largest point differential at the end of the first half in an nba playoff game

The Cleveland Cavaliers have the highest point differential by a team in a playoff game, with a 41 point differential in Game 2 of the 2017 Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics.

	TEAM	DIFF	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Cavaliers	41	5/19/2017	CLE	@	BOS	120	72	27	16	5	4	26	44	59.1	10	22	45.5	10	13	76.9	72.4	5	22	5	7
2	Cavaliers	39	4/28/2025	CLE	@	MIA	120	72	29	13	11	2	24	46	52.2	11	24	45.8	13	14	92.9	69.0	5	24	6	5
3	Cavaliers	36	5/4/2016	CLE	vs	ATL	120	74	26	18	6	1	24	48	50.0	18	27	66.7	8	10	80.0	70.6	9	17	4	12
4	Spurs	33	4/30/2016	SAS	vs	OKC	120	73	23	22	3	7	29	42	69.0	6	8	75.0	9	12	75.0	77.2	1	22	5	5
5	Thunder	32	4/20/2025	OKC	vs	MEM	120	68	25	18	6	3	25	47	53.2	8	20	40.0	10	11	90.9	65.6	6	19	7	9
6	Bucks	32	6/25/2021	MIL	vs	ATL	120	77	21	18	11	2	31	48	64.6	10	18	55.6	5	9	55.6	74.1	5	16	6	10
7	Bulls	32	4/30/2015	CHI	@	MIL	120	65	26	20	3	1	25	49	51.0	8	15	53.3	7	7	100.0	62.4	6	20	7	9
8	Cavaliers	31	5/25/2016	CLE	vs	TOR	120	65	23	15	8	4	25	40	62.5	5	8	62.5	10	12	83.3	71.8	5	18	6	12
9	Nuggets	30	5/11/2023	DEN	@	PHX	120	81	24	12	7	3	29	47	61.7	4	10	40.0	19	21	90.5	72.0	4	20	2	11
10	Celtics	30	4/15/2023	BOS	vs	ATL	120	74	32	17	4	3	27	45	60.0	9	16	56.3	11	13	84.6	72.9	6	26	8	8
11	Mavericks	30	5/15/2022	DAL	@	PHX	120	57	30	4	4	3	19	40	47.5	9	23	39.1	10	10	100.0	64.2	4	26	6	8
12	Suns	30	6/1/2021	PHX	vs	LAL	120	66	23	16	3	1	26	48	54.2	8	18	44.4	6	8	75.0	64.1	3	20	1	10
13	Rockets	30	5/4/2018	HOU	@	UTA	120	70	22	17	7	5	27	46	58.7	8	21	38.1	8	9	88.9	70.1	2	20	3	8
14	Rockets	30	5/1/2017	HOU	@	SAS	120	69	28	15	7	3	23	47	48.9	12	27	44.4	11	11	100.0	66.6	3	25	5	9
15	Mavericks	29	5/30/2024	DAL	@	MIN	120	69	26	10	5	2	25	41	61.0	9	15	60.0	10	14	71.4	73.2	4	22	6	10
16	Lakers	29	8/24/2020	LAL	@	POR	120	80	20	19	4	5	28	45	62.2	11	19	57.9	13	19	68.4	75.0	4	16	4	12
17	76ers	29	4/23/2019	PHI	vs	BKN	120	60	35	17	5	1	26	49	53.1	5	15	33.3	3	3	100.0	59.6	6	29	11	11
18	Pacers	28	5/12/2024	IND	vs	NYK	120	69	26	15	4	4	28	47	59.6	10	21	47.6	3	3	100.0	71.4	7	19	5	13
19	Lakers	28	10/11/2020	LAL	@	MIA	120	64	29	11	3	4	26	48	54.2	5	17	29.4	7	11	63.6	60.6	7	22	6	14
20	Warriors	28	5/16/2017	GSW	vs	SAS	120	72	19	23	7	4	28	43	65.1	11	19	57.9	5	5	100.0	79.6	2	17	8	10
21	Rockets	27	4/30/2025	HOU	vs	GSW	120	76	18	16	7	1	25	36	69.4	9	15	60.0	17	20	85.0	84.8	1	17	6	12
22	Bucks	27	4/21/2024	MIL	vs	IND	120	69	28	9	3	3	25	49	51.0	9	21	42.9	10	10	100.0	64.6	4	24	3	8
23	Grizzlies	27	5/11/2022	MEM	vs	GSW	120	77	30	22	5	2	29	57	50.9	8	18	44.4	11	16	68.8	60.1	13	17	4	7
24	Bucks	27	5/24/2021	MIL	vs	MIA	120	78	31	22	4	3	30	53	56.6	15	29	51.7	3	4	75.0	71.2	11	20	7	15
25	Celtics	27	9/7/2020	BOS	@	TOR	120	62	25	14	4	5	22	40	55.0	7	20	35.0	11	11	100.0	69.1	1	24	6	10