The highest - scoring playoff game is the double - overtime game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Phoenix Suns on May 11, 1992. The two teams combined to score 304 points, with the Trail Blazers defeating the Suns 153 -- 151. The Suns ' Kevin Johnson scored a game - high 35 points, with 12 other players also scoring in double figures. The highest - scoring playoff game in regulation occurred when the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Denver Nuggets with a score of 152 -- 133 for a combined score of 285 points on April 26, 1983. In that game, the Spurs ' George Gervin scored a game - high 42 points.
most team points in a nba playoff game
304 points