when was the last time an nba teams scored less than 71 points in a playoff game before 2005

The Los Angeles Lakers had 68 points in Game 3 of the 2004 NBA Finals versus the Pistons on June 10, 2004.

		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		Lakers	6/10/2004	68	LAL	@	DET	L 68-88	240	39	19	7	4	27	74	36.5	6	27	22.2	8	13	61.5	42.6	7	32	16	28
2		Pistons	6/1/2004	69	DET	vs	IND	W 69-65	240	48	17	7	4	27	82	32.9	4	9	44.4	11	15	73.3	38.9	15	33	13	18
3		Pacers	6/1/2004	65	IND	@	DET	L 65-69	240	41	17	7	7	24	66	36.4	6	21	28.6	11	15	73.3	44.8	6	35	15	20
4		Pacers	5/30/2004	65	IND	vs	DET	L 65-83	240	42	19	9	12	25	76	32.9	4	21	19.0	11	18	61.1	38.7	11	31	10	20
5		Pistons	5/28/2004	68	DET	vs	IND	L 68-83	240	49	13	4	4	24	78	30.8	5	19	26.3	15	23	65.2	38.6	19	30	13	21
6		Pacers	5/24/2004	67	IND	vs	DET	L 67-72	240	51	8	5	7	22	80	27.5	3	20	15.0	20	24	83.3	37.0	14	37	17	30
7		Nets	5/20/2004	69	NJN	@	DET	L 69-90	240	41	17	6	4	24	67	35.8	3	16	18.8	18	25	72.0	44.2	6	35	16	20
8		Heat	5/18/2004	70	MIA	vs	IND	L 70-73	240	42	7	10	7	25	82	30.5	1	12	8.3	19	22	86.4	38.2	9	33	11	25
9		Pistons	5/9/2004	64	DET	@	NJN	L 64-82	240	45	10	6	7	22	76	28.9	0	10	0.0	20	26	76.9	36.6	19	26	18	25
10		Nets	5/3/2004	56	NJN	@	DET	L 56-78	240	29	12	7	4	19	70	27.1	5	18	27.8	13	21	61.9	35.3	7	22	12	23
11		Hornets	4/21/2004	63	NOH	@	MIA	L 63-93	240	46	12	11	7	20	82	24.4	3	18	16.7	20	25	80.0	33.9	19	27	17	24
12		Grizzlies	4/19/2004	70	MEM	@	SAS	L 70-87	240	35	13	8	8	26	71	36.6	1	8	12.5	17	24	70.8	42.9	4	31	14	23
13		Magic	4/30/2003	67	ORL	@	DET	L 67-98	240	43	10	5	4	24	75	32.0	5	18	27.8	14	17	82.4	40.6	17	26	20	31
14		Celtics	5/10/2002	66	BOS	vs	DET	W 66-64	240	42	13	11	4	27	78	34.6	2	19	10.5	10	12	83.3	39.6	10	32	18	22
15		Pistons	5/10/2002	64	DET	@	BOS	L 64-66	240	42	13	9	2	24	69	34.8	2	20	10.0	14	21	66.7	40.9	8	34	20	17
16		Raptors	4/21/2002	63	TOR	@	DET	L 63-85	240	47	16	10	5	23	77	29.9	2	12	16.7	15	24	62.5	36.0	14	33	20	25
17		Timberwolves	4/23/2001	69	MIN	@	SAS	L 69-86	240	47	14	2	7	24	71	33.8	4	14	28.6	17	21	81.0	43.0	13	34	20	21
18		Heat	5/19/2000	70	MIA	@	NYK	L 70-72	240	41	17	5	4	22	66	33.3	5	22	22.7	21	29	72.4	44.4	4	37	8	24
19		Suns	5/16/2000	65	PHX	@	LAL	L 65-87	240	43	15	9	4	23	80	28.7	4	18	22.2	15	21	71.4	36.4	12	31	15	28
20		Suns	4/25/2000	70	PHX	@	SAS	L 70-85	240	46	9	7	11	28	86	32.6	3	18	16.7	11	19	57.9	37.1	14	32	15	26
21		Spurs	4/22/2000	70	SAS	vs	PHX	L 70-72	240	50	15	7	9	27	73	37.0	4	11	36.4	12	21	57.1	42.6	9	41	18	19
22		Knicks	6/18/1999	67	NYK	@	SAS	L 67-80	240	43	8	11	4	27	82	32.9	2	14	14.3	11	12	91.7	38.4	10	33	13	25
23		Trail Blazers	6/4/1999	63	POR	vs	SAS	L 63-85	240	41	13	6	2	19	77	24.7	3	14	21.4	22	29	75.9	35.1	14	27	15	25
24		Hawks	5/24/1999	66	ATL	@	NYK	L 66-79	240	38	14	12	2	23	78	29.5	2	12	16.7	18	21	85.7	37.8	11	27	16	22
25		Hawks	5/20/1999	70	ATL	vs	NYK	L 70-77	240	49	7	11	1	24	81	29.6	2	19	10.5	20	29	69.0	37.3	18	31	20	27

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Sat 5/9	OKC	@	LAL	8:30 PM
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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
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