Highest Scoring Games of the 1955-56 NBA Season

This list shows the NBA games with the most total points scored between the two teams during the 1955-1956 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 1955-56 Season?

In December 15, 1955, the Minneapolis Lakers defeated the Syracuse Nationals 135-133 in the game with the most total points scored of the 1955-56 NBA Season, including both the Regular Season and the Playoffs.

Most Total Points in a Game

268
Total Points
Lakers vs. Nationals

RS = Regular Season / PL = Playoffs

1956 NBA Regular Season and Playoffs Highest Scoring Games

	Total Points	Game / Details
1.	268	135 - 133 3 OT Minneapolis Lakers Syracuse Nationals Dec. 15, 1955, at Syracuse / RS
2.	264	135 - 129 Philadelphia Warriors Boston Celtics Feb. 24, 1956, at Philadelphia / RS
3.	262	142 - 120 Philadelphia Warriors Boston Celtics Mar. 8, 1956, at Philadelphia / RS
4.	248	127 - 121 St. Louis Hawks Boston Celtics Mar. 11, 1956, at Boston / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
5.	245	134 - 111 Philadelphia Warriors Minneapolis Lakers Feb. 17, 1956, at Philadelphia / RS
	245	126 - 119 Boston Celtics Rochester Royals Jan. 28, 1956, at Rochester / RS
	245	133 - 112 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks Jan. 20, 1956, at Boston / RS
8.	244	129 - 115 Philadelphia Warriors Boston Celtics Jan. 22, 1956, at Boston / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
9.	242	128 - 114 Boston Celtics Philadelphia Warriors Mar. 4, 1956, at Boston / RS
10.	240	122 - 118 Syracuse Nationals Philadelphia Warriors Mar. 25, 1956, at Syracuse / PL Eastern Division Finals, Game 2
11.	238	120 - 118 Boston Celtics Philadelphia Warriors Feb. 19, 1956, at Boston / RS
12.	234	121 - 113 Boston Celtics Philadelphia Warriors Jan. 1, 1956, at Boston / RS
	234	119 - 115 OT New York Knicks Fort Wayne Pistons Nov. 20, 1955, at Fort Wayne / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
14.	233	117 - 116 OT Rochester Royals Fort Wayne Pistons Dec. 10, 1955, at Rochester / RS
15.	232	119 - 113 Boston Celtics Minneapolis Lakers Mar. 2, 1956, at Boston / RS
16.	231	116 - 115 St. Louis Hawks Minneapolis Lakers Mar. 21, 1956, at Minneapolis / PL Western Division Semifinals, Game 3
	231	116 - 115 St. Louis Hawks Minneapolis Lakers Mar. 17, 1956, at St. Louis / PL Western Division Semifinals, Game 1
	231	122 - 109 New York Knicks Minneapolis Lakers Jan. 20, 1956 neutral at Boston, MA / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
19.	230	121 - 109 Rochester Royals Minneapolis Lakers Feb. 5, 1956, at Minneapolis / RS
	230	130 - 100 Philadelphia Warriors Rochester Royals Jan. 2, 1956 neutral at New Haven, CT / RS
21.	229	116 - 113 Philadelphia Warriors St. Louis Hawks Mar. 13, 1956, at Philadelphia / RS
	229	118 - 111 2 OT New York Knicks Syracuse Nationals Mar. 4, 1956, at Syracuse / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
23.	227	115 - 112 Boston Celtics Minneapolis Lakers Dec. 25, 1955, at Minneapolis / RS
	227	114 - 113 OT Syracuse Nationals Fort Wayne Pistons Nov. 5, 1955, at Syracuse / RS
25.	226	117 - 109 Rochester Royals St. Louis Hawks Dec. 14, 1955 neutral at Johnstown, PA / RS
	226	115 - 111 OT New York Knicks Boston Celtics Nov. 23, 1955, at Boston / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
27.	225	122 - 103 Boston Celtics Syracuse Nationals Mar. 14, 1956, at Boston / RS
	225	117 - 108 New York Knicks Philadelphia Warriors Feb. 22, 1956, at Philadelphia / RS
29.	224	126 - 98 Minneapolis Lakers Rochester Royals Mar. 11, 1956, at Minneapolis / RS
	224	116 - 108 Boston Celtics New York Knicks Feb. 12, 1956, at Boston / RS
	224	124 - 100 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks Feb. 10, 1956, at Boston / RS
	224	120 - 104 Philadelphia Warriors Boston Celtics Jan. 23, 1956 neutral at New Haven, CT / RS
	224	114 - 110 Minneapolis Lakers Boston Celtics Jan. 11, 1956 neutral at Saint Paul, MN / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
34.	223	115 - 108 New York Knicks Philadelphia Warriors Mar. 14, 1956, at New York / RS
	223	128 - 95 Philadelphia Warriors Syracuse Nationals Feb. 7, 1956 neutral at New York, NY / RS
	223	119 - 104 Boston Celtics Syracuse Nationals Jan. 13, 1956, at Boston / RS
	223	117 - 106 Philadelphia Warriors Minneapolis Lakers Nov. 9, 1955, at Philadelphia / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
38.	222	113 - 109 New York Knicks St. Louis Hawks Feb. 27, 1956 neutral at Fort Wayne, IN / RS
	222	122 - 100 Syracuse Nationals Minneapolis Lakers Jan. 19, 1956, at Syracuse / RS
40.	221	111 - 110 St. Louis Hawks Boston Celtics Feb. 8, 1956 neutral at Rochester, NY / RS
	221	114 - 107 St. Louis Hawks Minneapolis Lakers Jan. 29, 1956, at Minneapolis / RS
	221	116 - 105 New York Knicks Rochester Royals Dec. 6, 1955, at New York / RS
	221	122 - 99 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks Dec. 6, 1955, at St. Louis / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
44.	220	114 - 106 St. Louis Hawks Rochester Royals Jan. 25, 1956, at St. Louis / RS
	220	111 - 109 Rochester Royals Boston Celtics Jan. 8, 1956, at Boston / RS
	220	118 - 102 Boston Celtics Minneapolis Lakers Dec. 10, 1955, at Boston / RS
	220	114 - 106 OT Fort Wayne Pistons St. Louis Hawks Nov. 27, 1955, at Fort Wayne / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
48.	219	116 - 103 St. Louis Hawks Syracuse Nationals Feb. 24, 1956 neutral at Philadelphia, PA / RS
	219	110 - 109 Rochester Royals St. Louis Hawks Feb. 22, 1956 neutral at Philadelphia, PA / RS
	219	117 - 102 Philadelphia Warriors Minneapolis Lakers Feb. 11, 1956, at Minneapolis / RS
	219	112 - 107 New York Knicks Rochester Royals Jan. 17, 1956, at New York / RS
	219	116 - 103 Philadelphia Warriors Minneapolis Lakers Dec. 6, 1955 neutral at New York, NY / RS

Number of games showed: 52