Highest Scoring Games of the 1961-62 NBA Season

This list shows the NBA games with the most total points scored between the two teams during the 1961-1962 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 1961-62 Season?

In March 2, 1962, the Philadelphia Warriors defeated the New York Knicks 169-147 in the game with the most total points scored of the 1961-62 NBA Season, including both the Regular Season and the Playoffs.

Most Total Points in a Game

316
Total Points
Warriors vs. Knicks

RS = Regular Season / PL = Playoffs

1962 NBA Regular Season and Playoffs Highest Scoring Games

	Total Points	Game / Details
1.	316	169 - 147 Philadelphia Warriors New York Knicks Mar. 2, 1962 neutral at Hershey, PA / RS
2.	298	151 - 147 3 OT Los Angeles Lakers Philadelphia Warriors Dec. 8, 1961, at Philadelphia / RS
3.	284	147 - 137 Philadelphia Warriors St. Louis Hawks Feb. 27, 1962, at St. Louis / RS
	284	149 - 135 New York Knicks Philadelphia Warriors Feb. 25, 1962, at Philadelphia / RS
	284	152 - 132 Cincinnati Royals Philadelphia Warriors Feb. 13, 1962, at Cincinnati / RS
	284	151 - 133 Cincinnati Royals Philadelphia Warriors Jan. 18, 1962, at Philadelphia / RS
	284	145 - 139 St. Louis Hawks Detroit Pistons Jan. 1, 1962, at Detroit / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
8.	281	145 - 136 Boston Celtics Philadelphia Warriors Jan. 14, 1962, at Boston / RS
9.	278	148 - 130 Syracuse Nationals Philadelphia Warriors Mar. 11, 1962, at Syracuse / RS
	278	153 - 125 Cincinnati Royals Chicago Packers Feb. 21, 1962, at Chicago / RS
	278	148 - 130 Syracuse Nationals Philadelphia Warriors Nov. 18, 1961, at Syracuse / RS
	278	145 - 133 Philadelphia Warriors Cincinnati Royals Nov. 15, 1961, at Philadelphia / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
13.	277	142 - 135 Detroit Pistons St. Louis Hawks Nov. 24, 1961 neutral at Fort Wayne, IN / RS
14.	273	145 - 128 Cincinnati Royals Philadelphia Warriors Jan. 11, 1962, at Cincinnati / RS
	273	138 - 135 OT Detroit Pistons Syracuse Nationals Jan. 5, 1962 neutral at Philadelphia, PA / RS
	273	137 - 136 OT Los Angeles Lakers St. Louis Hawks Dec. 13, 1961, at Los Angeles / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
17.	271	139 - 132 OT Philadelphia Warriors Syracuse Nationals Jan. 21, 1962 neutral at Utica, NY / RS
	271	136 - 135 2 OT New York Knicks Philadelphia Warriors Dec. 25, 1961, at New York / RS
	271	139 - 132 Cincinnati Royals Syracuse Nationals Oct. 29, 1961, at Cincinnati / RS
20.	270	136 - 134 Cincinnati Royals New York Knicks Mar. 14, 1962, at Cincinnati / RS
	270	139 - 131 Cincinnati Royals Syracuse Nationals Jan. 28, 1962, at Cincinnati / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
22.	269	137 - 132 St. Louis Hawks Philadelphia Warriors Dec. 6, 1961, at Philadelphia / RS
	269	136 - 133 St. Louis Hawks Cincinnati Royals Nov. 18, 1961, at St. Louis / RS
24.	268	136 - 132 Philadelphia Warriors Cincinnati Royals Feb. 16, 1962, at Philadelphia / RS
	268	141 - 127 Los Angeles Lakers Cincinnati Royals Dec. 25, 1961, at Cincinnati / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
26.	267	141 - 126 Syracuse Nationals New York Knicks Feb. 18, 1962, at Syracuse / RS
	267	143 - 124 Boston Celtics Cincinnati Royals Feb. 2, 1962, at Boston / RS
	267	135 - 132 Philadelphia Warriors Detroit Pistons Nov. 4, 1961, at Philadelphia / RS
	267	138 - 129 Cincinnati Royals St. Louis Hawks Oct. 21, 1961, at St. Louis / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
30.	266	136 - 130 OT Philadelphia Warriors St. Louis Hawks Jan. 17, 1962 neutral at Detroit, MI / RS
	266	141 - 125 Boston Celtics Cincinnati Royals Jan. 12, 1962, at Boston / RS
32.	263	136 - 127 Syracuse Nationals Chicago Packers Feb. 17, 1962 neutral at Rochester, NY / RS
	263	148 - 115 Boston Celtics Chicago Packers Feb. 11, 1962, at Boston / RS
	263	133 - 130 Cincinnati Royals Boston Celtics Nov. 30, 1961 neutral at Providence, RI / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
35.	262	134 - 128 OT Los Angeles Lakers Cincinnati Royals Feb. 5, 1962 neutral at Morgantown, WV / RS
	262	133 - 129 OT Philadelphia Warriors Boston Celtics Jan. 28, 1962, at Boston / RS
	262	136 - 126 Cincinnati Royals Syracuse Nationals Dec. 13, 1961, at Syracuse / RS
	262	141 - 121 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks Nov. 22, 1961, at Boston / RS
	262	136 - 126 Cincinnati Royals St. Louis Hawks Nov. 12, 1961, at Cincinnati / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
40.	261	136 - 125 Philadelphia Warriors Detroit Pistons Jan. 19, 1962 neutral at Boston, MA / RS
	261	136 - 125 Philadelphia Warriors Syracuse Nationals Dec. 14, 1961, at Philadelphia / RS
	261	140 - 121 Boston Celtics Chicago Packers Dec. 1, 1961, at Boston / RS
	261	135 - 126 Los Angeles Lakers Detroit Pistons Oct. 28, 1961, at Los Angeles / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
44.	260	139 - 121 Philadelphia Warriors St. Louis Hawks Feb. 22, 1962, at Philadelphia / RS
	260	132 - 128 Philadelphia Warriors Detroit Pistons Nov. 8, 1961, at Detroit / RS
46.	259	134 - 125 St. Louis Hawks Los Angeles Lakers Mar. 3, 1962, at St. Louis / RS
	259	150 - 109 Syracuse Nationals Philadelphia Warriors Feb. 21, 1962, at Syracuse / RS
	259	138 - 121 Cincinnati Royals Chicago Packers Feb. 18, 1962 neutral at Syracuse, NY / RS
	259	136 - 123 Los Angeles Lakers Cincinnati Royals Jan. 24, 1962, at Los Angeles / RS
	259	141 - 118 Syracuse Nationals New York Knicks Jan. 14, 1962, at Syracuse / RS
	259	142 - 117 Cincinnati Royals St. Louis Hawks Dec. 27, 1961, at Cincinnati / RS
	259	134 - 125 Detroit Pistons Cincinnati Royals Dec. 23, 1961 neutral at St. Louis, MO / RS
	259	151 - 108 Philadelphia Warriors Syracuse Nationals Nov. 9, 1961, at Philadelphia / RS

Number of games showed: 53