10 Highest Scoring NBA Games Ever

#4 (tied) Denver Nuggets 163-155 San Antonio Spurs, January 11 1984

Before becoming a head coach, Kiki Vandeweghe was a prolific scorer

The Nuggets, as mentioned earlier, played at a breakneck pace through the 80s and 90s. With a couple of games from those days still to come higher up the list, we'll suffice it to say this: Denver led the league in pace with 110.5 possessions per game, with the Spurs coming in at second place a full 4.0 possessions per game lower.

Consequently, this game had a lot of possessions to go around. Buoyed by the likes of Kiki Vandeweghe (who top-scored with 50 points in this game) and Alex English (25 points), the Nuggets were able to outlast the Spurs, who had George 'Iceman' Gervin (38 points, 9 assists) and John Lucas (23 points, 18 assists) turn in big performances.

Even without going to overtime, this game ranks fourth overall in total points scored, and second amongst games with no overtime periods, all-time.