which team has the biggest margin of victory in an nba finals game 3

The Chicago Bulls have the highest point differential by a team in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, with a 42 point differential against the Jazz on June 7, 1998.

	TEAM	DIFF	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Bulls	42	6/7/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	UTA	W 96-54	240	96	50	25	13	6	37	76	48.7	4	11	36.4	18	26	69.2	54.9	11	39	17	19
2	Spurs	36	6/11/2013	2012-13	NBA Finals	SAS	vs	MIA	W 113-77	240	113	52	29	10	4	43	88	48.9	16	32	50.0	11	19	57.9	58.6	19	33	13	13
3	Lakers	33	6/3/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 137-104	240	137	63	36	7	6	53	103	51.5	0	1	0.0	31	44	70.5	56.0	22	41	10	27
4	Cavaliers	30	6/8/2016	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	vs	GSW	W 120-90	240	120	52	23	8	3	48	91	52.7	12	25	48.0	12	17	70.6	60.9	17	35	14	25
5	Lakers	25	6/2/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 136-111	240	136	49	34	12	6	52	96	54.2	4	8	50.0	28	36	77.8	60.8	13	36	12	28
6	Warriors	24	4/22/1964	1963-64	NBA Finals	SFW	vs	BOS	W 115-91	240	115	61	29			47	88	53.4				21	35	60.0	55.6				25
7	Celtics	23	5/9/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	W 94-71	240	94	44	24	12	6	40	89	44.9	2	3	66.7	12	19	63.2	48.3	16	28	11	25
8	Bulls	22	6/9/1996	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	@	SEA	W 108-86	240	108	33	28	9	2	38	76	50.0	7	15	46.7	25	34	73.5	59.4	10	23	11	29
9	Trail Blazers	22	5/29/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	vs	PHI	W 129-107	240	129	52	34	13	9	52	106	49.1				25	32	78.1	53.7	14	38	16	28
10	Lakers	21	6/1/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	W 129-108	240	129	48	30	15	5	50	91	54.9	1	1	100.0	28	47	59.6	57.8	17	31	18	30
11	Lakers	21	4/21/1965	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 126-105	240	126	79	31			43	90	47.8				40	57	70.2	54.7				32
12	Bucks	20	7/11/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	PHX	W 120-100	240	120	47	28	8	2	43	90	47.8	14	36	38.9	20	26	76.9	59.1	13	34	9	18
13	Pistons	20	6/10/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	DET	vs	LAL	W 88-68	240	88	51	17	11	4	31	76	40.8	5	15	33.3	21	30	70.0	49.3	15	36	12	16
14	Lakers	20	4/17/1963	1962-63	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 119-99	240	119	65	26			44	93	47.3				31	36	86.1	54.7				23
15	Lakers	20	4/8/1949	1948-49	NBA Finals	MIN	@	WAS	W 94-74	240	94					33						28	36	77.8					25
16	Spurs	19	6/10/2014	2013-14	NBA Finals	SAS	@	MIA	W 111-92	240	111	29	21	12	4	38	64	59.4	9	20	45.0	26	32	81.3	71.1	5	24	13	25
17	Pistons	17	6/14/2005	2004-05	NBA Finals	DET	vs	SAS	W 96-79	240	96	44	22	12	10	40	85	47.1	3	14	21.4	13	17	76.5	51.9	17	27	12	18
18	76ers	17	5/29/1983	1982-83	NBA Finals	PHI	@	LAL	W 111-94	240	111	54	27	14	2	45	94	47.9	0	1	0.0	21	35	60.0	50.7	22	32	19	23
19	Celtics	16	6/8/2022	2021-22	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	GSW	W 116-100	240	116	47	28	7	7	43	89	48.3	13	35	37.1	17	24	70.8	58.3	15	32	12	17
20	Celtics	16	4/2/1960	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	@	STL	W 102-86	240	102	52	22			39	95	41.1				24	35	68.6	46.2				20
21	Nuggets	15	6/7/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	@	MIA	W 109-94	240	109	58	28	3	5	41	80	51.2	5	18	27.8	22	27	81.5	59.3	13	45	14	18
22	Pistons	15	6/10/1990	1989-90	NBA Finals	DET	@	POR	W 121-106	240	121	36	19	3	4	43	81	53.1	3	10	30.0	32	41	78.0	61.1	10	26	14	26
23	Lakers	15	4/7/1953	1952-53	NBA Finals	MIN	@	NYK	W 90-75	240	90					34	77	44.2				22	26	84.6	50.9				23
24	Raptors	14	6/5/2019	2018-19	NBA Finals	TOR	@	GSW	W 123-109	240	123	40	30	9	10	43	82	52.4	17	38	44.7	20	21	95.2	67.4	5	35	16	22
25	Celtics	14	4/20/1966	1965-66	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 120-106	240	120	47	20			48	100	48.0				24	28	85.7	53.4				26

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