lowest total point difference in a playoffs series by winner

16 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 New York Knicks, the Indiana Pacers and the Boston Celtics 2 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	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	15	16
2	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	17	26
3	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	12	19
4	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
5	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
6	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	17	23
7	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
8	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
9	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	7	23
10	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	11	19
11	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
12	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
13	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	15	23
14	Hawks	1	1	4/22/2022	ATL	vs	MIA	W 111-110	240	111	36	23	5	3	41	80	51.3	12	32	37.5	17	21	81.0	62.2	5	31	11	20
15	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	14	24
16	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
17	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
18	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	15	22
19	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	5	23
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	Thunder	1	1	5/2/2016	OKC	@	SAS	W 98-97	240	98	48	16	8	8	38	79	48.1	5	19	26.3	17	21	81.0	55.5	9	39	18	19
24	Rockets	1	1	4/21/2016	HOU	vs	GSW	W 97-96	240	97	52	18	9	4	36	92	39.1	11	36	30.6	14	23	60.9	47.5	16	36	16	24
25	Mavericks	1	1	4/18/2016	DAL	@	OKC	W 85-84	240	85	45	14	8	4	35	82	42.7	5	19	26.3	10	19	52.6	47.0	11	34	12	17