biggest loss in a single game in an nba finals

The Utah Jazz have the lowest point differential by a team in an NBA Finals game, with a -42 point differential versus the Bulls on June 7, 1998.

	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	Jazz	-42	6/7/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	UTA	@	CHI	L 54-96	240	54	38	16	7	3	21	70	30.0	1	9	11.1	11	14	78.6	35.5	9	29	26	26
2	Lakers	-39	6/17/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 92-131	240	92	29	16	4	0	27	64	42.2	10	27	37.0	28	38	73.7	57.0	2	27	19	25
3	Celtics	-38	6/14/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	BOS	@	DAL	L 84-122	240	84	31	18	2	5	29	80	36.3	14	41	34.1	12	13	92.3	49.0	4	27	13	19
4	Heat	-36	6/11/2013	2012-13	NBA Finals	MIA	@	SAS	L 77-113	240	77	36	21	9	8	31	76	40.8	8	18	44.4	7	10	70.0	47.9	9	27	16	21
5	SuperSonics	-35	6/4/1978	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	@	WAS	L 82-117	240	82	49	18	8	9	33	98	33.7				16	27	59.3	37.3	18	31	22	27
6	Lakers	-34	5/27/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 114-148	240	114	35	28	9	4	49	100	49.0	2	5	40.0	14	21	66.7	52.2	8	27	12	23
7	Hawks	-34	4/2/1961	1960-61	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	L 95-129	240	95	54	19			37	103	35.9				21	30	70.0	40.9				24
8	Cavaliers	-33	6/5/2016	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	L 77-110	240	77	34	15	15	3	28	79	35.4	5	23	21.7	16	24	66.7	43.0	9	25	17	19
9	Lakers	-33	6/16/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	@	IND	L 87-120	240	87	34	18	9	2	36	90	40.0	4	19	21.1	11	21	52.4	43.8	13	21	12	33
10	Trail Blazers	-33	6/3/1992	1991-92	NBA Finals	POR	@	CHI	L 89-122	240	89	38	16	7	4	35	78	44.9	1	6	16.7	18	23	78.3	50.5	11	27	21	26
11	Celtics	-33	6/3/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 104-137	240	104	44	23	5	5	40	101	39.6	2	5	40.0	22	31	71.0	45.4	17	27	13	33
12	Lakers	-33	6/6/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	L 102-135	240	102	49	31	5	9	47	100	47.0	0	2	0.0	8	16	50.0	47.6	26	23	24	29
13	Lakers	-33	4/25/1965	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 96-129	240	96	46	15			33	88	37.5				30	38	78.9	45.8				21
14	76ers	-32	5/31/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	@	POR	L 98-130	240	98	47	16	8	5	33	75	44.0				32	49	65.3	50.7	15	32	30	34
15	Lakers	-32	4/18/1965	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 110-142	240	110	55	15			42	96	43.8				26	38	68.4	48.8				31
16	Spurs	-31	6/16/2005	2004-05	NBA Finals	SAS	@	DET	L 71-102	240	71	44	15	1	9	26	70	37.1	5	15	33.3	14	24	58.3	44.1	12	32	17	21
17	Warriors	-31	4/16/1967	1966-67	NBA Finals	SFW	@	PHI	L 95-126	240	95	76	20			38	129	29.5				19	29	65.5	33.5				24
18	Warriors	-30	6/8/2016	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	@	CLE	L 90-120	240	90	32	21	5	4	32	76	42.1	9	33	27.3	17	26	65.4	51.5	8	24	18	23
19	Rockets	-29	5/12/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	@	BOS	L 80-109	240	80	41	15	8	9	30	84	35.7	0	1	0.0	20	33	60.6	40.6	15	26	17	24
20	Knicks	-27	4/7/1951	1950-51	NBA Finals	NYK	@	ROC	L 65-92	240	65	42	18			23	85	27.1				19	24	79.2	34.0				24
21	Magic	-25	6/4/2009	2008-09	NBA Finals	ORL	@	LAL	L 75-100	240	75	41	10	8	8	23	77	29.9	8	23	34.8	21	29	72.4	41.8	10	31	8	21
22	Lakers	-25	6/14/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	@	DET	L 86-111	240	86	34	11	3	3	29	72	40.3	0	7	0.0	28	37	75.7	48.7	8	26	16	30
23	Celtics	-25	6/2/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 111-136	240	111	37	30	7	4	40	93	43.0	1	3	33.3	30	36	83.3	51.0	14	23	15	26
24	Hawks	-25	4/5/1960	1959-60	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	L 102-127	240	102	51	26			38	94	40.4				26	34	76.5	46.8				18
25	Mavericks	-24	6/15/2006	2005-06	NBA Finals	DAL	@	MIA	L 74-98	240	74	36	10	6	3	25	79	31.6	3	22	13.6	21	27	77.8	40.7	11	25	13	24