fewest starter points by nba team in a playoff finals game before 2000

Before 1999-00, the Utah Jazz scored the fewest points by a team by starters, with 37 points in Game 3 of the 1998 NBA Finals against the Bulls on June 7, 1998.

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jazz	37	6/7/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	UTA	@	CHI	137	21	14	5	2	14	37	37.8	0	3	0.0	9	10	90.0	44.7	4	17	19	13	-83
2	Rockets	44	5/9/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	vs	BOS	145	33	6	3	9	16	42	38.1	0	0		12	17	70.6	44.5	12	21	12	7
3	Trail Blazers	46	6/3/1992	1991-92	NBA Finals	POR	@	CHI	133	25	14	3	1	17	37	45.9	0	4	0.0	12	15	80.0	52.8	8	17	16	16
4	76ers	48	5/31/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	@	POR	135	25	4	3	3	16	43	37.2				16	25	64.0	44.4	9	16		22
5	SuperSonics	50	6/4/1978	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	@	WAS	155	33	16	5	9	20	61	32.8				10	17	58.8	36.5	11	22	15	14
6	Rockets	51	5/12/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	@	BOS	153	29	9	3	5	19	50	38.0	0	1	0.0	13	21	61.9	43.0	11	18	11	16
7	Knicks	52	6/16/1999	1998-99	NBA Finals	NYK	@	SAS	158	19	9	0	5	20	53	37.7	2	7	28.6	10	15	66.7	43.6	2	17	14	14	-45
8	Jazz	52	6/10/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	UTA	@	CHI	160	25	19	5	0	21	51	41.2	2	8	25.0	8	14	57.1	45.5	9	16	7	20	-12
9	Bulls	52	6/8/1997	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	@	UTA	166	34	11	4	3	24	57	42.1	1	11	9.1	3	8	37.5	43.0	10	24	8	11	-29
10	Lakers	53	6/6/1989	1988-89	NBA Finals	LAL	@	DET	144	19	19	6	1	20	50	40.0	1	6	16.7	12	16	75.0	46.5	3	16	8	15
11	Bulls	54	6/12/1996	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	@	SEA	160	32	17	2	3	20	53	37.7	1	11	9.1	13	15	86.7	45.3	13	19	9	19
12	Bullets	54	6/4/1978	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	vs	SEA	138	36	15	4	7	23	55	41.8				8	13	61.5	44.5	16	20	9	13
13	Knicks	55	6/18/1999	1998-99	NBA Finals	NYK	@	SAS	162	24	7	8	1	21	59	35.6	2	12	16.7	11	12	91.7	42.8	7	17	7	9	-43
14	Lakers	55	6/6/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	157	32	25	3	3	25	61	41.0	0	0		5	12	41.7	41.5	19	13	16	17
15	Celtics	55	5/7/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	154	32	11	6	3	24	55	43.6	0	3	0.0	7	8	87.5	47.0	9	23	16	16
16	Jazz	56	6/5/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	UTA	vs	CHI	152	24	14	3	3	20	40	50.0	6	10	60.0	10	13	76.9	61.2	6	18	13	20	+2
17	Warriors	57	5/18/1975	1974-75	NBA Finals	GSW	@	WAS	138	32	11	8	1	22	58	37.9				13	18	72.2	43.2	11	21		14
18	Bullets	58	6/1/1979	1978-79	NBA Finals	WAS	vs	SEA	154	26	16	5	3	24	48	50.0				10	15	66.7	53.1	7	19	10	17
19	Bucks	58	5/3/1974	1973-74	NBA Finals	MIL	@	BOS	173	31	15	2	3	27	63	42.9				4	7	57.1	43.9	11	20		12
20	Bulls	59	6/6/1997	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	@	UTA	155	21	14	3	7	19	45	42.2	11	24	45.8	10	14	71.4	57.7	4	17	7	14	-59
21	Jazz	59	6/1/1997	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	@	CHI	169	34	17	7	0	24	54	44.4	4	8	50.0	7	11	63.6	50.1	10	24	13	11	-15
22	Pistons	60	6/12/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	vs	LAL	151	25	15	3	2	25	57	43.9	0	3	0.0	10	12	83.3	48.2	10	15	8	13
23	SuperSonics	60	6/2/1978	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	vs	WAS	182	37	13	4	3	20	59	33.9				20	24	83.3	43.1	16	21	14	17
24	Jazz	61	6/12/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	UTA	@	CHI	160	25	23	9	3	25	50	50.0	1	5	20.0	10	14	71.4	54.3	7	18	4	13	+19
25	Rockets	61	6/19/1994	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	vs	NYK	187	31	18	2	5	22	53	41.5	4	14	28.6	13	18	72.2	50.1	5	26	8	13

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11	Pelicans	26	56	.317	38.0
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Wed 10/21	UTA	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NOP	@	UTA	9:30 PM
Sun 10/25	LAL	@	UTA	5:00 PM
Mon 10/26	MEM	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Wed 10/28	SAS	@	UTA	9:00 PM

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DraftKings Points Leaders

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
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Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
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Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
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