which team has the biggest margin of victory in an nba playoff close out 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.

	TEAM	DIFF	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	Cavaliers	55	4/28/2025	CLE	@	MIA	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	11	12
2	Bulls	54	4/30/2015	CHI	@	MIL	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
3	Bucks	50	4/4/1971	MIL	vs	SFW	W 136-86	240	136	56	37			58	104	55.8				20	28	71.4	58.5				26
4	Lakers	44	5/22/1985	LAL	vs	DEN	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
5	Lakers	40	4/28/2023	LAL	vs	MEM	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	13	16
6	Mavericks	40	5/7/2005	DAL	vs	HOU	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	13	19
7	Spurs	40	5/4/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	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
8	Lakers	40	4/5/1969	LAL	@	SFW	W 118-78	240	118	69	28			48	98	49.0				22	30	73.3	53.1				18
9	Spurs	39	5/11/2017	SAS	@	HOU	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	7	21
10	Celtics	39	6/17/2008	BOS	vs	LAL	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	7	25
11	Warriors	39	4/6/1948	PHI	@	STL	W 85-46	240	85		12			34	96	35.4				17	28	60.7	39.2				16
12	Jazz	38	5/5/1996	UTA	vs	POR	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
13	Lakers	37	4/29/1987	LAL	@	DEN	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
14	Mavericks	36	5/8/2011	DAL	vs	LAL	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	19	23
15	Knicks	36	4/20/1970	NYK	vs	MIL	W 132-96	240	132	49	27			57	113	50.4				18	25	72.0	53.2				22
16	76ers	35	4/28/2022	PHI	@	TOR	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
17	Cavaliers	35	5/7/2018	CLE	vs	TOR	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	10	21
18	Lakers	35	4/9/1970	LAL	vs	PHX	W 129-94	240	129	68	44			54	102	52.9				21	36	58.3	54.7				21
19	Celtics	34	5/1/2024	BOS	vs	MIA	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	14	15
20	Celtics	34	5/4/2008	BOS	vs	ATL	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
21	Mavericks	33	5/15/2022	DAL	@	PHX	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	11	17
22	Cavaliers	33	5/25/2017	CLE	@	BOS	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
23	Heat	33	5/1/2016	MIA	vs	CHA	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
24	Warriors	33	4/27/2016	GSW	vs	HOU	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	9	16
25	Celtics	33	5/3/2002	BOS	vs	PHI	W 120-87	240	120	35	25	7	6	46	85	54.1	19	29	65.5	9	11	81.8	66.8	13	22	4	22