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The OKC Thunder<\/a> pulled off a historic comeback during a Game 3 win over the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

OKC erased a 29-point deficit to secure a 114-108 victory<\/a> and a 3-0 lead in the first-round series<\/a>. It tied for the second-largest comeback in NBA playoff history.<\/p>\n

The record is held by the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a>. They completed a 31-point comeback in a 135-131 win over the Golden State Warriors<\/a> on April 15, 2019.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the largest comeback wins in NBA playoff history<\/a>:<\/p>\n

More: Thunder vs Grizzlies live score updates: Ja Morant out with hip injury in NBA Playoffs<\/a><\/p>\n

What are the largest comeback wins in an NBA playoff game?1. 31 points: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Golden State Warriors, 135-131 on April 15, 2019T2. 29 points: OKC Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies, 114-108 on April 24, 2025<\/a>T2. 29 points: Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> vs. Seattle SuperSonics, 97-95 on May 14, 19894. 27 points: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Memphis Grizzlies<\/a>, 99-98 on April 29, 2012T5. 26 points: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>, 104-95 on April 21, 2022T5. 26 points: Atlanta Hawks<\/a> vs. Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>, 109-106 on June 16, 2021T5. 26 points: Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> vs. Indiana Pacers<\/a>, 119-114 on April 20, 2017T5. 26 points: Boston Celtics<\/a> vs. New Jersey Nets<\/a>, 94-90 on May 25, 2002T9. 25 points: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Utah Jazz<\/a>, 131-119 on June 18, 2021T9. 25 points: OKC Thunder vs. Utah Jazz, 107-99 on April 25, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The OKC Thunder pulled off a historic comeback during a Game 3 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[679,299,676,208,837,7,45,75,670,247,306,46,618,366,311,305,193,559,777,840,836,497,623,309,164,294,677,619,113,126,834,178,625,832,364,624,496,423,106,300,71,842,298,135,150,293,177,307,152,54,79,835,70,85,6,11,841,671,67,310,179,61,134,114,678,207,34,65,132,276,622,209,275,286,66,83,17,277,55,64,312,308,63,82,73,422,427,255,831,833],"class_list":{"0":"post-927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-angeles","10":"tag-atlanta","11":"tag-atlanta-hawks","12":"tag-bane","13":"tag-basketball","14":"tag-boston","15":"tag-boston-celtics","16":"tag-brooklyn","17":"tag-brooklyn-nets","18":"tag-cavaliers","19":"tag-celtics","20":"tag-chet","21":"tag-chet-holmgren","22":"tag-city","23":"tag-cleveland","24":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","25":"tag-clippers","26":"tag-conference","27":"tag-connect","28":"tag-desmond","29":"tag-desmond-bane","30":"tag-gilgeous-alexander","31":"tag-golden","32":"tag-golden-state-warriors","33":"tag-grizzlies","34":"tag-hawks","35":"tag-holmgren","36":"tag-indiana","37":"tag-indiana-pacers","38":"tag-ja","39":"tag-ja-morant","40":"tag-jackson","41":"tag-jalen","42":"tag-jalen-williams","43":"tag-jaren","44":"tag-jaren-jackson-jr","45":"tag-jazz","46":"tag-jr","47":"tag-lakers","48":"tag-local","49":"tag-local-connect","50":"tag-los","51":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","52":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","53":"tag-memphis","54":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","55":"tag-minnesota","56":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","57":"tag-modular","58":"tag-modular-story","59":"tag-morant","60":"tag-national","61":"tag-national-sports","62":"tag-nba","63":"tag-nba-playoffs","64":"tag-nba-western-conference","65":"tag-nets","66":"tag-news","67":"tag-oklahoma","68":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","69":"tag-overall","70":"tag-overall-positive","71":"tag-pacers","72":"tag-philadelphia","73":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","74":"tag-playoffs","75":"tag-point","76":"tag-positive","77":"tag-scores","78":"tag-shai","79":"tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","80":"tag-sport","81":"tag-sport-scores-u0026-statistics","82":"tag-sports","83":"tag-sports-news","84":"tag-state","85":"tag-statistics","86":"tag-story","87":"tag-the","88":"tag-thunder","89":"tag-timberwolves","90":"tag-to","91":"tag-to-the-point","92":"tag-u0026","93":"tag-utah","94":"tag-utah-jazz","95":"tag-warriors","96":"tag-western","97":"tag-williams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}