Between the 1949-50 and 1958-59 seasons, the Boston Celtics scored the most points by a team in a game, with 173 points versus the Minneapolis Lakers on February 27, 1959.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring regular-season game by a team 1950s

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Celtics	173	2/27/1959	BOS	vs	MIN	W 173-139	240	73	43	72	143	50.3	29	37	78.4	54.3	30
2	Hawks	146	12/21/1957	STL		SYR	W 146-136	240			50	100	50.0	46	58	79.3	58.2	23
3	Nationals	145	1/8/1959	SYR	@	CIN	W 145-138	315			51			43	55	78.2		40
4	Nationals	142	3/5/1959	SYR	vs	BOS	W 142-118	240			57			28	37	75.7		29
5	Knicks	142	12/31/1957	NYK	vs	MIN	W 142-116	240			50			42	55	76.4		28
6	Warriors	142	3/8/1956	PHI	vs	BOS	W 142-120	240	62	41	52	106	49.1	38	43	88.4	56.8	38
7	Celtics	141	3/8/1959	BOS	vs	CIN	W 141-131	240	75	25	56	124	45.2	29	36	80.6	50.4	24
8	Red Skins	141	3/10/1950	SHE	vs	DEN	W 141-104	240			61			19	27	70.4		20
9	Nationals	140	3/1/1959	SYR	vs	NYK	W 140-115	240			53			34	38	89.5		28
10	Celtics	140	12/21/1957	BOS	vs	MIN	W 140-119	240	83	26	48	119	40.3	44	48	91.7	50.0	27
11	Celtics	140	1/23/1957	BOS	vs	SYR	W 140-108	240	78	32	59	125	47.2	22	32	68.8	50.3	23
12	Lakers	139	2/27/1959	MIN	@	BOS	L 139-173	240	81	15	47	124	37.9	45	58	77.6	46.5	28
13	Nationals	139	2/22/1959	SYR	vs	DET	W 139-108	240	61	21	48	97	49.5	43	51	84.3	58.2	32
14	Hawks	139	2/14/1959	STL	vs	MIN	W 139-96	240			51	94	54.3	37	42	88.1	61.8	26
15	Celtics	139	2/1/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	W 139-137	265	82	23	50	128	39.1	39	50	78.0	46.3	29
16	Celtics	139	1/18/1959	BOS	vs	STL	W 139-117	240	67	33	53	101	52.5	33	41	80.5	58.4	27
17	Knicks	138	3/10/1959	NYK	@	BOS	W 138-116	240	55	29	53	114	46.5	32	38	84.2	52.8	19
18	Royals	138	1/8/1959	CIN	vs	SYR	L 138-145	315			51			36	50	72.0		37
19	Hawks	138	12/15/1957	STL	@	MIN	W 138-118	240			50	119	42.0	38	50	76.0	48.9	33
20	Hawks	137	3/7/1959	STL	vs	DET	W 137-128	240			44			49	56	87.5		30
21	Nationals	137	2/1/1959	SYR	@	BOS	L 137-139	265	59	10	52	117	44.4	33	41	80.5	50.7	37
22	Celtics	137	1/31/1959	BOS	vs	PHI	W 137-102	240	84	36	56	117	47.9	25	35	71.4	51.7	27
23	Hawks	137	12/11/1956	STL	@	NYK	W 137-128	240			53			31	45	68.9		36
24	Celtics	136	2/8/1959	BOS	vs	CIN	W 136-117	240	71	29	54	119	45.4	28	30	93.3	51.4	22
25	Hawks	136	12/17/1958	STL		NYK	W 136-122	240			48			40	46	87.0