biggest losses in a playoff game in nba history

The New Orleans Hornets and the St. Louis Hawks are tied for the lowest point differential in a playoff game, with a -58 point differential.

		TEAM	DIFF	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1		Hornets	-58	4/27/2009	NOH	vs	DEN	L 63-121	240	63	32	10	10	1	17	54	31.5	2	15	13.3	27	32	84.4	46.3	7	25	27	23
2		Hawks	-58	3/19/1956	STL	@	MIN	L 75-133	240	75					22	91	24.2				31	50	62.0	33.2				34
3		Warriors	-56	4/21/1973	GSW	vs	LAL	L 70-126	240	70	67	13			27	116	23.3				16	17	94.1	28.3				28
4		Heat	-55	4/28/2025	MIA	vs	CLE	L 83-138	240	83	45	17	4	2	32	89	36.0	10	49	20.4	9	15	60.0	43.4	15	30	19	18
5		Bucks	-54	4/30/2015	MIL	vs	CHI	L 66-120	240	66	41	17	3	4	25	76	32.9	4	19	21.1	12	19	63.2	39.1	9	32	18	17
6		Hawks	-51	4/30/2026	ATL	vs	NYK	L 89-140	240	89	35	22	5	4	31	82	37.8	9	35	25.7	18	23	78.3	48.3	11	24	19	22
7		Grizzlies	-51	4/20/2025	MEM	@	OKC	L 80-131	240	80	43	18	7	4	32	93	34.4	6	34	17.6	10	12	83.3	40.7	13	30	24	15
8		Warriors	-50	4/4/1971	SFW	@	MIL	L 86-136	240	86	37	15			31	86	36.0				24	34	70.6	42.6				22
9		Celtics	-47	4/28/1995	BOS	@	ORL	L 77-124	240	77	39	17	6	3	28	79	35.4	1	8	12.5	20	26	76.9	42.6	15	24	20	27
10		Spurs	-47	4/17/1986	SAS	@	LAL	L 88-135	240	88	18	27	13	5	38	84	45.2	0	1	0.0	12	17	70.6	48.1	5	13	24	21
11		Nuggets	-45	5/16/2024	DEN	@	MIN	L 70-115	240	70	43	18	2	5	26	86	30.2	7	36	19.4	11	14	78.6	38.0	10	33	12	17
12		Celtics	-44	5/19/2017	BOS	vs	CLE	L 86-130	240	86	39	23	7	4	32	86	37.2	8	27	29.6	14	15	93.3	46.4	10	29	21	19
13		Suns	-44	4/27/1997	PHX	@	SEA	L 78-122	240	78	49	16	7	5	21	78	26.9	5	24	20.8	31	38	81.6	41.2	16	33	22	27
14		Nuggets	-44	5/22/1985	DEN	@	LAL	L 109-153	240	109	44	26	9	5	40	104	38.5	2	8	25.0	27	33	81.8	46.0	18	26	21	22
15		Pistons	-44	3/25/1958	DET	vs	STL	L 101-145	240	101					34	110	30.9				33	45	73.3	38.9				31
16		Nuggets	-43	5/7/2025	DEN	@	OKC	L 106-149	240	106	38	18	4	6	33	87	37.9	15	37	40.5	25	32	78.1	52.4	13	25	21	29
17		Mavericks	-43	8/25/2020	DAL	@	LAC	L 111-154	240	111	31	19	8	6	38	85	44.7	12	37	32.4	23	33	69.7	55.8	7	24	13	22
18		Hawks	-43	5/4/2010	ATL	@	ORL	L 71-114	240	71	35	12	9	4	28	81	34.6	2	13	15.4	13	18	72.2	39.9	10	25	16	24
19		Bullets	-43	4/26/1987	WAS	@	DET	L 85-128	240	85	41	16	13	4	36	94	38.3	0	3	0.0	13	20	65.0	41.3	14	27	23	19
20		Mavericks	-43	4/28/1984	DAL	@	LAL	L 91-134	240	91	41	19	12	3	33	96	34.4	1	4	25.0	24	32	75.0	41.3	20	21	18	27
21		Thunder	-42	5/24/2025	OKC	@	MIN	L 101-143	240	101	31	19	5	3	35	86	40.7	14	44	31.8	17	19	89.5	53.5	5	26	15	20
22		Jazz	-42	6/7/1998	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
23		Rockets	-41	5/20/2018	HOU	@	GSW	L 85-126	240	85	41	19	3	5	32	81	39.5	11	34	32.4	10	13	76.9	49.0	10	31	20	19
24		Knicks	-41	4/25/1991	NYK	@	CHI	L 85-126	240	85	37	19	4	2	32	75	42.7	5	10	50.0	16	18	88.9	51.3	12	25	27	34
25		Grizzlies	-40	4/28/2023	MEM	@	LAL	L 85-125	240	85	45	19	10	2	29	96	30.2	12	38	31.6	15	20	75.0	40.6	14	31	14	17

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