Highest Scoring Games of the 1965-66 NBA Season

This list shows the NBA games with the most total points scored between the two teams during the 1965-1966 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 1965-66 Season?

In March 5, 1966, the Cincinnati Royals defeated the New York Knicks 149-145 in the game with the most total points scored of the 1965-66 NBA Season, including both the Regular Season and the Playoffs.

Most Total Points in a Game

294
Total Points
Royals vs. Knicks

RS = Regular Season / PL = Playoffs

1966 NBA Regular Season and Playoffs Highest Scoring Games

	Total Points	Game / Details
1.	294	149 - 145 OT Cincinnati Royals New York Knicks Mar. 5, 1966, at Cincinnati / RS
2.	278	141 - 137 New York Knicks San Francisco Warriors Dec. 14, 1965, at New York / RS
3.	277	150 - 127 New York Knicks Baltimore Bullets Dec. 11, 1965, at New York / RS
4.	275	152 - 123 Los Angeles Lakers New York Knicks Jan. 15, 1966, at Los Angeles / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
5.	273	140 - 133 Los Angeles Lakers Cincinnati Royals Feb. 23, 1966, at Los Angeles / RS
6.	272	149 - 123 Philadelphia 76ers Detroit Pistons Feb. 14, 1966 neutral at Charleston, WV / RS
	272	145 - 127 Baltimore Bullets San Francisco Warriors Dec. 10, 1965, at Baltimore / RS
8.	271	142 - 129 Baltimore Bullets Detroit Pistons Dec. 14, 1965 neutral at New York, NY / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
9.	269	147 - 122 New York Knicks Cincinnati Royals Jan. 1, 1966, at New York / RS
10.	268	144 - 124 Cincinnati Royals Baltimore Bullets Oct. 17, 1965, at Cincinnati / RS
11.	267	140 - 127 New York Knicks Los Angeles Lakers Feb. 12, 1966, at New York / RS
	267	135 - 132 OT Philadelphia 76ers Cincinnati Royals Dec. 11, 1965 neutral at Syracuse, NY / RS
	267	135 - 132 Cincinnati Royals Baltimore Bullets Nov. 13, 1965, at Cincinnati / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
14.	265	133 - 132 OT New York Knicks Los Angeles Lakers Mar. 8, 1966, at New York / RS
15.	264	136 - 128 St. Louis Hawks Baltimore Bullets Jan. 16, 1966, at St. Louis / RS
	264	139 - 125 Baltimore Bullets New York Knicks Dec. 1, 1965 neutral at Detroit, MI / RS
17.	263	138 - 125 New York Knicks San Francisco Warriors Feb. 14, 1966 neutral at Oakland, CA / RS
	263	136 - 127 Baltimore Bullets San Francisco Warriors Feb. 12, 1966, at Baltimore / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
19.	262	133 - 129 OT Los Angeles Lakers Boston Celtics Apr. 17, 1966, at Boston / PL NBA Finals, Game 1
	262	137 - 125 Cincinnati Royals Detroit Pistons Mar. 6, 1966, at Detroit / RS
	262	133 - 129 Cincinnati Royals Detroit Pistons Feb. 20, 1966, at Detroit / RS
22.	261	138 - 123 Los Angeles Lakers Baltimore Bullets Jan. 28, 1966, at Los Angeles / RS
	261	132 - 129 Cincinnati Royals New York Knicks Nov. 27, 1965, at New York / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
24.	260	134 - 126 Philadelphia 76ers New York Knicks Mar. 12, 1966, at Philadelphia / RS
	260	135 - 125 Philadelphia 76ers San Francisco Warriors Mar. 3, 1966, at Philadelphia / RS
	260	133 - 127 New York Knicks Los Angeles Lakers Jan. 8, 1966, at New York / RS
	260	133 - 127 Philadelphia 76ers Baltimore Bullets Jan. 6, 1966 neutral at Syracuse, NY / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
28.	259	136 - 123 Cincinnati Royals Boston Celtics Feb. 15, 1966, at Cincinnati / RS
	259	143 - 116 Cincinnati Royals Detroit Pistons Feb. 12, 1966, at Cincinnati / RS
	259	136 - 123 New York Knicks Philadelphia 76ers Feb. 8, 1966, at New York / RS
	259	137 - 122 Boston Celtics Philadelphia 76ers Jan. 16, 1966, at Boston / RS
	259	134 - 125 San Francisco Warriors New York Knicks Nov. 23, 1965, at New York / RS
	259	135 - 124 Los Angeles Lakers San Francisco Warriors Nov. 19, 1965, at Los Angeles / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
34.	258	131 - 127 St. Louis Hawks Los Angeles Lakers Apr. 13, 1966, at St. Louis / PL Western Division Finals, Game 6
	258	136 - 122 Los Angeles Lakers Baltimore Bullets Jan. 30, 1966, at Los Angeles / RS
	258	131 - 127 New York Knicks Los Angeles Lakers Dec. 7, 1965, at New York / RS
	258	134 - 124 Baltimore Bullets Philadelphia 76ers Nov. 19, 1965, at Philadelphia / RS
	258	133 - 125 Los Angeles Lakers Detroit Pistons Nov. 10, 1965, at Los Angeles / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
39.	257	132 - 125 Boston Celtics Cincinnati Royals Mar. 26, 1966, at Cincinnati / PL Eastern Division Semifinals, Game 2
	257	136 - 121 Philadelphia 76ers Los Angeles Lakers Feb. 17, 1966, at Los Angeles / RS
	257	132 - 125 Philadelphia 76ers Los Angeles Lakers Feb. 7, 1966, at Philadelphia / RS
	257	132 - 125 Los Angeles Lakers Cincinnati Royals Feb. 4, 1966, at Los Angeles / RS
	257	143 - 114 Baltimore Bullets Detroit Pistons Dec. 18, 1965, at Baltimore / RS
	257	138 - 119 New York Knicks St. Louis Hawks Nov. 30, 1965, at New York / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
45.	256	132 - 124 Los Angeles Lakers New York Knicks Feb. 15, 1966, at Los Angeles / RS
	256	129 - 127 Philadelphia 76ers New York Knicks Jan. 4, 1966, at New York / RS
	256	129 - 127 OT Baltimore Bullets Cincinnati Royals Dec. 22, 1965, at Baltimore / RS
	256	129 - 127 Baltimore Bullets Philadelphia 76ers Dec. 8, 1965, at Baltimore / RS
	256	140 - 116 Los Angeles Lakers New York Knicks Oct. 28, 1965, at Los Angeles / RS

	Total Points	Game / Details
50.	255	133 - 122 Philadelphia 76ers New York Knicks Jan. 2, 1966, at Philadelphia / RS
	255	144 - 111 Baltimore Bullets San Francisco Warriors Dec. 29, 1965, at Baltimore / RS

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