What is the largest margin of goals conceded in NBA history?
On Monday (November 22, 2021), the Bucks completely dominated the Magic at the Fiserv Forum.
Their 123-92 aggregate scoreline doesn’t quite illustrate the real difference between the two teams. With the game out of favor, by a huge margin, the Magic overcame the Bucks 36-18 in junk time to bring their respectable failure rate to 31 points, considering the widest deficit margin. theirs in the game.
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At halftime, Milwaukee led with a franchise record of 41 points (77-36), leading them to 51 points.
The Bucks lead the Magic by 41 points after halftime.
It was the largest halftime lead in Bucks history and the largest halftime deficit in Magic history. pic.twitter.com/GhF6HXuEpF
– ESPN Statistics & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 23, 2021
Every one of the 12 Bucks players entering the game was on the scoreboard, led by Jrue Holiday by 19 points. Meanwhile, Giannis Antetokounmpo nearly scored a brace after just 24 minutes with 12 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds.
If they somehow maintain that 51-point gap, they still can’t make it into the Top 10 by far the biggest win gap in NBA history. They would have come close, but they wouldn’t.
What is the biggest defeat in NBA history?
The record for the largest loss streak was set in 1991, nearly 30 years ago in Cleveland when the Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat, a team that had only formed a few seasons ago, 148-80.
Of the 10 highest-margin goals conceded in NBA history, six occurred after the introduction of the 3-point line (1979) and four of those six occurred in the 1990s.
Here is a look at Top 10 loss scores in NBA history:
Score margin | Game (Winner) | The last point | Day |
68 | Heat at Cavaliers | 148-80 | December 17, 1991 |
65 | Trail Blazers at Pacers | 124-59 | February 27, 1998 |
63 | Warriors at Lakers | 162-99 | March 19, 1972 |
62 | Kings at Warrior | 153-91 | November 2, 1991 |
Knicks at [Syracuse] National citizen | 162-100 | December 25, 1960 | |
sixty one | Grizzlies at Giant hornet | 140-79 | March 22, 2018 |
59 | Piston at Shove | 143-84 | December 26, 1978 |
tempo at Warrior | 150-91 | March 19, 1977 | |
58 | Mavericks at Kings | 139-81 | December 29, 1992 |
Kings at Shove | 140-82 | December 15, 1985 |
The last time it broke into the Top 10 was in 2018 when the Charlotte Hornets beat the Memphis Grizzlies with 61 points.
Most recently on May 1, 2021, we nearly got a new entry into the leaderboard when the Indiana Pacers blasted the Oklahoma City Thunder 152-95. That 57-point difference ranks 11th of all time and 7th most since the introduction of the three-point line.