most fouls by both teams called in an nba playoff game since 1980

Since 1979-80, the New Jersey Nets have committed the most personal fouls by a team in a playoff game, with 42 fouls in Game 5 of the 2004 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Pistons.

	TEAM	PF	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV
1	Nets	42	5/14/2004	NJN	@	DET	W 127-120	315	127	56	24	8	9	37	86	43.0	11	24	45.8	42	55	76.4	57.6	12	44	22
2	Pistons	41	5/14/2004	DET	vs	NJN	L 120-127	315	120	53	28	16	8	42	111	37.8	6	25	24.0	30	42	71.4	46.3	19	34	15
3	Hawks	41	4/23/1982	ATL	vs	PHI	L 95-98	265	95	39	13		5	33	75	44.0	0	1	0.0	29	38	76.3	51.8			8
4	Hawks	41	4/9/1980	ATL	@	PHI	L 92-99	240	92	37	14	8	2	35	81	43.2	0	0		22	33	66.7	48.2	15	22	19
5	Rockets	40	5/10/2015	HOU	@	LAC	L 95-128	240	95	47	20	6	1	34	83	41.0	12	28	42.9	15	30	50.0	49.4	10	37	18
6	Clippers	40	5/6/2015	LAC	@	HOU	L 109-115	240	109	40	20	9	4	39	86	45.3	6	25	24.0	25	32	78.1	54.5	6	34	11
7	Clippers	40	4/27/2006	LAC	@	DEN	L 87-94	240	87	38	14	8	7	29	72	40.3	5	14	35.7	24	31	77.4	50.8	5	33	24
8	Knicks	40	6/1/1999	NYK	@	IND	L 86-88	240	86	38	12	6	5	28	62	45.2	2	8	25.0	28	37	75.7	54.9	11	27	18
9	Cavaliers	40	4/25/1985	CLE	vs	BOS	L 115-117	240	115	39	24	6	2	42	89	47.2	1	2	50.0	30	34	88.2	55.3	12	27	16
10	Nuggets	39	4/30/2010	DEN	@	UTA	L 104-112	240	104	39	19	8	4	36	83	43.4	5	17	29.4	27	40	67.5	51.7	11	28	10
11	Lakers	39	5/23/1999	LAL	vs	SAS	L 107-118	240	107	44	22	8	2	41	92	44.6	2	17	11.8	23	36	63.9	49.6	19	25	15
12	Knicks	39	5/11/1995	NYK	@	IND	L 95-97	265	95	24	24	16	6	33	72	45.8	10	20	50.0	19	33	57.6	54.9	8	16	15
13	Nuggets	39	5/2/1995	DEN	vs	SAS	L 95-99	240	95	39	22	6	6	35	70	50.0	4	14	28.6	21	25	84.0	58.6	11	28	19
14	Bucks	39	5/3/1990	MIL	vs	CHI	L 86-110	240	86	36	12	9	6	27	77	35.1	5	18	27.8	27	42	64.3	45.0	15	21	16
15	Mavericks	38	6/18/2006	DAL	@	MIA	L 100-101	265	100	42	13	3	0	37	81	45.7	5	19	26.3	21	25	84.0	54.3	11	31	14
16	Bulls	38	4/30/2005	CHI	@	WAS	L 99-117	240	99	44	19	5	4	33	84	39.3	7	26	26.9	26	34	76.5	50.0	19	25	19
17	Pacers	38	6/9/2000	IND	@	LAL	L 104-111	240	104	46	19	5	5	33	88	37.5	5	20	25.0	33	39	84.6	49.4	13	33	4
18	Jazz	38	5/17/1994	UTA	vs	DEN	L 101-109	290	101	58	23	9	1	36	100	36.0	1	10	10.0	28	37	75.7	43.4	20	38	18
19	SuperSonics	38	6/5/1993	SEA	@	PHX	L 110-123	240	110	31	26	5	7	39	78	50.0	4	10	40.0	28	36	77.8	58.6	8	23	14
20	Suns	38	5/11/1992	PHX	vs	POR	L 151-153	290	151	44	34	8	6	53	115	46.1	3	13	23.1	42	50	84.0	55.1	15	29	6
21	Trail Blazers	38	6/10/1990	POR	vs	DET	L 106-121	240	106	42	22	7	1	39	93	41.9	2	13	15.4	26	31	83.9	49.7	18	24	20
22	Bucks	38	4/22/1986	MIL	@	NJN	W 118-113	240	118	42	20	10	7	43	89	48.3	1	5	20.0	31	43	72.1	54.7	17	25	16
23	Bucks	38	5/5/1985	MIL	@	PHI	L 112-121	240	112	43	22	12	5	42	84	50.0	2	5	40.0	26	35	74.3	56.3	17	26	28
24	Nets	38	5/3/1984	NJN	vs	MIL	L 93-100	240	93	45	19	11	5	36	90	40.0	1	3	33.3	20	36	55.6	43.9	21	24	18
25	Knicks	38	4/22/1984	NYK	vs	DET	W 120-113	240	120	40	29	7	3	46	86	53.5	1	2	50.0	27	36	75.0	58.9	15	25	18