highest point differential in game 5 of a conference finals

The Los Angeles Lakers have the highest point differential by a team in Game 5 of the Conference Finals, with a 44 point differential against the Nuggets on May 22, 1985.

	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	Lakers	44	5/22/1985	1984-85	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	DEN	W 153-109	240	153	54	42	13	13	67	116	57.8	1	4	25.0	18	21	85.7	61.1	17	37	12	23
2	Cavaliers	38	5/25/2016	2015-16	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	TOR	W 116-78	240	116	48	23	11	6	44	77	57.1	10	21	47.6	18	24	75.0	66.2	10	38	17	26
3	Cavaliers	33	5/25/2017	2016-17	Conference Finals	CLE	@	BOS	W 135-102	240	135	38	24	13	5	48	85	56.5	19	41	46.3	20	24	83.3	70.6	6	32	11	21
4	Thunder	30	5/28/2025	2024-25	Conference Finals	OKC	vs	MIN	W 124-94	240	124	46	26	14	8	46	88	52.3	14	35	40.0	18	21	85.7	63.8	7	39	16	20
5	Celtics	29	5/19/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	W 114-85	240	114	64	23		8	44	93	47.3	0	2	0.0	26	40	65.0	51.5			13	26
6	Spurs	28	5/29/2014	2013-14	Conference Finals	SAS	vs	OKC	W 117-89	240	117	48	23	6	3	39	76	51.3	13	26	50.0	26	30	86.7	65.6	10	38	12	19
7	Spurs	25	5/30/2007	2006-07	Conference Finals	SAS	vs	UTA	W 109-84	240	109	43	22	5	4	39	76	51.3	7	15	46.7	24	32	75.0	60.5	10	33	7	25
8	Lakers	25	4/18/1972	1971-72	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	MIL	W 115-90	240	115	70	26			40	94	42.6				35	44	79.5	50.7				17
9	Bulls	23	5/27/1992	1991-92	Conference Finals	CHI	vs	CLE	W 112-89	240	112	52	20	13	7	43	85	50.6	1	2	50.0	25	35	71.4	55.8	16	36	9	24
10	Mavericks	21	5/30/2024	2023-24	Conference Finals	DAL	@	MIN	W 124-103	240	124	45	19	7	5	46	84	54.8	15	34	44.1	17	23	73.9	65.9	9	36	13	20
11	Magic	21	5/26/2010	2009-10	Conference Finals	ORL	vs	BOS	W 113-92	240	113	43	16	6	7	36	69	52.2	13	25	52.0	28	35	80.0	66.9	10	33	14	24
12	Rockets	21	5/30/1995	1994-95	Conference Finals	HOU	@	SAS	W 111-90	240	111	38	31	15	6	40	81	49.4	6	17	35.3	25	35	71.4	57.6	14	24	12	26
13	Bulls	19	5/27/1998	1997-98	Conference Finals	CHI	vs	IND	W 106-87	240	106	46	27	4	8	41	82	50.0	3	9	33.3	21	28	75.0	56.2	12	34	11	32
14	Pistons	18	5/30/2004	2003-04	Conference Finals	DET	@	IND	W 83-65	240	83	46	18	6	13	29	70	41.4	4	10	40.0	21	23	91.3	51.8	10	36	15	22
15	Bucks	18	4/18/1971	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	W 116-98	240	116	60	31			49	102	48.0				18	27	66.7	50.9				24
16	Knicks	17	5/29/2025	2024-25	Conference Finals	NYK	vs	IND	W 111-94	240	111	45	22	11	3	44	89	49.4	8	29	27.6	15	22	68.2	56.2	11	34	15	22
17	Lakers	17	5/31/1988	1987-88	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	DAL	W 119-102	240	119	47	31	4	8	51	85	60.0	3	6	50.0	14	20	70.0	63.4	13	34	11	19
18	Mavericks	16	6/1/2006	2005-06	Conference Finals	DAL	vs	PHX	W 117-101	240	117	49	24	5	5	42	89	47.2	9	17	52.9	24	28	85.7	57.7	16	33	9	23
19	Warriors	16	5/12/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	GSW	vs	PHX	W 111-95	240	111	43	24	16	5	44	93	47.3				23	28	82.1	52.7	8	35	16	28
20	Clippers	14	6/28/2021	2020-21	Conference Finals	LAC	@	PHX	W 116-102	240	116	40	20	8	2	46	84	54.8	10	30	33.3	14	15	93.3	64.0	2	38	10	16
21	Warriors	14	5/27/2015	2014-15	Conference Finals	GSW	vs	HOU	W 104-90	240	104	59	25	10	4	37	91	40.7	9	29	31.0	21	31	67.7	49.7	19	40	18	30
22	Pistons	14	5/30/1990	1989-90	Conference Finals	DET	vs	CHI	W 97-83	240	97	45	29	5	1	38	68	55.9	2	6	33.3	19	27	70.4	60.7	9	36	15	24
23	Thunder	13	5/26/2026	2025-26	Conference Finals	OKC	vs	SAS	W 127-114	240	127	48	26	9	5	40	83	48.2	14	32	43.8	33	38	86.8	63.7	14	34	17	22
24	Celtics	13	5/25/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	W 110-97	240	110	37	23	13	4	40	79	50.6	16	39	41.0	14	19	73.7	63.0	12	25	10	9
25	Celtics	13	5/25/2022	2021-22	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIA	W 93-80	240	93	46	24	5	7	33	71	46.5	10	33	30.3	17	23	73.9	57.3	6	40	15	19

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
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
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
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12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
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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
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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