worst differential in a qtr in a playoff game

The Minnesota Timberwolves have the lowest point differential by a team in the playoffs, with a -30 point differential in the third quarter in Game 4 of the 2018 First Round versus the Rockets.

	TEAM	DIFF	QUARTER	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Timberwolves	-30	3Q	4/23/2018	MIN	vs	HOU	60	20	9	3	0	1	7	21	33.3	2	8	25.0	4	6	66.7	42.3	4	5	4	10
2	Nets	-28	3Q	4/15/2019	BKN	@	PHI	60	23	4	3	0	0	8	21	38.1	0	6	0.0	7	9	77.8	46.1	3	1	4	5
3	Cavaliers	-27	3Q	4/27/2024	CLE	@	ORL	60	10	7	4	1	1	4	18	22.2	2	9	22.2	0	0		27.8	1	6	6	9
4	Bucks	-27	4Q	9/4/2020	MIL	@	MIA	60	13	7	3	1	0	6	23	26.1	0	10	0.0	1	2	50.0	27.2	2	5	2	10
5	Celtics	-27	2Q	5/19/2017	BOS	vs	CLE	60	13	9	5	1	1	5	20	25.0	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	31.1	2	7	8	7
6	Cavaliers	-26	2Q	5/11/2025	CLE	@	IND	60	16	8	1	1	1	4	17	23.5	2	11	18.2	6	6	100.0	40.7	3	5	7	9
7	Heat	-26	1Q	4/28/2025	MIA	vs	CLE	60	17	8	3	0	1	7	21	33.3	2	12	16.7	1	3	33.3	38.1	3	5	6	5
8	Clippers	-26	3Q	4/25/2023	LAC	@	PHX	60	24	10	3	0	0	5	21	23.8	1	5	20.0	13	17	76.5	42.1	5	5	4	8
9	Grizzlies	-26	1Q	4/22/2023	MEM	@	LAL	60	9	12	1	1	1	3	25	12.0	1	13	7.7	2	2	100.0	17.4	5	7	6	7
10	Hawks	-26	2Q	6/25/2021	ATL	@	MIL	60	17	6	2	1	0	7	21	33.3	3	11	27.3	0	1	0.0	39.6	1	5	8	6
11	Heat	-26	1Q	5/24/2021	MIA	@	MIL	60	20	4	4	3	0	8	23	34.8	1	6	16.7	3	6	50.0	39.0	2	2	3	0
12	Celtics	-25	3Q	5/17/2022	BOS	@	MIA	60	14	6	1	4	3	2	15	13.3	0	7	0.0	10	13	76.9	33.8	1	5	8	11
13	Warriors	-25	3Q	5/11/2022	GSW	@	MEM	60	17	8	4	0	1	6	19	31.6	3	8	37.5	2	4	50.0	40.9	1	7	6	8
14	Timberwolves	-25	4Q	4/21/2022	MIN	vs	MEM	60	12	5	2	3	4	3	19	15.8	1	11	9.1	5	7	71.4	27.2	1	4	3	8
15	Clippers	-25	4Q	5/14/2015	LAC	vs	HOU	60	15	5	1	2	1	4	22	18.2	2	9	22.2	5	5	100.0	31.0	0	5	2	11
16	Nuggets	-24	1Q	5/7/2025	DEN	@	OKC	60	21	5	4	1	1	7	20	35.0	2	10	20.0	5	6	83.3	46.4	1	4	3	5
17	Warriors	-24	4Q	6/2/2022	GSW	vs	BOS	60	16	6	5	1	1	7	17	41.2	2	8	25.0	0	2	0.0	44.7	1	5	4	5
18	Magic	-23	3Q	4/29/2025	ORL	@	BOS	60	13	10	1	0	1	6	22	27.3	0	11	0.0	1	2	50.0	28.4	5	5	4	8
19	Mavericks	-23	1Q	4/28/2024	DAL	vs	LAC	60	16	9	1	1	0	4	16	25.0	0	7	0.0	8	8	100.0	41.0	2	7	6	6
20	76ers	-23	3Q	5/14/2023	PHI	@	BOS	60	10	11	1	0	0	3	21	14.3	2	13	15.4	2	2	100.0	22.9	3	8	7	4
21	Trail Blazers	-23	1Q	4/24/2017	POR	vs	GSW	60	22	11	3	3	1	8	27	29.6	3	11	27.3	3	3	100.0	38.8	4	7	5	7
22	Thunder	-23	1Q	4/30/2016	OKC	@	SAS	60	20	11	5	0	0	8	28	28.6	1	8	12.5	3	3	100.0	34.1	7	4	3	4
23	Warriors	-23	1Q	5/25/2015	GSW	@	HOU	60	22	7	5	2	1	8	25	32.0	4	15	26.7	2	3	66.7	41.8	3	4	3	3
24	Warriors	-22	3Q	5/12/2025	GSW	vs	MIN	60	17	5	2	1	0	7	19	36.8	0	6	0.0	3	3	100.0	41.8	2	3	6	7
25	Lakers	-22	1Q	6/3/2021	LAL	vs	PHX	60	14	7	4	2	0	6	21	28.6	2	8	25.0	0	0		33.3	2	5	3	5