largest point differentials in the first half of a game in nba history

The Dallas Mavericks have the highest point differential by a team in a first half, with a 50 point differential against the Clippers on December 27, 2020.

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largest point differentials in the first half of a regular-season game in NBA history

	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	Mavericks	50	12/27/2020	DAL	@	LAC	120	77	32	16	6	2	29	50	58.0	9	20	45.0	10	10	100.0	70.8	6	26	2	7
2	Cavaliers	45	2/2/2025	CLE	vs	DAL	120	91	27	24	5	5	33	50	66.0	16	22	72.7	9	10	90.0	83.6	0	27	1	9
3	Celtics	44	3/3/2024	BOS	vs	GSW	120	82	28	20	3	4	30	50	60.0	15	24	62.5	7	7	100.0	77.2	3	25	1	8
4	Mavericks	44	11/13/2014	DAL	vs	PHI	120	73	28	18	6	2	24	41	58.5	6	15	40.0	19	21	90.5	72.7	5	23	6	10
5	Pistons	42	2/11/2025	DET	@	CHI	120	71	33	17	6	4	27	47	57.4	7	18	38.9	10	10	100.0	69.1	3	30	7	6
6	Warriors	42	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	120	92	29	24	5	4	31	49	63.3	17	27	63.0	13	15	86.7	82.7	3	26	3	13
7	Cavaliers	41	11/8/2024	CLE	vs	GSW	120	83	24	22	4	3	28	43	65.1	14	22	63.6	13	16	81.3	82.9	4	20	7	6
8	Thunder	41	4/14/2024	OKC	vs	DAL	120	82	31	21	3	2	32	53	60.4	7	20	35.0	11	11	100.0	70.9	8	23	6	10
9	Bucks	41	11/22/2021	MIL	vs	ORL	120	77	27	17	9	2	29	49	59.2	11	25	44.0	8	12	66.7	70.9	5	22	6	14
10	76ers	41	12/7/2019	PHI	vs	CLE	120	77	26	25	8	6	32	45	71.1	8	16	50.0	5	6	83.3	80.8	3	23	4	6
11	Nets	40	12/21/2022	BKN	vs	GSW	120	91	15	25	6	2	35	49	71.4	13	19	68.4	8	10	80.0	85.2	2	13	2	11
12	Raptors	40	12/1/2019	TOR	vs	UTA	120	77	29	21	11	4	29	48	60.4	13	19	68.4	6	8	75.0	74.7	2	27	7	10
13	Bucks	39	1/13/2022	MIL	vs	GSW	120	77	30	18	6	3	29	46	63.0	10	20	50.0	9	12	75.0	75.1	4	26	7	8
14	Jazz	38	4/3/2021	UTA	vs	ORL	120	78	29	15	6	3	28	49	57.1	18	31	58.1	4	5	80.0	76.2	4	25	5	11
15	Spurs	38	2/7/2018	SAS	@	PHX	120	69	31	16	3	6	28	51	54.9	8	16	50.0	5	8	62.5	63.3	6	25	3	7
16	Bucks	37	1/11/2024	MIL	vs	BOS	120	75	33	17	3	2	28	49	57.1	11	22	50.0	8	11	72.7	69.7	8	25	4	10
17	Jazz	37	3/18/2022	UTA	vs	LAC	120	71	38	17	4	2	29	56	51.8	9	21	42.9	4	5	80.0	61.0	13	25	5	6
18	Jazz	37	12/29/2018	UTA	vs	NYK	120	71	32	19	4	1	28	47	59.6	6	18	33.3	9	11	81.8	68.5	6	26	7	14
19	Celtics	36	2/14/2024	BOS	vs	BKN	120	68	28	17	2	3	26	44	59.1	11	22	50.0	5	6	83.3	72.9	5	23	4	3
20	Thunder	36	1/11/2024	OKC	vs	POR	120	75	28	19	4	5	29	49	59.2	2	12	16.7	15	18	83.3	65.9	5	23	4	6
21	Grizzlies	36	12/2/2021	MEM	vs	OKC	120	72	28	18	5	6	29	47	61.7	8	13	61.5	6	7	85.7	71.9	6	22	7	7
22	Pacers	36	5/1/2021	IND	@	OKC	120	82	25	23	5	3	32	46	69.6	11	18	61.1	7	7	100.0	83.5	0	25	9	10
23	Mavericks	36	11/20/2019	DAL	vs	GSW	120	74	30	16	4	2	25	46	54.3	11	21	52.4	13	17	76.5	69.2	8	22	7	12
24	Clippers	36	3/3/2019	LAC	vs	NYK	120	82	26	21	3	1	29	52	55.8	14	21	66.7	10	13	76.9	71.0	4	22	7	13
25	76ers	36	4/11/2018	PHI	vs	MIL	120	80	30	22	8	3	31	54	57.4	11	24	45.8	7	11	63.6	68.0	10	20	5	11