largest defeat by lakers in a playoff game

The Minneapolis Lakers had their highest point differential in a playoff game in Game 2 of the 1956 Division Semifinals against the St. Louis Hawks, with a 58 point differential.

	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	58	3/19/1956	MIN	vs	STL	W 133-75	240	133					44	101	43.6				45	53	84.9	53.5				30
2	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
3	Lakers	47	4/17/1986	LAL	vs	SAS	W 135-88	240	135	47	38	15	8	57	86	66.3	1	4	25.0	20	22	90.9	70.5	11	36	23	22
4	Lakers	44	5/22/1985	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
5	Lakers	43	4/28/1984	LAL	vs	DAL	W 134-91	240	134	43	32	11	11	51	85	60.0	2	2	100.0	30	37	81.1	66.2	10	33	16	26
6	Lakers	40	4/28/2023	LAL	vs	MEM	W 125-85	240	125	52	33	6	15	49	91	53.8	15	44	34.1	12	15	80.0	64.0	9	43	16	16
7	Lakers	40	5/12/2009	LAL	vs	HOU	W 118-78	240	118	49	20	12	7	42	82	51.2	6	13	46.2	28	36	77.8	60.3	12	37	13	18
8	Lakers	40	4/5/1969	LAL	@	SFW	W 118-78	240	118	69	28			48	98	49.0				22	30	73.3	53.1				18
9	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	16	21
10	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
11	Lakers	35	4/9/1970	LAL	vs	PHX	W 129-94	240	129	68	44			54	102	52.9				21	36	58.3	54.7				21
12	Lakers	33	4/23/1987	LAL	vs	DEN	W 128-95	240	128	58	35	9	11	51	99	51.5	5	8	62.5	21	31	67.7	56.8	15	43	10	20
13	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
14	Lakers	31	5/25/1987	LAL	@	SEA	W 133-102	240	133	51	28	14	3	44	86	51.2	1	4	25.0	44	53	83.0	60.8	14	37	16	24
15	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	13	21
16	Lakers	30	5/23/2008	LAL	vs	SAS	W 101-71	240	101	44	20	8	7	39	71	54.9	5	18	27.8	18	20	90.0	63.3	3	41	14	15
17	Lakers	30	4/29/2003	LAL	@	MIN	W 120-90	240	120	44	25	13	7	45	83	54.2	12	23	52.2	18	26	69.2	63.5	10	34	7	16
18	Lakers	29	5/27/2001	LAL	vs	SAS	W 111-82	240	111	54	30	10	4	42	86	48.8	10	22	45.5	17	28	60.7	56.4	16	38	15	23
19	Lakers	28	5/7/2000	LAL	vs	PHX	W 105-77	240	105	52	18	14	10	40	92	43.5	4	11	36.4	21	26	80.8	50.8	19	33	12	23
20	Lakers	28	4/19/1986	LAL	vs	SAS	W 122-94	240	122	48	32	7	3	52	91	57.1	2	3	66.7	16	23	69.6	60.3	16	32	17	24
21	Lakers	28	4/18/1985	LAL	vs	PHX	W 142-114	240	142	46	41	12	5	61	101	60.4	1	3	33.3	19	30	63.3	62.2	11	35	15	25
22	Lakers	28	4/5/1968	LAL	vs	SFW	W 133-105	240	133	72	28			53	106	50.0				27	38	71.1	54.2				20
23	Lakers	27	5/29/2009	LAL	@	DEN	W 119-92	240	119	38	28	6	4	43	75	57.3	9	16	56.3	24	24	100.0	69.5	9	29	14	19
24	Lakers	27	5/5/2000	LAL	vs	SAC	W 113-86	240	113	54	31	6	12	47	90	52.2	2	12	16.7	17	26	65.4	55.7	19	35	12	22
25	Lakers	27	4/7/1963	LAL	vs	STL	W 123-96	240	123	62				45	89	50.6				33	42	78.6	57.2				29

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
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5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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