Highest Scoring Games of the 1960-61 NBA Season

This list shows the NBA games with the most total points scored between the two teams during the 1960-1961 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 1960-61 Season?

In October 27, 1960, the Cincinnati Royals defeated the Syracuse Nationals 143-140 in the game with the most total points scored of the 1960-61 NBA Season, including both the Regular Season and the Playoffs.

Most Total Points in a Game

283
Total Points
Royals vs. Nationals

RS = Regular Season / PL = Playoffs

1961 NBA Regular Season and Playoffs Highest Scoring Games

	Total Points	Game / Details
1.	283	143 - 140 OT Cincinnati Royals Syracuse Nationals Oct. 27, 1960, at Cincinnati / RS
2.	279	141 - 138 St. Louis Hawks Detroit Pistons Feb. 18, 1961, at Detroit / RS
3.	277	149 - 128 Syracuse Nationals Philadelphia Warriors Mar. 1, 1961, at Syracuse / RS
4.	276	142 - 134 Syracuse Nationals Boston Celtics Dec. 7, 1960, at Boston / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
5.	275	146 - 129 Boston Celtics Philadelphia Warriors Mar. 5, 1961, at Boston / RS
6.	273	137 - 136 2 OT St. Louis Hawks Los Angeles Lakers Mar. 7, 1961, at St. Louis / RS
7.	272	144 - 128 Boston Celtics Syracuse Nationals Feb. 24, 1961, at Boston / RS
	272	144 - 128 Detroit Pistons Cincinnati Royals Jan. 18, 1961 neutral at Dayton, OH / RS
	272	139 - 133 OT St. Louis Hawks New York Knicks Dec. 2, 1960, at New York / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
10.	271	137 - 134 Detroit Pistons Boston Celtics Feb. 10, 1961, at Detroit / RS
	271	136 - 135 Philadelphia Warriors Cincinnati Royals Feb. 3, 1961 neutral at Boston, MA / RS
12.	270	136 - 134 OT Boston Celtics Syracuse Nationals Mar. 12, 1961, at Syracuse / RS
	270	148 - 122 St. Louis Hawks Cincinnati Royals Feb. 26, 1961, at Cincinnati / RS
	270	148 - 122 Syracuse Nationals Detroit Pistons Feb. 12, 1961, at Syracuse / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
15.	269	135 - 134 St. Louis Hawks Detroit Pistons Feb. 14, 1961, at St. Louis / RS
	269	137 - 132 Detroit Pistons Cincinnati Royals Dec. 26, 1960, at Detroit / RS
	269	146 - 123 Boston Celtics Cincinnati Royals Dec. 9, 1960, at Boston / RS
	269	141 - 128 OT Los Angeles Lakers Detroit Pistons Nov. 25, 1960, at Detroit / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
19.	268	137 - 131 St. Louis Hawks Detroit Pistons Feb. 1, 1961 neutral at Syracuse, NY / RS
20.	267	145 - 122 St. Louis Hawks New York Knicks Jan. 21, 1961, at St. Louis / RS
21.	266	142 - 124 Boston Celtics New York Knicks Jan. 15, 1961, at Boston / RS
	266	139 - 127 Philadelphia Warriors Syracuse Nationals Jan. 5, 1961, at Philadelphia / RS
	266	136 - 130 Cincinnati Royals Philadelphia Warriors Dec. 30, 1960 neutral at Hershey, PA / RS
	266	135 - 131 Los Angeles Lakers Detroit Pistons Nov. 20, 1960 neutral at San Francisco, CA / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
25.	264	133 - 131 Philadelphia Warriors New York Knicks Feb. 10, 1961, at New York / RS
	264	136 - 128 OT Philadelphia Warriors New York Knicks Feb. 5, 1961, at Philadelphia / RS
	264	138 - 126 Syracuse Nationals Cincinnati Royals Jan. 27, 1961, at Cincinnati / RS
	264	136 - 128 Detroit Pistons Philadelphia Warriors Jan. 22, 1961, at Detroit / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
29.	263	136 - 127 Boston Celtics Syracuse Nationals Mar. 8, 1961, at Boston / RS
	263	132 - 131 Philadelphia Warriors Cincinnati Royals Feb. 22, 1961 neutral at Detroit, MI / RS
	263	138 - 125 Detroit Pistons Cincinnati Royals Jan. 25, 1961, at Detroit / RS
	263	137 - 126 Syracuse Nationals Cincinnati Royals Dec. 1, 1960, at Cincinnati / RS
	263	140 - 123 Cincinnati Royals Los Angeles Lakers Oct. 19, 1960, at Cincinnati / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
34.	262	136 - 126 Syracuse Nationals Philadelphia Warriors Feb. 9, 1961, at Philadelphia / RS
	262	162 - 100 Syracuse Nationals New York Knicks Dec. 25, 1960, at Syracuse / RS
36.	261	135 - 126 Philadelphia Warriors New York Knicks Mar. 9, 1961, at Philadelphia / RS
	261	133 - 128 Boston Celtics Philadelphia Warriors Feb. 17, 1961, at Philadelphia / RS
	261	136 - 125 Boston Celtics Philadelphia Warriors Feb. 12, 1961, at Boston / RS
	261	133 - 128 Syracuse Nationals St. Louis Hawks Jan. 11, 1961, at Syracuse / RS
	261	135 - 126 Syracuse Nationals St. Louis Hawks Nov. 30, 1960 neutral at Detroit, MI / RS
	261	132 - 129 Boston Celtics Philadelphia Warriors Nov. 24, 1960, at Philadelphia / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
42.	260	144 - 116 Syracuse Nationals St. Louis Hawks Feb. 23, 1961, at Syracuse / RS
	260	132 - 128 Detroit Pistons New York Knicks Jan. 20, 1961, at Detroit / RS
	260	134 - 126 Cincinnati Royals Syracuse Nationals Jan. 4, 1961, at Syracuse / RS
	260	134 - 126 Detroit Pistons Philadelphia Warriors Dec. 14, 1960, at Detroit / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
46.	259	137 - 122 Cincinnati Royals Detroit Pistons Mar. 1, 1961, at Cincinnati / RS
	259	137 - 122 Detroit Pistons St. Louis Hawks Jan. 15, 1961, at Detroit / RS
48.	258	142 - 116 Boston Celtics New York Knicks Feb. 28, 1961, at New York / RS
	258	131 - 127 St. Louis Hawks Philadelphia Warriors Dec. 3, 1960, at Philadelphia / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
50.	257	137 - 120 Los Angeles Lakers Detroit Pistons Mar. 19, 1961, at Los Angeles / PL Western Division Semifinals, Game 5
	257	129 - 128 OT Cincinnati Royals St. Louis Hawks Nov. 18, 1960, at Cincinnati / RS
	257	136 - 121 Philadelphia Warriors Detroit Pistons Nov. 4, 1960, at Philadelphia / RS

Number of games showed: 52