NBA's highest-scoring game - Detroit Pistons vs. Denver Nuggets

Basketball fans still call this game historic. It was played on December 13, 1983.

Kiki Vandeweghe, former star of "Denver Nuggets", scored fifty-one points!  That was also his personal best score in his sports career.


Despite Kiki’s enormous efforts, his team lost. “Detroit Pistons” won with two point’s difference: 186 : 184! 

This was the highest-scoring game in the history of NBA (National Basketball Association). Other NBA records that were set with this game:

-    Most points scored by one team - 186, Detroit
-    Most points scored by a losing team - 184, Denver
-    Most field goals by two teams – 142
-    Most field goals by one team - 74, Detroit
-    Most assists by two teams – 93
-    Most players in one game with 40+ points - 4