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Remembering the Pistons 1983 Record Scoring Game

ESPN's Eric Neel writes about how twenty-two years ago, on Dec. 13, 1983, the Detroit Pistons beat the Denver Nuggets 186-184 in triple overtime (370 total points). It was, and remains, the highest-scoring game in NBA history. Before they were the Bad Boys, Isiah and the Pistons were a high-scoring machine.

The 1984 Nuggets led the league with a pace factor (i.e., possessions per 48 minutes for a team and its opponent) of 110.5, and Detroit posted a pace factor of 103.8 that year (today's Suns, by comparison, crank it up to 95.1).

Funny line: Whereas the Larry Browns and Rick Carlisles of the world treat each possession like a Faberge egg, Denver Coach Doug Moe thought of them more like Skittles

Read The Big Score from ESPN

Posted/updated Dec 13, 2005
by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan)