which team has had the fewest possessions in a game

The Utah Jazz and the Dallas Mavericks are tied for the fewest possessions in a game, with 69.7 possessions on December 12, 1997.

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Which team has had the fewest possessions in a regular-season game?

	TEAM	POSS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Jazz	69.7	12/12/1997	UTA	vs	DAL	W 68-66	240	68	39	15	7	5	23	53	43.4	1	5	20.0	21	24	87.5	53.5	9	30	19	12
2	Mavericks	69.7	12/12/1997	DAL	@	UTA	L 66-68	240	66	25	16	9	1	25	63	39.7	7	19	36.8	9	13	69.2	48.0	7	18	13	22
3	Pacers	70.9	2/4/1995	IND	@	CLE	L 73-82	240	73	27	19	4	3	27	64	42.2	6	11	54.5	13	19	68.4	50.4	9	18	11	18
4	Cavaliers	70.9	2/4/1995	CLE	vs	IND	W 82-73	240	82	45	18	10	7	29	75	38.7	5	20	25.0	19	22	86.4	48.4	16	29	12	19
5	Hawks	71.4	4/16/1996	ATL	vs	CLE	L 77-80	240	77	33	14	6	6	28	65	43.1	8	19	42.1	13	18	72.2	52.8	13	20	12	18
6	Cavaliers	71.4	4/16/1996	CLE	@	ATL	W 80-77	240	80	44	15	4	1	34	78	43.6	2	19	10.5	10	15	66.7	47.3	19	25	13	20
7	Hawks	72.3	1/13/1997	ATL	@	CLE	W 93-79	240	93	34	21	7	3	34	62	54.8	7	20	35.0	18	21	85.7	65.3	8	26	11	19
8	Cavaliers	72.3	1/13/1997	CLE	vs	ATL	L 79-93	240	79	33	20	4	1	31	72	43.1	7	19	36.8	10	16	62.5	50.0	15	18	11	18
9	Spurs	72.4	3/25/1997	SAS	vs	CLE	W 64-59	240	64	50	16	4	8	25	67	37.3	2	11	18.2	12	18	66.7	42.7	17	33	15	14
10	Cavaliers	72.4	3/25/1997	CLE	@	SAS	L 59-64	240	59	44	13	6	3	25	80	31.3	3	13	23.1	6	10	60.0	35.0	17	27	12	17
11	Heat	72.6	4/19/2000	MIA	@	CHA	L 73-83	240	73	36	21	6	1	29	72	40.3	3	12	25.0	12	14	85.7	46.7	12	24	13	23
12	Hornets	72.6	4/19/2000	CHA	vs	MIA	W 83-73	240	83	32	26	6	2	31	63	49.2	0	7	0.0	21	23	91.3	56.8	7	25	11	11
13	76ers	73	3/26/2004	PHI	vs	CLE	W 86-71	240	86	41	21	7	3	33	73	45.2	7	13	53.8	13	18	72.2	53.1	14	27	12	16
14	Cavaliers	73	3/26/2004	CLE	@	PHI	L 71-86	240	71	32	18	4	8	27	69	39.1	3	6	50.0	14	20	70.0	45.6	11	21	12	16
15	SuperSonics	73.3	2/25/1997	SEA	@	CLE	W 72-66	240	72	41	17	9	4	21	60	35.0	6	19	31.6	24	29	82.8	49.5	15	26	18	15
16	Cavaliers	73.3	2/25/1997	CLE	vs	SEA	L 66-72	240	66	29	22	9	4	26	61	42.6	4	14	28.6	10	18	55.6	47.9	8	21	17	25
17	Lakers	73.5	2/19/1997	LAL	vs	CLE	L 84-103	240	84	28	17	1	5	26	58	44.8	7	15	46.7	25	31	80.6	58.6	8	20	13	26
18	Cavaliers	73.5	2/19/1997	CLE	@	LAL	W 103-84	240	103	36	19	5	3	35	71	49.3	4	12	33.3	29	34	85.3	59.9	14	22	5	22
19	Timberwolves	73.5	11/1/2003	MIN	vs	TOR	W 73-56	240	73	35	20	5	10	31	68	45.6	2	5	40.0	9	11	81.8	50.1	7	28	11	22
20	Raptors	73.5	11/1/2003	TOR	@	MIN	L 56-73	240	56	45	10	4	2	19	69	27.5	3	8	37.5	15	17	88.2	36.6	17	28	18	15
21	Knicks	73.6	12/22/1997	NYK	vs	DAL	W 79-67	240	79	44	17	6	2	35	86	40.7	4	9	44.4	5	7	71.4	44.3	18	26	8	12
22	Mavericks	73.6	12/22/1997	DAL	@	NYK	L 67-79	240	67	36	13	2	1	24	62	38.7	4	15	26.7	15	16	93.8	48.5	6	30	15	10
23	Nets	73.7	2/10/1998	NJN	vs	DAL	W 90-81	240	90	40	15	10	1	37	78	47.4	2	9	22.2	14	16	87.5	52.9	19	21	13	16
24	Mavericks	73.7	2/10/1998	DAL	@	NJN	L 81-90	240	81	29	6	9	7	35	69	50.7	1	8	12.5	10	11	90.9	54.8	12	17	14	19
25	Celtics	73.8	3/31/1999	BOS	vs	DET	L 72-87	240	72	35	14	6	4	27	65	41.5	4	11	36.4	14	17	82.4	49.7	12	23	18	24

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