Wednesday night might have been the wildest scoring bonanza in NBA history.
Out of the 24 teams on the NBA's slate of games, 10 scored 130 or more points, the most on a single night in NBA history. Of those 10, eight scored more than 135, while five scored more than 140 -- both also records for one night.
It was also the first night in NBA history where four games featured teams that both scored 130 or more. Nowhere was this more on display than in the Utah Jazz's victory over the Detroit Pistons, which had the teams combining for 302 total points.
For the first time in NBA history, 5 teams scored at least 140 points on the same day 📈 pic.twitter.com/PTN2QSqDD2
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 4, 2024
The 24 teams that played last night averaged 122 PPG 😳 pic.twitter.com/0vLzM3XotR
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) January 4, 2024
Four teams had multiple 30-point scorers on Wednesday night:
Jazz (Jordan Clarkson/Lauri Markkanen)
Pistons (Cade Cunningham/Bojan Bogdanovic)
It was only the fourth time in NBA history that's happened on the same night.
Jordan Clarkson comes up HUGE in the @utahjazz thrilling overtime W!@JordanClarksons: 36 PTS, 21 in 4Q + OT pic.twitter.com/VOvSCoX6H7
— NBA (@NBA) January 4, 2024
What a wild night. Unless you're a fan of sound defensive play, in which case: Better luck next time.
Data from ESPN Stats & Information was used in this story
