worst differential in a half in a elimination game by a team

The Miami Heat have the lowest point differential by a team in elimination games, with a -39 point differential in the first half in Game 4 of the 2025 First Round versus the Cavaliers.

	TEAM	DIFF	HALF	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Heat	-39	1H	4/28/2025	MIA	vs	CLE	120	33	21	7	3	2	13	43	30.2	4	25	16.0	3	5	60.0	36.5	6	15	12	10
2	Raptors	-34	2H	4/28/2022	TOR	vs	PHI	120	36	12	5	2	0	11	39	28.2	4	20	20.0	10	14	71.4	39.9	5	7	7	13
3	Jazz	-34	2H	6/18/2021	UTA	@	LAC	120	47	18	10	2	0	15	39	38.5	9	25	36.0	8	13	61.5	52.5	10	8	11	11
4	Timberwolves	-33	1H	5/28/2025	MIN	@	OKC	120	32	20	6	3	4	12	38	31.6	5	18	27.8	3	4	75.0	40.2	2	18	14	13
5	Magic	-33	2H	4/29/2025	ORL	@	BOS	120	40	17	7	2	1	16	41	39.0	4	20	20.0	4	8	50.0	44.9	5	12	5	12
6	Bucks	-32	1H	4/30/2015	MIL	vs	CHI	120	33	17	8	1	3	13	33	39.4	0	5	0.0	7	12	58.3	43.1	1	16	10	10
7	Suns	-30	1H	5/11/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	120	51	13	10	0	3	18	45	40.0	7	14	50.0	8	11	72.7	51.2	2	11	8	14
8	Suns	-30	1H	5/15/2022	PHX	vs	DAL	120	27	20	8	3	0	10	41	24.4	3	14	21.4	4	6	66.7	30.9	4	16	7	12
9	Timberwolves	-29	1H	5/30/2024	MIN	vs	DAL	120	40	20	6	4	3	15	44	34.1	2	12	16.7	8	11	72.7	41.0	7	13	7	10
10	Nets	-29	1H	4/23/2019	BKN	@	PHI	120	31	18	8	4	2	12	46	26.1	2	14	14.3	5	8	62.5	31.3	4	14	9	3
11	Pistons	-29	2H	4/22/2019	DET	vs	MIL	120	42	12	10	4	0	17	46	37.0	6	16	37.5	2	4	50.0	44.0	3	9	7	17
12	Heat	-28	1H	10/11/2020	MIA	vs	LAL	120	36	18	12	2	1	13	38	34.2	5	15	33.3	5	12	41.7	41.6	4	14	10	11
13	Celtics	-27	1H	5/16/2025	BOS	@	NYK	120	37	18	7	2	2	14	43	32.6	4	20	20.0	5	7	71.4	40.1	4	14	11	14
14	Grizzlies	-24	1H	6/2/2021	MEM	@	UTA	120	51	14	12	3	1	22	48	45.8	7	19	36.8	0	0		53.1	3	11	7	6
15	Heat	-24	2H	5/29/2021	MIA	vs	MIL	120	39	19	13	1	3	16	45	35.6	4	17	23.5	3	4	75.0	41.7	5	14	5	8
16	Trail Blazers	-24	1H	4/24/2017	POR	vs	GSW	120	48	20	6	6	2	18	47	38.3	5	18	27.8	7	9	77.8	47.1	6	14	8	12
17	Spurs	-24	1H	5/12/2016	SAS	@	OKC	120	31	21	5	2	2	14	44	31.8	0	8	0.0	3	3	100.0	34.2	3	18	6	8
18	Nuggets	-23	2H	5/19/2024	DEN	vs	MIN	120	37	15	9	2	3	14	39	35.9	4	21	19.0	5	6	83.3	44.4	3	12	5	13
19	Grizzlies	-23	2H	4/28/2023	MEM	@	LAL	120	43	24	9	2	2	13	47	27.7	5	20	25.0	12	14	85.7	40.4	7	17	6	6
20	Bucks	-23	2H	5/15/2022	MIL	@	BOS	120	38	28	9	2	0	16	47	34.0	1	14	7.1	5	6	83.3	38.3	7	21	6	11
21	Magic	-22	2H	5/5/2024	ORL	@	CLE	120	41	26	6	5	1	11	43	25.6	3	15	20.0	16	20	80.0	39.6	13	13	9	21
22	Heat	-22	1H	5/1/2024	MIA	@	BOS	120	46	12	11	3	0	20	45	44.4	3	16	18.8	3	3	100.0	49.7	0	12	2	12
23	Kings	-22	2H	4/30/2023	SAC	vs	GSW	120	42	21	7	0	1	15	46	32.6	3	22	13.6	9	15	60.0	39.9	7	14	4	14
24	Timberwolves	-22	2H	4/25/2018	MIN	@	HOU	120	45	17	9	1	1	17	37	45.9	2	8	25.0	9	11	81.8	53.8	3	14	6	11
25	Rockets	-22	1H	4/27/2016	HOU	@	GSW	120	37	26	5	4	1	13	46	28.3	2	15	13.3	9	9	100.0	37.0	10	16	11	12