Highest Scoring Games of the 1959-60 NBA Season

This list shows the NBA games with the most total points scored between the two teams during the 1959-1960 Season, including both the Regular Season and the Playoffs, with final score and date for each game.

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What was the highest scoring game of the 1959-60 Season?

In January 5, 1960, the Syracuse Nationals defeated the Boston Celtics 145-143 in the game with the most total points scored of the 1959-60 NBA Season, including both the Regular Season and the Playoffs.

Most Total Points in a Game

288
Total Points
Nationals vs. Celtics

RS = Regular Season / PL = Playoffs

1960 NBA Regular Season and Playoffs Highest Scoring Games

	Total Points	Game / Details
1.	288	145 - 143 OT Syracuse Nationals Boston Celtics Jan. 5, 1960 neutral at Providence, RI / RS
2.	284	155 - 129 St. Louis Hawks New York Knicks Jan. 24, 1960, at St. Louis / RS
3.	281	141 - 140 OT St. Louis Hawks Syracuse Nationals Jan. 15, 1960, at St. Louis / RS
4.	277	142 - 135 New York Knicks Boston Celtics Feb. 7, 1960, at Boston / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
5.	276	148 - 128 Boston Celtics New York Knicks Mar. 9, 1960, at Boston / RS
	276	147 - 129 Detroit Pistons New York Knicks Dec. 13, 1959, at Detroit / RS
7.	274	153 - 121 Boston Celtics Detroit Pistons Feb. 10, 1960 neutral at Providence, RI / RS
	274	146 - 128 Boston Celtics Detroit Pistons Jan. 31, 1960, at Boston / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
9.	273	152 - 121 New York Knicks Syracuse Nationals Dec. 11, 1959, at New York / RS
	273	143 - 130 Philadelphia Warriors Boston Celtics Nov. 26, 1959, at Philadelphia / RS
11.	271	150 - 121 Syracuse Nationals Philadelphia Warriors Dec. 13, 1959, at Syracuse / RS
12.	270	136 - 134 OT Philadelphia Warriors New York Knicks Mar. 4, 1960 neutral at Hershey, PA / RS
	270	144 - 126 Boston Celtics New York Knicks Jan. 20, 1960, at Boston / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
14.	269	151 - 118 Boston Celtics Cincinnati Royals Nov. 11, 1959, at Boston / RS
15.	268	135 - 133 Cincinnati Royals Syracuse Nationals Feb. 23, 1960, at Cincinnati / RS
16.	264	141 - 123 New York Knicks Cincinnati Royals Jan. 12, 1960, at Cincinnati / RS
17.	263	137 - 126 Syracuse Nationals Philadelphia Warriors Mar. 9, 1960, at Syracuse / RS
	263	132 - 131 OT Philadelphia Warriors Syracuse Nationals Jan. 13, 1960 neutral at Boston, MA / RS
	263	137 - 126 Boston Celtics New York Knicks Dec. 17, 1959 neutral at Providence, RI / RS
	263	136 - 127 Syracuse Nationals Cincinnati Royals Oct. 30, 1959, at Cincinnati / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
21.	262	140 - 122 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks Mar. 27, 1960, at Boston / PL NBA Finals, Game 1
	262	134 - 128 Boston Celtics Cincinnati Royals Nov. 15, 1959, at Cincinnati / RS
23.	261	132 - 129 2 OT Boston Celtics Detroit Pistons Nov. 17, 1959, at Detroit / RS
24.	260	143 - 117 Boston Celtics New York Knicks Feb. 6, 1960, at New York / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
25.	259	139 - 120 Philadelphia Warriors St. Louis Hawks Feb. 11, 1960, at Philadelphia / RS
	259	132 - 127 Boston Celtics Syracuse Nationals Dec. 20, 1959, at Syracuse / RS
27.	258	136 - 122 Syracuse Nationals Philadelphia Warriors Feb. 18, 1960, at Syracuse / RS
	258	131 - 127 St. Louis Hawks Minneapolis Lakers Feb. 17, 1960 neutral at Philadelphia, PA / RS
	258	131 - 127 Syracuse Nationals Cincinnati Royals Dec. 30, 1959, at Cincinnati / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
30.	257	149 - 108 Syracuse Nationals Boston Celtics Mar. 3, 1960, at Syracuse / RS
	257	131 - 126 New York Knicks Minneapolis Lakers Jan. 14, 1960 neutral at Saint Paul, MN / RS
32.	255	129 - 126 Philadelphia Warriors Syracuse Nationals Feb. 6, 1960, at Philadelphia / RS
	255	130 - 125 OT St. Louis Hawks Detroit Pistons Jan. 29, 1960, at St. Louis / RS
	255	128 - 127 Boston Celtics New York Knicks Nov. 21, 1959, at New York / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
35.	254	129 - 125 Boston Celtics New York Knicks Feb. 28, 1960, at New York / RS
	254	135 - 119 St. Louis Hawks Minneapolis Lakers Jan. 17, 1960, at St. Louis / RS
	254	129 - 125 Boston Celtics Cincinnati Royals Oct. 17, 1959, at Boston / RS
38.	253	137 - 116 Boston Celtics Philadelphia Warriors Dec. 9, 1959, at Boston / RS
	253	135 - 118 Cincinnati Royals New York Knicks Dec. 2, 1959 neutral at Syracuse, NY / RS
	253	127 - 126 New York Knicks Philadelphia Warriors Nov. 29, 1959, at Philadelphia / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
41.	252	133 - 119 Boston Celtics Philadelphia Warriors Mar. 2, 1960, at Boston / RS
	252	131 - 121 Philadelphia Warriors New York Knicks Feb. 25, 1960, at Philadelphia / RS
	252	136 - 116 Boston Celtics Detroit Pistons Feb. 19, 1960, at Detroit / RS
	252	130 - 122 Boston Celtics Minneapolis Lakers Feb. 16, 1960 neutral at New York, NY / RS
	252	144 - 108 Syracuse Nationals Detroit Pistons Jan. 27, 1960, at Detroit / RS
	252	129 - 123 Philadelphia Warriors Syracuse Nationals Jan. 20, 1960, at Syracuse / RS
	252	129 - 123 Boston Celtics Philadelphia Warriors Jan. 17, 1960, at Boston / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
48.	251	129 - 122 Philadelphia Warriors New York Knicks Feb. 21, 1960, at New York / RS
	251	130 - 121 Boston Celtics Syracuse Nationals Jan. 23, 1960, at Boston / RS
	251	130 - 121 Syracuse Nationals St. Louis Hawks Dec. 2, 1959, at Syracuse / RS
	251	126 - 125 Philadelphia Warriors New York Knicks Nov. 10, 1959, at Philadelphia / RS
	251	136 - 115 Minneapolis Lakers Boston Celtics Nov. 8, 1959, at Minneapolis / RS

Number of games showed: 52