highest point differential in a playoff series loss

20 teams are tied for the highest point differential in a loss in a playoff game, with a -1 point differential. The first three are the Boston Celtics 5 times and the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Milwaukee Bucks.

	TEAM	DIFF	L	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	Celtics	-1	1	5/7/2025	BOS	vs	NYK	L 90-91	240	90	51	17	9	5	34	94	36.2	10	40	25.0	12	15	80.0	44.7	16	35	16	17
2	Cavaliers	-1	1	5/6/2025	CLE	vs	IND	L 119-120	240	119	43	24	11	5	39	90	43.3	11	39	28.2	30	35	85.7	56.5	14	29	13	21
3	Bucks	-1	1	4/29/2025	MIL	@	IND	L 118-119	265	118	53	25	9	4	41	90	45.6	19	40	47.5	17	26	65.4	58.2	13	40	17	23
4	Pistons	-1	1	4/27/2025	DET	vs	NYK	L 93-94	240	93	54	18	6	9	36	84	42.9	7	29	24.1	14	17	82.4	50.8	14	40	17	17
5	Timberwolves	-1	1	5/24/2024	MIN	vs	DAL	L 108-109	240	108	40	26	7	7	35	85	41.2	12	31	38.7	26	32	81.3	54.5	12	28	9	19
6	Thunder	-1	1	5/18/2024	OKC	@	DAL	L 116-117	240	116	31	25	10	5	44	92	47.8	15	41	36.6	13	17	76.5	58.3	7	24	8	20
7	Magic	-1	1	4/30/2024	ORL	@	CLE	L 103-104	240	103	43	17	5	7	36	78	46.2	9	31	29.0	22	29	75.9	56.7	7	36	14	17
8	Heat	-1	1	5/27/2023	MIA	vs	BOS	L 103-104	240	103	47	22	5	4	33	93	35.5	14	30	46.7	23	29	79.3	48.7	17	30	5	24
9	Celtics	-1	1	5/7/2023	BOS	@	PHI	L 115-116	265	115	44	25	3	12	41	87	47.1	17	44	38.6	16	22	72.7	59.5	13	31	10	21
10	Kings	-1	1	4/23/2023	SAC	@	GSW	L 125-126	240	125	44	25	5	3	48	102	47.1	14	35	40.0	15	18	83.3	56.9	12	32	10	21
11	Grizzlies	-1	1	5/1/2022	MEM	vs	GSW	L 116-117	240	116	46	26	11	6	41	95	43.2	16	40	40.0	18	24	75.0	54.9	16	30	14	19
12	Mavericks	-1	1	4/23/2022	DAL	@	UTA	L 99-100	240	99	43	15	4	2	33	77	42.9	15	44	34.1	18	23	78.3	56.8	7	36	11	29
13	Grizzlies	-1	1	4/23/2022	MEM	@	MIN	L 118-119	240	118	39	31	9	4	42	86	48.8	15	32	46.9	19	25	76.0	60.8	6	33	17	33
14	Heat	-1	1	4/22/2022	MIA	@	ATL	L 110-111	240	110	45	30	6	3	41	93	44.1	14	45	31.1	14	17	82.4	54.7	11	34	14	23
15	Nets	-1	1	4/17/2022	BKN	@	BOS	L 114-115	240	114	29	20	12	6	42	78	53.8	11	24	45.8	19	24	79.2	64.4	5	24	16	26
16	Clippers	-1	1	6/22/2021	LAC	@	PHX	L 103-104	240	103	39	18	3	4	36	80	45.0	13	34	38.2	18	24	75.0	56.9	7	32	8	19
17	Celtics	-1	1	9/3/2020	BOS	vs	TOR	L 103-104	240	103	44	21	6	7	39	83	47.0	9	29	31.0	16	21	76.2	55.8	7	37	14	16
18	Raptors	-1	1	6/10/2019	TOR	vs	GSW	L 105-106	240	105	43	19	6	5	38	85	44.7	8	32	25.0	21	27	77.8	54.2	13	30	13	19
19	Raptors	-1	1	5/1/2018	TOR	vs	CLE	L 112-113	265	112	50	26	2	6	39	91	42.9	9	28	32.1	25	31	80.6	53.5	15	35	13	22
20	Celtics	-1	1	5/12/2017	BOS	@	WAS	L 91-92	240	91	37	25	5	3	32	79	40.5	11	35	31.4	16	18	88.9	52.3	7	30	10	19
21	Pacers	-1	1	4/15/2017	IND	@	CLE	L 108-109	240	108	41	21	6	1	40	81	49.4	11	24	45.8	17	20	85.0	60.1	12	29	13	25
22	Hawks	-1	1	5/8/2016	ATL	vs	CLE	L 99-100	240	99	42	22	10	7	40	83	48.2	9	31	29.0	10	14	71.4	55.5	9	33	12	16
23	Spurs	-1	1	5/2/2016	SAS	vs	OKC	L 97-98	240	97	37	19	10	6	40	94	42.6	6	23	26.1	11	13	84.6	48.6	9	28	10	16
24	Warriors	-1	1	4/21/2016	GSW	@	HOU	L 96-97	240	96	43	23	6	6	34	79	43.0	6	25	24.0	22	29	75.9	52.3	8	35	14	23
25	Thunder	-1	1	4/18/2016	OKC	vs	DAL	L 84-85	240	84	54	11	9	4	31	92	33.7	7	32	21.9	15	18	83.3	42.0	19	35	15	19