biggest home playoff loss in nba finals game

The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Houston Rockets are tied for the lowest point differential at home in an NBA Finals game, with a -23 point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Cavaliers	-23	6/8/2018	2017-18	NBA Finals	CLE	vs	GSW	L 85-108	240	85	44	21	5	5	30	87	34.5	8	27	29.6	17	25	68.0	43.4	17	27	11	22
2	Rockets	-23	5/9/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	vs	BOS	L 71-94	240	71	48	10	6	10	24	79	30.4	0	1	0.0	23	31	74.2	38.3	19	29	21	19
3	SuperSonics	-22	6/9/1996	1995-96	NBA Finals	SEA	vs	CHI	L 86-108	240	86	32	14	3	4	27	60	45.0	4	16	25.0	28	31	90.3	58.4	7	25	21	29
4	Lakers	-22	4/26/1972	1971-72	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NYK	L 92-114	240	92	44	16			36	97	37.1				20	26	76.9	42.4			12	24
5	Cavaliers	-21	6/11/2015	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	vs	GSW	L 82-103	240	82	49	16	2	3	29	88	33.0	4	27	14.8	20	28	71.4	40.9	16	33	9	19
6	Heat	-21	6/12/2014	2013-14	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	SAS	L 86-107	240	86	27	13	7	1	32	71	45.1	9	22	40.9	13	20	65.0	53.9	6	21	13	25
7	Capitols	-20	4/8/1949	1948-49	NBA Finals	WAS	vs	MIN	L 74-94	240	74					26						22	34	64.7					33
8	Heat	-19	6/10/2014	2013-14	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	SAS	L 92-111	240	92	26	17	8	1	32	62	51.6	10	21	47.6	18	24	75.0	63.4	5	21	20	26
9	Bullets	-19	4/25/1971	1970-71	NBA Finals	BAL	vs	MIL	L 83-102	240	83	45	19			36	97	37.1				11	17	64.7	39.7			20	17
10	Lakers	-17	5/29/1983	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	L 94-111	240	94	41	26	12	8	34	82	41.5	0	3	0.0	26	31	83.9	49.1	15	26	25	31
11	Spurs	-16	6/13/2013	2012-13	NBA Finals	SAS	vs	MIA	L 93-109	240	93	36	21	5	4	31	70	44.3	8	16	50.0	23	31	74.2	55.6	5	31	19	18
12	76ers	-16	5/16/1980	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	LAL	L 107-123	240	107	36	27	4	11	47	89	52.8	0	6	0.0	13	22	59.1	54.2	7	29	18	27
13	Hawks	-16	4/2/1960	1959-60	NBA Finals	STL	vs	BOS	L 86-102	240	86	64	23			32	91	35.2				22	27	81.5	41.8				26
14	Heat	-15	6/7/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	DEN	L 94-109	240	94	33	20	7	3	34	92	37.0	11	35	31.4	15	19	78.9	46.8	10	23	4	22
15	Warriors	-15	6/13/2016	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	vs	CLE	L 97-112	240	97	43	18	6	9	32	88	36.4	14	43	32.6	19	26	73.1	48.8	13	30	17	21
16	Lakers	-15	6/9/1991	1990-91	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	CHI	L 82-97	240	82	42	14	4	3	30	82	36.6	0	5	0.0	22	26	84.6	43.9	18	24	9	23
17	Trail Blazers	-15	6/10/1990	1989-90	NBA Finals	POR	vs	DET	L 106-121	240	106	42	22	7	1	39	93	41.9	2	13	15.4	26	31	83.9	49.7	18	24	20	38
18	Bucks	-15	5/12/1974	1973-74	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	BOS	L 87-102	240	87	42	23	2	7	36	81	44.4				15	26	57.7	47.1	11	31	16	25
19	Bucks	-15	4/28/1974	1973-74	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	BOS	L 83-98	240	83	40	25	5	3	37	90	41.1				9	13	69.2	43.4	9	31	18	18
20	Lakers	-15	5/2/1968	1967-68	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	L 109-124	240	109	61	21			48	101	47.5				13	26	50.0	48.5				22
21	Hawks	-15	4/9/1961	1960-61	NBA Finals	STL	vs	BOS	L 104-119	240	104	67	21			38	105	36.2				28	34	82.4	43.3				31
22	Knicks	-15	4/7/1953	1952-53	NBA Finals	NYK	vs	MIN	L 75-90	240	75					24	81	29.6				27	32	84.4	39.4				22
23	Warriors	-14	6/5/2019	2018-19	NBA Finals	GSW	vs	TOR	L 109-123	240	109	41	25	8	3	36	91	39.6	12	36	33.3	25	30	83.3	52.3	13	28	15	21
24	76ers	-14	6/13/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	LAL	L 86-100	240	86	37	15	9	1	33	77	42.9	1	6	16.7	19	30	63.3	47.7	8	29	9	27
25	Warriors	-14	4/20/1967	1966-67	NBA Finals	SFW	vs	PHI	L 108-122	240	108	75	20			44	125	35.2				20	33	60.6	38.7				28

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
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4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
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11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
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