NBA largest playoff victory margins: How many teams have ever won by 50 or more?

Billy Heyen

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The NBA Playoffs are supposed to feature highly competitive games.

But once in a while, there are blowouts, much like what the Oklahoma City Thunder did to the Memphis Grizzlies on Easter Sunday in the first round.

There's a really interesting history of high margins of victory in the playoffs. The games don't come along often, but when they do, they're pretty fascinating to look at.

Here's a look at the biggest blowouts, all listed from prior to the beginning of the 2025 postseason.

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NBA largest playoff victory margins

There have been five games in NBA Playoffs history that ended with 50 or more point margins, prior to the 2025 postseason.

Here they are:

  1. Nuggets 121, Hornets 63 (2009)
  2. Lakers 133, St. Louis 75 (1956)
  3. Lakers 126, Warriors 70 (1973)
  4. Bulls 120, Bucks 66 (2015)
  5. Bucks 136, Warriors 86 (1971)

So that's a 58-point margin, two wins by 56, a win by 54 and a win by 50.

That Nuggets-Hornets record-setter featured 26 points from Carmelo Anthony before he got to sit out for a long time

And you know it's a good list when the Minneapolis Lakers and St. Louis Hawks make it.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle