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The highest-scoring regular-season game in National Basketball Association (NBA) history is the triple-overtime game between the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets on December 13, 1983, played at McNichols Arena (pictured) in Denver. The two teams combined to score 370 points, with the Pistons defeating the Nuggets 186–184. An NBA-record four players scored more than 40 points in the game, including the Nuggets' Kiki Vandeweghe with a game-high 51. The highest-scoring regular-season game in regulation was between the Golden State Warriors and the Denver Nuggets on November 2, 1990. In that game, Golden State defeated Denver 162–158. 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. The Suns' Kevin Johnson scored a game-high 35 points, with 12 other players also scoring in double figures. (Full list...)