lowest point difference in a playoff series by a winner

15 teams are tied for the lowest point differential in a win in a playoff game, with a 1 point differential. The first three are the Atlanta Hawks, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors 4 times.

	TEAM	DIFF	W	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	Hawks	1	1	4/23/2026	ATL	vs	NYK	W 109-108	240	109	45	19	10	8	39	86	45.3	13	33	39.4	18	26	69.2	55.9	13	32	16	17
2	Hawks	1	1	4/20/2026	ATL	@	NYK	W 107-106	240	107	36	22	9	7	40	81	49.4	9	30	30.0	18	23	78.3	58.7	6	30	12	26
3	Pacers	1	1	6/5/2025	IND	@	OKC	W 111-110	240	111	56	24	1	7	39	82	47.6	18	39	46.2	15	21	71.4	60.8	13	43	25	22
4	Knicks	1	1	5/7/2025	NYK	@	BOS	W 91-90	240	91	46	19	11	5	37	86	43.0	9	31	29.0	8	10	80.0	50.3	10	36	16	16
5	Pacers	1	1	5/6/2025	IND	@	CLE	W 120-119	240	120	44	28	7	9	44	85	51.8	11	28	39.3	21	29	72.4	61.4	11	33	18	26
6	Pacers	1	1	4/29/2025	IND	vs	MIL	W 119-118	265	119	45	24	10	4	43	93	46.2	12	33	36.4	21	28	75.0	56.5	9	36	13	19
7	Knicks	1	1	4/27/2025	NYK	@	DET	W 94-93	240	94	38	19	11	3	34	91	37.4	15	33	45.5	11	18	61.1	47.5	12	26	10	17
8	Mavericks	1	1	5/24/2024	DAL	@	MIN	W 109-108	240	109	44	24	7	7	41	84	48.8	12	31	38.7	15	22	68.2	58.2	11	33	10	17
9	Mavericks	1	1	5/18/2024	DAL	vs	OKC	W 117-116	240	117	47	25	5	4	42	82	51.2	16	34	47.1	17	24	70.8	63.2	14	33	18	23
10	Cavaliers	1	1	4/30/2024	CLE	vs	ORL	W 104-103	240	104	39	23	9	3	38	88	43.2	13	37	35.1	15	19	78.9	54.0	8	31	10	25
11	Celtics	1	1	5/27/2023	BOS	@	MIA	W 104-103	240	104	47	18	4	8	34	78	43.6	7	35	20.0	29	34	85.3	55.9	12	35	12	22
12	76ers	1	1	5/7/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	W 116-115	265	116	44	19	9	3	42	91	46.2	13	34	38.2	19	22	86.4	57.6	12	32	9	23
13	Warriors	1	1	4/23/2023	GSW	vs	SAC	W 126-125	240	126	44	31	8	6	45	90	50.0	14	34	41.2	22	24	91.7	62.6	8	36	12	19
14	Warriors	1	1	5/1/2022	GSW	@	MEM	W 117-116	240	117	52	31	10	6	45	93	48.4	14	38	36.8	13	20	65.0	57.5	16	36	18	25
15	Jazz	1	1	4/23/2022	UTA	vs	DAL	W 100-99	240	100	46	17	4	3	32	79	40.5	10	35	28.6	26	42	61.9	51.3	13	33	8	21
16	Timberwolves	1	1	4/23/2022	MIN	vs	MEM	W 119-118	240	119	34	23	7	8	35	74	47.3	18	36	50.0	31	40	77.5	65.0	6	28	16	23
17	Hawks	1	1	4/22/2022	ATL	vs	MIA	W 111-110	240	111	36	23	5	3	41	80	51.2	12	32	37.5	17	21	81.0	62.2	5	31	11	20
18	Celtics	1	1	4/17/2022	BOS	vs	BKN	W 115-114	240	115	43	24	12	5	42	89	47.2	12	33	36.4	19	24	79.2	57.8	14	29	15	24
19	Suns	1	1	6/22/2021	PHX	vs	LAC	W 104-103	240	104	39	24	5	3	41	82	50.0	6	26	23.1	16	18	88.9	57.8	7	32	9	20
20	Raptors	1	1	9/3/2020	TOR	@	BOS	W 104-103	240	104	39	23	7	5	41	88	46.6	13	40	32.5	9	16	56.3	54.7	6	33	13	20
21	Warriors	1	1	6/10/2019	GSW	@	TOR	W 106-105	240	106	37	27	5	7	38	82	46.3	20	42	47.6	10	14	71.4	60.1	6	31	16	22
22	Cavaliers	1	1	5/1/2018	CLE	@	TOR	W 113-112	265	113	45	25	5	5	42	102	41.2	14	35	40.0	15	21	71.4	50.8	13	32	6	23
23	Wizards	1	1	5/12/2017	WAS	vs	BOS	W 92-91	240	92	46	20	4	7	37	86	43.0	5	24	20.8	13	21	61.9	48.3	11	35	12	24
24	Cavaliers	1	1	4/15/2017	CLE	vs	IND	W 109-108	240	109	34	26	7	2	42	78	53.8	11	28	39.3	14	27	51.9	60.6	10	24	11	19
25	Cavaliers	1	1	5/8/2016	CLE	@	ATL	W 100-99	240	100	41	23	6	7	38	88	43.2	16	37	43.2	8	13	61.5	53.4	14	27	15	14

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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
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
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
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
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
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 3/28	DET	@	MIN	109-87
Sat 3/28	SAC	@	ATL	113-123
Sat 3/28	CHI	@	MEM	124-125
Sat 3/28	UTA	@	PHX	109-134
Sun 3/29	LAC	@	MIL	127-113

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 5/19	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 5/20	SAS	@	OKC	8:30 PM
Thu 5/21	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Fri 5/22	OKC	@	SAS	8:30 PM
Sat 5/23	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM

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