Who scored 78 points in an NBA game?

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 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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What is Jordan's highest scoring game?

Michael Jordan posted his most points in a game against the Cavaliers on March 28, 1990, with 69 points.
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How far is LeBron behind Kareem in points?

He finished with 38. Despite missing 11 games this season, James has already blown past Abdul-Jabbar's point total during his entire 20th and final season. James has scored 1,326 points in 44 games in 2022-23; Abdul-Jabbar scored 748 for the 1988-89 season. “It's just amazing to watch him.
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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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Who is the fastest NBA player to 25000 points?

In terms of total games played, Durant is the seventh-fastest player to 25,000 points in his 922nd game. Only Wilt Chamberlain (691), Michael Jordan (782), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (889), LeBron James (915), Oscar Robertson (917), and Jerry West (920) got there faster.
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How many 70-point games have there been?

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. Efficiency matters, as does contributing to the box score in other areas.
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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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How many 50 point games does LeBron have?

James has recorded 50-plus points in 14 games over the course of his career.
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What is the weakest NBA team?

Below, find out about the 5 worst NBA teams of all-time.
  • Vancouver Grizzlies 1995/96. ...
  • Atlanta Hawks 2004/05. ...
  • New Jersey Nets 2009/10. ...
  • Dallas Mavericks 1992/93. ...
  • Charlotte Bobcats 2011/12.
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What was the worst NBA team ever?

Considered to be the worst team of all time, the Bobcats failed to improve on their 34–48 record from the previous season and set the record for the worst winning percentage in a season with a . 106 winning percentage, "surpassing" the 1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers (. 110) for the lowest winning percentage in NBA history.
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Has any team ever went 19 0?

No association football team has ever achieved a perfect season across all competitions entered, but some have achieved a perfect record in their respective domestic league competitions, although that feat itself is rare.
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