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Highest scoring game in history – Pistons over Nuggets 186-184 in 3 OTs (1983) \[Kiki Vandeweghe 51pts\]
Highest scoring non-overtime game in history – Warriors over Nuggets 162-158 (1990)
Highest scoring playoff non-overtime game in history, and 2nd highest playoff game in history – Spurs over Nuggets 152-133 (1983)
5th highest scoring game in history – Nuggets over Spurs (1984) \[Kiki Vandeweghe 50pts\];In that game both teams combined to score 99 points in one quarter (NBA record)
8th highest scoring game in history – Suns over Nuggets (1990)
8th highest scoring game in playoff history – Blazers over Nuggets (2019 – 4OTs)
[Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-scoring_NBA_games)
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The 1981-82 Nuggets hold the record for highest scoring team in a season in history (126.5 PPG avg)(They also are the 2nd lowest in PPG with the 2002-03 team)
The 1983-84 Nuggets are the 5th highest scoring team in one season, and the highest scoring team to have a losing record (123.7 PPG, 38-44 record)
The 1982-83 Nuggets are the 6th highest scoring team in a season (123.2 PPG)
Out of the top 40 highest scoring teams in a season, the Nuggets are on the list 6 times, and 3 times in the top 10.
[Source](https://www.landofbasketball.com/statistics/highest_scoring_teams_rs.htm)
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This is crazy – The Nuggets hold the record for most consecutive 100+ point games with 136 games from January 1981 through December 1982.
That means they also hold the record for most consecutive 100+ point games in a season with 82…every single game that season.
Record for most combined points in the first quarter with 91 – Jazz over Nuggets (Jazz scored 50 in that quarter)
Nuggets have the record for FEWEST points in the first quarter by one team with…3. THREE points in the entire first quarter in a game in 2002.
The Nuggets are the only team in the league to have 2 players with 2000+ points in the same season TWICE, and they did it in back to back seasons – Kiki Vandeweghe and Alex English each had 2000+ points in the 1982-83 AND 1983-84 seasons.
[Source](https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/team_pts.html)
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The Nuggets were the highest scoring team of the entire 1980’s decade, and their point total in the 1980s (97,555) is the most of any team in ANY decade, and they are the only team to have over 96,000 points in a decade and are one of only two teams to have more than 95,000 points in any given decade. [Source](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/nba-team-most-point-in-decade)
by bridesign34
3 Comments
Nice stats but looks like Nugs lost 5 out of 6 games you listed. There’s something about playing defense that the team seems to historically disagree with.
Maybe it’s the altitude?
I think we also scored 168 in a game against the Seattle SuperSonics when KD was a rookie.
The run-n-gunnits