how often does the winner of game 3 in a best of seven series win

The Los Angeles Lakers have the highest point differential by a team in a game 3, with a 56 point differential in Game 3 of the 1973 Western Conference Finals against the Warriors.

	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	Lakers	56	4/21/1973	LAL	@	GSW	W 126-70	240	126	75	31			51	109	46.8				24	31	77.4	51.4				12
2	Timberwolves	42	5/24/2025	MIN	vs	OKC	W 143-101	240	143	50	30	6	3	55	96	57.3	20	40	50.0	13	17	76.5	69.1	11	39	10	18
3	Bulls	42	6/7/1998	CHI	vs	UTA	W 96-54	240	96	50	25	13	6	37	76	48.7	4	11	36.4	18	26	69.2	54.9	11	39	17	19
4	Warriors	41	5/20/2018	GSW	vs	HOU	W 126-85	240	126	49	20	11	7	48	92	52.2	13	32	40.6	17	18	94.4	63.1	11	38	8	16
5	Lakers	39	5/25/2001	LAL	vs	SAS	W 111-72	240	111	63	24	6	5	44	92	47.8	7	18	38.9	16	25	64.0	53.9	22	41	15	21
6	Magic	38	4/25/2024	ORL	vs	CLE	W 121-83	240	121	51	24	7	3	47	92	51.1	13	37	35.1	14	16	87.5	61.1	14	37	8	21
7	Cavaliers	37	4/26/2025	CLE	@	MIA	W 124-87	240	124	46	32	7	1	46	86	53.5	15	40	37.5	17	20	85.0	65.4	13	33	9	15
8	Jazz	37	8/21/2020	UTA	vs	DEN	W 124-87	240	124	50	27	9	2	43	84	51.2	18	37	48.6	20	26	76.9	65.0	13	37	10	20
9	Lakers	37	4/29/1987	LAL	@	DEN	W 140-103	240	140	55	40	4	14	48	91	52.7	4	7	57.1	40	49	81.6	62.2	10	45	10	22
10	Spurs	36	6/11/2013	SAS	vs	MIA	W 113-77	240	113	52	29	10	4	43	88	48.9	16	32	50.0	11	19	57.9	58.6	19	33	12	13
11	Wizards	36	4/24/2008	WAS	vs	CLE	W 108-72	240	108	36	20	13	5	38	73	52.1	8	19	42.1	24	33	72.7	61.7	5	31	11	17
12	Bucks	36	3/30/1970	MIL	@	PHI	W 156-120	240	156	56	46			67	110	60.9				22	28	78.6	63.8				18
13	Warriors	35	5/23/2015	GSW	@	HOU	W 115-80	240	115	60	26	9	6	44	97	45.4	11	28	39.3	16	20	80.0	54.3	17	43	13	27
14	Clippers	34	4/24/2025	LAC	vs	DEN	W 117-83	240	117	48	26	4	8	40	83	48.2	18	39	46.2	19	28	67.9	61.4	15	33	10	18
15	Suns	34	5/25/1990	PHX	vs	POR	W 123-89	240	123	47	38	6	11	50	82	61.0	1	4	25.0	22	31	71.0	64.3	9	38	21	28
16	Rockets	33	5/13/1995	HOU	vs	PHX	W 118-85	240	118	47	25	12	3	46	86	53.5	8	20	40.0	18	22	81.8	61.7	13	34	11	22
17	Jazz	33	5/3/1994	UTA	vs	SAS	W 105-72	240	105	48	27	7	8	41	78	52.6	2	5	40.0	21	32	65.6	57.0	11	37	10	20
18	Lakers	33	6/3/1984	LAL	vs	BOS	W 137-104	240	137	63	36	7	6	53	103	51.5	0	1	0.0	31	44	70.5	56.0	22	41	10	27
19	Hawks	32	4/28/1998	ATL	vs	CHA	W 96-64	240	96	41	19	10	5	33	66	50.0	7	12	58.3	23	30	76.7	60.6	10	31	13	21
20	Celtics	32	5/11/1991	BOS	@	DET	W 115-83	240	115	58	28	3	4	46	86	53.5	3	7	42.9	20	30	66.7	58.0	16	42	12	24
21	Rockets	32	4/12/1975	HOU	vs	NYK	W 118-86	240	118	51	35	11		51	88	58.0				16	18	88.9	61.5			20	27
22	Bullets	32	3/27/1965	BAL	vs	STL	W 131-99	240	131	68	14			50	104	48.1				31	40	77.5	53.9				24
23	Spurs	31	4/26/2013	SAS	@	LAL	W 120-89	240	120	49	30	9	7	52	85	61.2	5	16	31.3	11	15	73.3	65.5	8	41	14	20
24	Bucks	31	4/23/1978	MIL	vs	DEN	W 143-112	240	143	30	46	9	13	64	97	66.0				15	22	68.2	67.0	8	22	14	26
25	Lakers	30	5/6/2023	LAL	vs	GSW	W 127-97	240	127	44	27	10	6	42	80	52.5	15	31	48.4	28	37	75.7	66.0	6	38	12	21