highest point differential in a game by a team before 2000

Before 1999-00, the Cleveland Cavaliers had the highest point differential by a team in a game, with a 68 point differential against the Heat on December 17, 1991.

Interpreted as:

highest point differential in a regular-season game by a team before 2000

	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	Cavaliers	68	12/17/1991	CLE	vs	MIA	W 148-80	240	148	59	39	11	5	59	103	57.3	6	11	54.5	24	29	82.8	63.9	19	40	9	16
2	Pacers	65	2/27/1998	IND	vs	POR	W 124-59	240	124	48	35	16	5	49	77	63.6	9	15	60.0	17	22	77.3	71.5	8	40	17	21
3	Lakers	63	3/19/1972	LAL	vs	GSW	W 162-99	240	162	73	43			69	113	61.1				24	32	75.0	63.7				21
4	Warriors	62	11/2/1991	GSW	vs	SAC	W 153-91	240	153	60	38	15	4	58	101	57.4	1	5	20.0	36	40	90.0	64.5	19	41	22	15
5	Nationals	62	12/25/1960	SYR	vs	NYK	W 162-100	240	162					65						32	37	86.5					28
6	Bucks	59	12/26/1978	MIL	vs	DET	W 143-84	240	143	54	53	17	11	65	107	60.7				13	17	76.5	62.5			21	12
7	Warriors	59	3/19/1977	GSW	vs	IND	W 150-91	240	150	71	39	13	10	65	122	53.3				20	26	76.9	56.2	30	41	20	20
8	Kings	58	12/29/1992	SAC	vs	DAL	W 139-81	240	139	57	40	14	8	50	97	51.5	6	17	35.3	33	37	89.2	61.4	14	43	18	21
9	Bucks	58	12/15/1985	MIL	vs	SAC	W 140-82	240	140	38	34	13	2	54	81	66.7	2	3	66.7	30	36	83.3	72.3	9	29	19	22
10	SuperSonics	56	3/6/1993	SEA	vs	PHI	W 149-93	240	149	48	38	13	8	64	102	62.7	9	13	69.2	12	17	70.6	68.0	12	36	13	19
11	Kings	56	1/2/1993	SAC	vs	PHI	W 154-98	240	154	46	38	22	9	61	106	57.5	9	17	52.9	23	31	74.2	64.4	16	30	13	25
12	SuperSonics	56	12/6/1986	SEA	@	HOU	W 136-80	240	136	55	26	14	7	52	91	57.1	1	3	33.3	31	33	93.9	64.4	19	36	19	21
13	Bucks	56	3/14/1979	MIL	vs	NOJ	W 158-102	240	158	51	45	21	7	69	106	65.1				20	22	90.9	68.3				21
14	Bulls	56	2/20/1976	CHI	vs	POR	W 130-74	240	130	60	29	14	3	56	111	50.5				18	27	66.7	52.9	26	34		19
15	Lakers	56	11/12/1966	LAL	vs	DET	W 144-88	240	144	75	32			53	97	54.6				38	44	86.4	61.9				19
16	Suns	55	4/17/1989	PHX	vs	SAC	W 140-85	240	140	48	33	16	4	51	90	56.7	6	9	66.7	32	41	78.0	64.8	16	32	13	19
17	76ers	54	11/2/1970	PHI	vs	CLE	W 141-87	240	141	54	35			52	92	56.5				37	53	69.8	61.1				23
18	Bulls	53	2/1/1983	CHI	vs	HOU	W 129-76	240	129	54	33	15	3	54	93	58.1	0	0		21	28	75.0	61.2	15	39	8	15
19	Hornets	52	2/27/1992	CHA	vs	PHI	W 136-84	240	136	52	29	15	3	48	89	53.9	3	5	60.0	37	46	80.4	62.2	16	36	12	23
20	Rockets	52	10/18/1978	HOU	vs	NJN	W 139-87	240	139	61	40	11	6	56	100	56.0				27	38	71.1	59.5			18	18
21	Bucks	52	1/10/1971	MIL	vs	BAL	W 151-99	240	151	57	37			63	109	57.8				25	29	86.2	62.0				16
22	Bullets	52	11/24/1970	BAL	vs	POR	W 156-104	240	156	66	30			64	113	56.6				28	36	77.8	60.5				18
23	Celtics	51	3/7/1962	BOS	vs	PHI	W 153-102	240	153	83	25			59	121	48.8				35	43	81.4	54.7				19
24	SuperSonics	50	12/2/1988	SEA	vs	LAC	W 154-104	240	154	43	40	22	6	63	106	59.4	6	11	54.5	22	27	81.5	65.3	15	28	20	17
25	Trail Blazers	50	11/21/1982	POR	vs	CLE	W 129-79	240	129	51	27	16	5	51	93	54.8	0	1	0.0	27	33	81.8	60.0	14	37	11	20