most points scored in one nba game
90, Rochester vs. Minneapolis, 1/23/57. Most players in one game with 40+ points - 4. Entering the first overtime, nothing extraordinary appeared to be happening. The 290 points the teams scored in regulation were 26 off the NBA record at the time. That went to the 316 points put up by Wilt Chamberlainâs Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 win over the New York Knicks on Mar. 2, 1962 - the night Wilt scored 100 points.