when was the last time an nba team scored less than 90 points in a game before game 1 of finals

The Dallas Mavericks posted 89 points in Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals versus the Celtics on June 6, 2024.

	TEAM	DATE	PTS	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Mavericks	6/6/2024	89	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	@	BOS	L 89-107	240	43	9	8	1	35	84	41.7	7	27	25.9	12	19	63.2	48.2	10	33	11	16
2	Cavaliers	6/2/2016	89	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	L 89-104	240	47	17	7	4	32	84	38.1	7	21	33.3	18	20	90.0	48.0	15	32	15	17
3	Heat	6/6/2013	88	2012-13	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	SAS	L 88-92	240	46	20	4	2	34	78	43.6	8	25	32.0	12	17	70.6	51.5	9	37	8	12
4	Mavericks	5/31/2011	84	2010-11	NBA Finals	DAL	@	MIA	L 84-92	240	36	18	6	8	25	67	37.3	9	22	40.9	25	32	78.1	51.8	6	30	11	22
5	Celtics	6/3/2010	89	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 89-102	240	31	19	5	5	29	67	43.3	1	10	10.0	30	36	83.3	53.7	8	23	13	28
6	Magic	6/4/2009	75	2008-09	NBA Finals	ORL	@	LAL	L 75-100	240	41	10	8	8	23	77	29.9	8	23	34.8	21	29	72.4	41.8	10	31	8	21
7	Lakers	6/5/2008	88	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 88-98	240	33	21	8	2	32	77	41.6	3	14	21.4	21	28	75.0	49.3	7	26	8	29
8	Spurs	6/7/2007	85	2006-07	NBA Finals	SAS	vs	CLE	W 85-76	240	43	18	6	5	34	75	45.3	6	16	37.5	11	16	68.8	51.8	13	30	14	15
9	Cavaliers	6/7/2007	76	2006-07	NBA Finals	CLE	@	SAS	L 76-85	240	32	9	8	2	30	70	42.9	5	15	33.3	11	15	73.3	49.6	9	23	11	16
10	Heat	6/8/2006	80	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	@	DAL	L 80-90	240	45	20	10	1	34	78	43.6	5	20	25.0	7	19	36.8	46.3	12	33	15	25
11	Pistons	6/9/2005	69	2004-05	NBA Finals	DET	@	SAS	L 69-84	240	35	15	12	10	29	77	37.7	1	6	16.7	10	14	71.4	41.5	11	24	12	19
12	Spurs	6/9/2005	84	2004-05	NBA Finals	SAS	vs	DET	W 84-69	240	49	12	3	8	34	79	43.0	4	13	30.8	12	15	80.0	49.1	15	34	15	17
13	Pistons	6/6/2004	87	2003-04	NBA Finals	DET	@	LAL	W 87-75	240	36	19	9	4	30	65	46.2	6	12	50.0	21	30	70.0	55.6	9	27	14	17
14	Lakers	6/6/2004	75	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	L 75-87	240	37	15	8	4	29	73	39.7	3	13	23.1	14	18	77.8	46.3	13	24	15	25
15	Nets	6/4/2003	89	2002-03	NBA Finals	NJN	@	SAS	L 89-101	240	45	19	5	5	33	89	37.1	4	13	30.8	19	25	76.0	44.5	13	32	8	26
16	Pacers	6/7/2000	87	1999-00	NBA Finals	IND	@	LAL	L 87-104	240	36	16	6	5	32	76	42.1	5	14	35.7	18	23	78.3	50.5	6	30	14	23
17	Knicks	6/16/1999	77	1998-99	NBA Finals	NYK	@	SAS	L 77-89	240	43	12	7	6	31	81	38.3	2	8	25.0	13	19	68.4	43.1	13	30	15	27
18	Spurs	6/16/1999	89	1998-99	NBA Finals	SAS	vs	NYK	W 89-77	240	37	25	9	6	32	67	47.8	6	15	40.0	19	31	61.3	55.2	4	33	14	18
19	Bulls	6/3/1998	85	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	@	UTA	L 85-88	265	41	14	8	8	34	82	41.5	3	16	18.8	14	16	87.5	47.7	9	32	14	19
20	Jazz	6/3/1998	88	1997-98	NBA Finals	UTA	vs	CHI	W 88-85	265	42	23	8	3	38	85	44.7	0	8	0.0	12	15	80.0	48.0	9	33	13	21
21	Bulls	6/1/1997	84	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	UTA	W 84-82	240	36	23	9	7	34	76	44.7	6	16	37.5	10	15	66.7	50.8	10	26	14	17
22	Jazz	6/1/1997	82	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	@	CHI	L 82-84	240	43	20	8	0	35	76	46.1	5	11	45.5	7	11	63.6	50.7	12	31	18	22
23	Knicks	6/8/1994	78	1993-94	NBA Finals	NYK	@	HOU	L 78-85	240	45	23	10	4	31	91	34.1	4	15	26.7	12	19	63.2	39.3	13	32	13	24
24	Rockets	6/8/1994	85	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	vs	NYK	W 85-78	240	49	21	10	4	31	74	41.9	4	16	25.0	19	30	63.3	48.7	12	37	17	21
25	Trail Blazers	6/3/1992	89	1991-92	NBA Finals	POR	@	CHI	L 89-122	240	38	16	7	4	35	78	44.9	1	6	16.7	18	23	78.3	50.5	11	27	21	26