List of highest-scoring NBA games

In the years following the founding of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1946, teams only averaged around 80 points per game.

[3] Beginning in the 1954–55 season, the NBA implemented a 24-second shot clock, the aim of which was to speed up the game and create a more entertaining experience for those in attendance.

If the offensive team failed to hit the rim with the ball within the allotted 24 seconds, they would lose possession.

An NBA-record four players scored over 40 points in the game, including the Nuggets' Kiki Vandeweghe with a game-high 51.

[5][6] The highest-scoring regular season game in regulation was between the Golden State Warriors and the Denver Nuggets on November 2, 1990.

[9][10] In fact, Moe's and Westhead's Nuggets were participants in four of the ten highest-scoring regular season games in NBA history.

[11] He employed Nellie Ball, a style of run and gun that uses smaller, more athletic players to outrun opponents.