which team has the best points different in a closeout game

The Cleveland Cavaliers have the highest point differential by a team in a closeout, with a 55 point differential in Game 4 of the 2025 First Round versus the Heat.

TEAMDIFFDATETMOPPRESULTMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF
1Cavaliers
Cavaliers
55
4/28/2025
@
W
138-83
240
138
51
26
15
6
47
86
54.7
22
47
46.8
22
25
88.0
71.1
8
43
12
12
2Bulls
Bulls
54
4/30/2015
@
W
120-66
240
120
50
31
7
2
46
90
51.1
15
30
50.0
13
16
81.3
61.8
10
40
12
14
3Bucks
Bucks
50
4/4/1971
vs
W
136-86
240
136
56
37
58
104
55.8
20
28
71.4
58.5
26
4Lakers
Lakers
44
5/22/1985
vs
W
153-109
240
153
54
42
13
13
67
116
57.8
1
4
25.0
18
21
85.7
61.1
17
37
12
23
5Lakers
Lakers
40
4/28/2023
vs
W
125-85
240
125
52
33
6
15
49
91
53.8
15
44
34.1
12
15
80.0
64.0
9
43
16
16
6Mavericks
Mavericks
40
5/7/2005
vs
W
116-76
240
116
52
21
7
10
41
80
51.3
8
16
50.0
26
28
92.9
62.8
16
36
14
19
7Spurs
Spurs
40
5/4/1983
vs
W
145-105
240
145
75
51
12
10
67
124
54.0
3
7
42.9
8
11
72.7
56.3
19
56
18
28
8Lakers
Lakers
40
4/5/1969
@
W
118-78
240
118
69
28
48
98
49.0
22
30
73.3
53.1
18
9Spurs
Spurs
39
5/11/2017
@
W
114-75
240
114
60
32
8
9
51
96
53.1
5
22
22.7
7
13
53.8
56.0
14
46
8
21
10Celtics
Celtics
39
6/17/2008
vs
W
131-92
240
131
48
33
18
4
43
87
49.4
13
26
50.0
32
37
86.5
63.4
14
34
8
25
11Warriors
Warriors
39
4/6/1948
@
W
85-46
240
85
12
34
96
35.4
17
28
60.7
39.2
16
12Knicks
Knicks
38
5/16/2025
vs
W
119-81
240
119
55
25
7
6
42
91
46.2
16
45
35.6
19
21
90.5
59.4
15
40
14
23
13Jazz
Jazz
38
5/5/1996
vs
W
102-64
240
102
54
23
8
12
35
76
46.1
5
16
31.3
27
37
73.0
55.3
14
40
11
18
14Lakers
Lakers
37
4/29/1987
@
W
140-103
240
140
55
40
4
14
48
91
52.7
4
7
57.1
40
49
81.6
62.2
10
45
10
22
15Mavericks
Mavericks
36
5/8/2011
vs
W
122-86
240
122
40
32
11
2
44
73
60.3
20
32
62.5
14
19
73.7
75.0
6
34
20
23
16Knicks
Knicks
36
4/20/1970
vs
W
132-96
240
132
49
27
57
113
50.4
18
25
72.0
53.2
22
1776ers
76ers
35
4/28/2022
@
W
132-97
240
132
47
32
4
4
47
81
58.0
16
40
40.0
22
23
95.7
72.4
10
37
11
22
18Cavaliers
Cavaliers
35
5/7/2018
vs
W
128-93
240
128
37
29
9
5
50
84
59.5
12
26
46.2
16
20
80.0
69.0
6
31
11
21
19Lakers
Lakers
35
4/9/1970
vs
W
129-94
240
129
68
44
54
102
52.9
21
36
58.3
54.7
21
20Celtics
Celtics
34
5/1/2024
vs
W
118-84
240
118
56
23
5
3
42
77
54.5
16
40
40.0
18
27
66.7
66.4
8
48
15
15
21Celtics
Celtics
34
5/4/2008
vs
W
99-65
240
99
46
20
11
10
40
84
47.6
3
18
16.7
16
19
84.2
53.6
14
32
8
19
22Mavericks
Mavericks
33
5/15/2022
@
W
123-90
240
123
43
14
9
6
46
81
56.8
19
39
48.7
12
12
100.0
71.3
6
37
12
17
23Cavaliers
Cavaliers
33
5/25/2017
@
W
135-102
240
135
38
24
13
5
48
85
56.5
19
41
46.3
20
24
83.3
70.6
6
32
11
21
24Heat
Heat
33
5/1/2016
vs
W
106-73
240
106
58
24
2
8
43
89
48.3
9
24
37.5
11
16
68.8
55.2
10
48
9
16
25Warriors
Warriors
33
4/27/2016
vs
W
114-81
240
114
40
30
10
6
45
82
54.9
13
31
41.9
11
19
57.9
63.1
6
34
10
16

More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

30.7

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

9.3

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.5

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

116.3

11th

DRTG

114.7

15th

NETRTG

1.6

12th

3P%

33.9

27th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
6
16
12
.571
6.0
7
15
13
.536
7.0
8
Cavaliers Cavaliers
15
14
.517
7.5
9
15
14
.517
7.5
10
12
15
.444
9.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/22
@
7:00 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM
Thu
12/25
@
12:00 PM
Sat
12/27
@
8:00 PM
Mon
12/29
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
CHI Bulls

12 - 15

136

Final

125

CLE Cavaliers

15 - 14

Fri 19 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
22
6
.786
2
19
8
.704
2.5
3
17
11
.607
5.0
4
16
11
.593
5.5
5
17
12
.586
5.5
6
16
12
.571
6.0
7
15
13
.536
7.0
8
15
14
.517
7.5
9
15
14
.517
7.5
10
12
15
.444
9.5
11
11
17
.393
11.0
12
9
19
.321
13.0
13
7
19
.269
14.0
14
6
22
.214
16.0
15
5
21
.192
16.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
25
3
.893
2
20
7
.741
4.5
3
20
7
.741
4.5
4
19
8
.704
5.5
5
17
8
.680
6.5
6
18
10
.643
7.0
7
15
13
.536
10.0
8
14
15
.483
11.5
9
13
15
.464
12.0
10
12
16
.429
13.0
11
11
18
.379
14.5
12
10
17
.370
14.5
13
7
21
.250
18.0
14
7
22
.241
18.5
15
6
22
.214
19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
11/18
@
125-118
Tue
11/18
@
99-113
Tue
11/18
@
109-120
Tue
11/18
@
113-111
Tue
11/18
@
122-121

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/21
@
6:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
6:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
7:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
7:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
10:00 PM