when was the last time an nba teams scored less than 71 points in a playoff game before 1999

The Utah Jazz scored 54 points in Game 3 of the 1998 NBA Finals versus the Bulls on June 7, 1998.

	TEAM	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Jazz	6/7/1998	54	UTA	@	CHI	L 54-96	240	38	16	7	3	21	70	30.0	1	9	11.1	11	14	78.6	35.5	9	29	26	26
2	Jazz	5/9/1998	64	UTA	@	SAS	L 64-86	240	39	16	10	8	22	77	28.6	4	14	28.6	16	25	64.0	36.4	15	24	10	27
3	SuperSonics	5/6/1998	68	SEA	vs	LAL	L 68-92	240	32	14	6	9	25	76	32.9	4	16	25.0	14	22	63.6	39.7	12	20	14	26
4	Hornets	5/3/1998	70	CHA	@	CHI	L 70-83	240	37	23	7	2	24	67	35.8	5	18	27.8	17	23	73.9	45.4	10	27	16	23
5	Rockets	5/3/1998	70	HOU	@	UTA	L 70-84	240	43	13	9	7	30	78	38.5	1	13	7.7	9	19	47.4	40.5	14	29	13	23
6	Hornets	4/28/1998	64	CHA	@	ATL	L 64-96	240	33	18	9	3	25	73	34.2	4	15	26.7	10	16	62.5	40.0	9	24	14	23
7	Heat	5/22/1997	68	MIA	@	CHI	L 68-75	240	40	10	6	3	25	74	33.8	3	26	11.5	15	18	83.3	41.5	12	28	15	30
8	Magic	4/24/1997	64	ORL	@	MIA	L 64-99	240	48	10	5	7	26	85	30.6	3	12	25.0	9	17	52.9	34.6	17	31	12	13
9	Magic	5/25/1996	67	ORL	vs	CHI	L 67-86	240	34	10	10	4	26	77	33.8	5	23	21.7	10	24	41.7	38.3	14	20	15	23
10	Trail Blazers	5/5/1996	64	POR	@	UTA	L 64-102	240	33	14	8	3	26	79	32.9	4	11	36.4	8	11	72.7	38.2	8	25	13	27
11	Knicks	5/28/1994	68	NYK	@	IND	L 68-88	240	30	15	9	4	22	64	34.4	3	10	30.0	21	39	53.8	41.9	11	19	20	30
12	Pacers	5/12/1994	69	IND	@	ATL	L 69-92	240	52	15	6	6	27	85	31.8	4	10	40.0	11	16	68.8	37.5	19	33	17	25
13	SuperSonics	4/23/1982	70	SEA	@	HOU	L 70-91	240	46	19	5	2	30	86	34.9	1	3	33.3	9	16	56.3	37.6	17	29	13	22
14	Warriors	4/21/1973	70	GSW	vs	LAL	L 70-126	240	67	13			27	116	23.3				16	17	94.1	28.3				28
15	Lakers	4/11/1954	63	MIN	vs	SYR	L 63-65	240					23	58	39.7				17	27	63.0	45.1				25
16	Nationals	4/11/1954	65	SYR	@	MIN	W 65-63	240					23	52	44.2				19	33	57.6	48.9				22
17	Lakers	4/8/1954	69	MIN	@	SYR	L 69-80	240	38	17			27	76	35.5				15	24	62.5	39.9				29
18	Nationals	4/4/1954	67	SYR	vs	MIN	L 67-81	240	40	18			21	65	32.3				25	37	67.6	41.2				23
19	Lakers	4/3/1954	60	MIN	vs	SYR	L 60-62	240	48	10			20	61	32.8				20	25	80.0	41.7				29
20	Nationals	4/3/1954	62	SYR	@	MIN	W 62-60	240	52	12			20	64	31.3				22	38	57.9	38.4				24
21	Nationals	3/31/1954	68	SYR	@	MIN	L 68-79	240	36	14			23	60	38.3				22	31	71.0	46.2				17
22	Knicks	3/18/1954	68	NYK	@	SYR	L 68-75	240	43	12			19	59	32.2				30	40	75.0	44.4				46
23	Knicks	4/8/1953	69	NYK	vs	MIN	L 69-71	240					19	65	29.2				31	41	75.6	41.5				22
24	Pistons	4/2/1953	58	FTW	@	MIN	L 58-74	240					19	75	25.3				20	37	54.1	31.8				30
25	Knicks	3/26/1953	70	NYK	@	BOS	L 70-86	240		19			24	76	31.6				22	33	66.7	38.7				30