most turnovers by a team in a playoff loss

The Chicago Bulls have committed the most turnovers by a team in a loss in a playoff game with 36 turnovers in Game 3 of the 1977 First Round versus the Trail Blazers.

	TEAM	TOV	L	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Bulls	36	1	4/17/1977	CHI	@	POR	L 98-106	240	98	42	23	10	2	37	70	52.9				24	27	88.9	59.8	11	31	28
2	Pacers	35	1	5/9/1995	IND	@	NYK	L 77-96	240	77	41	13	4	0	26	58	44.8	2	10	20.0	23	33	69.7	53.1	12	29	32
3	Trail Blazers	34	1	5/22/1977	POR	@	PHI	L 101-107	240	101	48	29	8	4	43	84	51.2				15	18	83.3	54.9	18	30	34
4	Heat	32	1	5/24/1997	MIA	vs	CHI	L 74-98	240	74	39	14	7	2	21	55	38.2	4	17	23.5	28	39	71.8	51.3	10	29	28
5	SuperSonics	31	1	5/6/1979	SEA	@	PHX	L 103-113	240	103	52	19	11	8	39	87	44.8				25	37	67.6	49.9	19	33	29
6	76ers	30	1	5/31/1977	PHI	@	POR	L 98-130	240	98	47	16	8	5	33	75	44.0				32	49	65.3	50.7	15	32	34
7	Suns	30	1	5/2/1976	PHX	@	GSW	L 103-128	240	103	45	23	6	8	38	81	46.9				27	36	75.0	53.2	11	34	25
8	SuperSonics	30	1	4/27/1976	SEA	@	PHX	L 112-123	240	112	35	16	15	4	45	87	51.7				22	33	66.7	55.2	12	23	34
9	Trail Blazers	29	1	5/26/1977	POR	@	PHI	L 89-107	240	89	58	21	9	4	36	101	35.6				17	24	70.8	39.9	22	36	24
10	Suns	29	1	6/4/1976	PHX	@	BOS	L 126-128	315	126	53	29	11	7	53	112	47.3				20	24	83.3	51.4	16	37	28
11	Bullets	29	1	5/25/1975	WAS	vs	GSW	L 95-96	240	95	37	28	13	5	39	83	47.0				17	23	73.9	51.0	11	26	24
12	SuperSonics	29	1	4/22/1975	SEA	@	GSW	L 100-124	240	100	43	20	10	9	38	82	46.3				24	32	75.0	52.0			25
13	Bulls	28	1	4/25/2015	CHI	@	MIL	L 90-92	240	90	39	23	10	7	33	68	48.5	10	18	55.6	14	20	70.0	58.6	5	34	20
14	Heat	28	1	4/26/1996	MIA	@	CHI	L 85-102	240	85	33	14	8	2	33	67	49.3	9	23	39.1	10	15	66.7	57.7	9	24	32
15	Bucks	28	1	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	38
16	Lakers	28	1	5/5/1985	LAL	@	POR	L 107-115	240	107	51	24	10	7	37	81	45.7	0	4	0.0	33	42	78.6	53.8	19	32	26
17	Suns	28	1	4/20/1979	PHX	@	KCK	L 91-111	240	91	54	20	5	2	34	81	42.0				23	36	63.9	47.0			21
18	SuperSonics	28	1	4/14/1975	SEA	@	GSW	L 96-123	240	96	37	19	13	5	39	81	48.1				18	29	62.1	51.2			21
19	Knicks	27	1	4/28/2012	NYK	@	MIA	L 67-100	240	67	41	11	8	0	25	70	35.7	7	21	33.3	10	11	90.9	44.8	15	26	26
20	Hornets	27	1	4/27/2009	NOH	vs	DEN	L 63-121	240	63	32	10	10	1	17	54	31.5	2	15	13.3	27	32	84.4	46.3	7	25	23
21	Pacers	27	1	6/11/1999	IND	@	NYK	L 82-90	240	82	38	19	6	3	34	77	44.2	5	19	26.3	9	9	100.0	50.6	9	29	35
22	Magic	27	1	5/13/1999	ORL	@	PHI	L 85-97	240	85	43	22	8	5	27	71	38.0	9	25	36.0	22	28	78.6	51.0	13	30	20
23	SuperSonics	27	1	5/24/1996	SEA	@	UTA	L 76-96	240	76	37	16	5	4	27	68	39.7	6	25	24.0	16	22	72.7	48.9	7	30	28
24	Knicks	27	1	4/25/1991	NYK	@	CHI	L 85-126	240	85	37	19	4	2	32	75	42.7	5	10	50.0	16	18	88.9	51.3	12	25	34
25	Knicks	27	1	5/2/1984	NYK	@	BOS	L 102-116	240	102	41	17	10	3	42	80	52.5	0	0		18	25	72.0	56.0	18	23	17

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