NBA Lowest Scoring Games in the Playoffs - Top 50

This list shows the Playoff games with the fewest points scored in NBA history including the total points of both teams.

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All-Time NBA Lowest Scoring Games
Playoffs

Total
Points
Game
Details
107
1947-48 (PL) / Mar 30, 1948 / at Philadelphia
Semifinals
112
1949-50 (PL) / Mar 23, 1950 / at Philadelphia
Eastern Division Semifinals
118
1947-48 (PL) / Mar 23, 1948 / at St. Louis
Semifinals
122
1953-54 (PL) / Apr 3, 1954 / at Minneapolis
Finals
1948-49 (PL) / Mar 29, 1949 / at Minneapolis
Western Division Finals
1946-47 (PL) / Apr 12, 1947 / at Chicago
Semifinals
1946-47 (PL) / Apr 8, 1947 / at Chicago
Semifinals
1946-47 (PL) / Apr 3, 1947 / at Washington
Semifinals
Total
Points
Game
Details
124
1946-47 (PL) / Apr 5, 1947 / at St. Louis
Quarterfinals
125
1949-50 (PL) / Apr 5, 1950 / at Minneapolis
Semifinals
1946-47 (PL) / Apr 14, 1947 / at New York
Semifinals
127
1946-47 (PL) / Apr 13, 1947 / at Chicago
Semifinals
128
1953-54 (PL) / Apr 11, 1954 / at Minneapolis
Finals
1946-47 (PL) / Apr 2, 1947 / at Cleveland
Quarterfinals
129
1947-48 (PL) / Apr 13, 1948 / at Philadelphia
Finals
1947-48 (PL) / Mar 25, 1948 / at St. Louis
Semifinals
130
2001-02 (PL) / May 10, 2002 / at Boston
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1948-49 (PL) / Mar 23, 1949 / at St. Louis
Western Division Semifinals
Total
Points
Game
Details
131
1947-48 (PL) / Apr 10, 1948 / at Philadelphia
Finals
1947-48 (PL) / Apr 6, 1948 / at St. Louis
Semifinals
1947-48 (PL) / Apr 1, 1948 / at St. Louis
Semifinals
132
1952-53 (PL) / Apr 2, 1953 / at Minneapolis
Western Division Finals
1952-53 (PL) / Mar 24, 1953 / at Rochester
Western Division Semifinals
1949-50 (PL) / Apr 1, 1950 / at Indianapolis
Western Division Finals
133
1948-49 (PL) / Apr 13, 1949 / at Minneapolis
Finals
134
2003-04 (PL) / Jun 1, 2004 / at Detroit
Eastern Conference Finals
2003-04 (PL) / May 3, 2004 / at Detroit
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1949-50 (PL) / Apr 8, 1950 / at Syracuse
Finals
1946-47 (PL) / Apr 6, 1947 / at St. Louis
Quarterfinals
Total
Points
Game
Details
136
1950-51 (PL) / Mar 31, 1951 / at Minneapolis
Western Division Finals
138
1948-49 (PL) / Apr 6, 1949 / at Minneapolis
Finals
139
2003-04 (PL) / May 24, 2004 / at Indiana
Eastern Conference Finals
1948-49 (PL) / Apr 11, 1949 / at Washington
Finals
140
2005-06 (PL) / May 21, 2006 / at Detroit
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1952-53 (PL) / Apr 8, 1953 / at New York
Finals
1947-48 (PL) / Apr 7, 1948 / at Chicago
Semifinals
1947-48 (PL) / Mar 27, 1948 / at Philadelphia
Semifinals
141
1946-47 (PL) / Apr 2, 1947 / at Philadelphia
Quarterfinals
142
1999-00 (PL) / May 19, 2000 / at New York
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1999-00 (PL) / Apr 22, 2000 / at San Antonio
Western Conference First Round
1998-99 (PL) / May 12, 1999 / at Detroit
Eastern Conference First Round
1952-53 (PL) / Mar 17, 1953 / at New York
Eastern Division Semifinals
1949-50 (PL) / Mar 25, 1950 / at Chicago
Central Division Semifinals
1947-48 (PL) / Apr 15, 1948 / at Baltimore
Finals
Total
Points
Game
Details
143
2007-08 (PL) / May 16, 2008 / at Cleveland
Eastern Conference Semifinals
2003-04 (PL) / May 18, 2004 / at Miami
Eastern Conference Semifinals
2003-04 (PL) / Apr 17, 2004 / at Los Angeles
Western Conference First Round
1996-97 (PL) / May 22, 1997 / at Chicago
Eastern Conference Finals
1953-54 (PL) / Mar 18, 1954 / at Syracuse
Eastern Division Round Robin
144
2013-14 (PL) / Apr 29, 2014 / at Chicago
Eastern Conference First Round
1952-53 (PL) / Apr 5, 1953 / at Minneapolis
Finals
1951-52 (PL) / Apr 23, 1952 / at New York
Finals
1951-52 (PL) / Apr 5, 1952 / at Minneapolis
Western Division Finals
1947-48 (PL) / Mar 23, 1948 / at Chicago Western Division Tiebraker
Western Division Tiebraker