smallest margin of victory in game one of finals

The Los Angeles Lakers and the St. Louis Hawks are tied for the lowest point differential in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, with a -34 point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Lakers	-34	5/27/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 114-148	240	114	35	28	9	4	49	100	49.0	2	5	40.0	14	21	66.7	52.2	8	27	12	23
2	Hawks	-34	4/2/1961	1960-61	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	L 95-129	240	95	54	19			37	103	35.9				21	30	70.0	40.9				24
3	Trail Blazers	-33	6/3/1992	1991-92	NBA Finals	POR	@	CHI	L 89-122	240	89	38	16	7	4	35	78	44.9	1	6	16.7	18	23	78.3	50.5	11	27	21	26
4	Lakers	-32	4/18/1965	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 110-142	240	110	55	15			42	96	43.8				26	38	68.4	48.8				31
5	Knicks	-27	4/7/1951	1950-51	NBA Finals	NYK	@	ROC	L 65-92	240	65	42	18			23	85	27.1				19	24	79.2	34.0				24
6	Magic	-25	6/4/2009	2008-09	NBA Finals	ORL	@	LAL	L 75-100	240	75	41	10	8	8	23	77	29.9	8	23	34.8	21	29	72.4	41.8	10	31	8	21
7	Cavaliers	-22	6/1/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	L 91-113	240	91	59	15	0	6	30	86	34.9	11	31	35.5	20	25	80.0	46.9	15	44	20	23
8	Lakers	-22	4/26/1972	1971-72	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NYK	L 92-114	240	92	44	16			36	97	37.1				20	26	76.9	42.4			12	24
9	Mavericks	-18	6/6/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	@	BOS	L 89-107	240	89	43	9	8	1	35	84	41.7	7	27	25.9	12	19	63.2	48.2	10	33	11	16
10	Heat	-18	9/30/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	L 98-116	240	98	36	23	4	5	38	89	42.7	11	35	31.4	11	14	78.6	51.5	5	31	8	15
11	Hawks	-18	3/27/1960	1959-60	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	L 122-140	240	122	62	25			49	110	44.5				24	31	77.4	49.3				20
12	Pacers	-17	6/7/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	IND	@	LAL	L 87-104	240	87	36	16	6	5	32	76	42.1	5	14	35.7	18	23	78.3	50.5	6	30	14	23
13	SuperSonics	-17	6/5/1996	1995-96	NBA Finals	SEA	@	CHI	L 90-107	240	90	41	16	6	2	27	68	39.7	5	16	31.3	31	36	86.1	53.7	14	27	17	29
14	Cavaliers	-15	6/2/2016	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	L 89-104	240	89	47	17	7	4	32	84	38.1	7	21	33.3	18	20	90.0	48.0	15	32	15	17
15	Heat	-15	6/5/2014	2013-14	NBA Finals	MIA	@	SAS	L 95-110	240	95	29	16	14	2	37	78	47.4	12	29	41.4	9	11	81.8	57.3	7	22	16	21
16	Pistons	-15	6/9/2005	2004-05	NBA Finals	DET	@	SAS	L 69-84	240	69	35	15	12	10	29	77	37.7	1	6	16.7	10	14	71.4	41.5	11	24	12	19
17	Bucks	-15	4/28/1974	1973-74	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	BOS	L 83-98	240	83	40	25	5	3	37	90	41.1				9	13	69.2	43.4	9	31	18	18
18	Lakers	-14	4/7/1962	1961-62	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 108-122	240	108	64	13			39	104	37.5				30	38	78.9	44.7				22
19	Bucks	-13	7/6/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	@	PHX	L 105-118	240	105	47	21	4	2	40	88	45.5	16	36	44.4	9	16	56.3	55.2	9	38	13	18
20	Celtics	-13	6/3/2010	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 89-102	240	89	31	19	5	5	29	67	43.3	1	10	10.0	30	36	83.3	53.7	8	23	13	28
21	Celtics	-13	6/2/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 113-126	240	113	32	28	4	5	45	82	54.9	3	4	75.0	20	26	76.9	60.5	5	27	15	19
22	Stags	-13	4/16/1947	1946-47	NBA Finals	CHI	@	PHI	L 71-84	240	71		5			26	129	20.2				19	30	63.3	25.0				25
23	Warriors	-12	6/2/2022	2021-22	NBA Finals	GSW	vs	BOS	L 108-120	240	108	39	24	8	6	39	88	44.3	19	45	42.2	11	15	73.3	57.1	12	27	14	16
24	Lakers	-12	6/6/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	L 75-87	240	75	37	15	8	4	29	73	39.7	3	13	23.1	14	18	77.8	46.3	13	24	15	25
25	Nets	-12	6/4/2003	2002-03	NBA Finals	NJN	@	SAS	L 89-101	240	89	45	19	5	5	33	89	37.1	4	13	30.8	19	25	76.0	44.5	13	32	8	26