Kevin Garnett had the lowest defensive rating in the 2008 NBA Finals, with a 99.5 rating.

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2008 finals lowest defensive ratings by a player

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	99.5	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	6	37.9	18.2	13.0	3.0	1.7	1.0	7.5	17.5	42.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.2	4.2	76.0	47.0	3.7	9.3	2.7	228	109	78	18	10	6	16	16	+36
2	Kendrick Perkins K. Perkins	100.7	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	5	18.4	4.0	3.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.8	57.1	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	66.7	60.1	1.6	2.0	1.2	92	20	18	2	3	5	6	21	0
3	James Posey J. Posey	102.0	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	6	25.2	8.7	3.8	0.5	1.3	0.2	2.3	4.7	50.0	2.0	4.0	50.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	78.1	0.5	3.3	0.8	151	52	23	3	8	1	5	16	+43
4	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	103.7	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	6	27.0	9.3	3.8	6.7	1.5	0.5	3.3	8.8	37.7	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.7	4.5	59.3	43.2	1.2	2.7	1.5	162	56	23	40	9	3	9	13	-4
5	P.J. Brown	105.0	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	6	19.5	4.0	3.2	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.5	3.8	39.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.3	75.0	45.2	0.8	2.3	0.3	117	24	19	4	3	3	2	19	+9
6	Tony Allen T. Allen	105.7	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	3	6.3	2.7	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		66.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	19	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	+20
7	Ray Allen R. Allen	106.0	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	6	41.0	20.3	5.0	2.5	1.3	0.7	6.2	12.2	50.7	3.7	7.0	52.4	4.3	5.0	86.7	70.8	1.3	3.7	1.8	246	122	30	15	8	4	11	16	+18
8	Eddie House E. House	106.1	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	4	18.5	8.0	2.5	2.5	0.3	0.0	2.5	7.0	35.7	1.8	4.3	41.2	1.3	1.5	83.3	52.2	0.0	2.5	0.5	74	32	10	10	1	0	2	4	+35
9	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	106.3	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	6	38.8	21.8	4.5	6.3	1.2	0.3	6.3	14.7	43.2	1.8	4.7	39.3	7.3	8.8	83.0	58.8	0.5	4.0	3.7	233	131	27	38	7	2	22	24	+52
10	Glen Davis G. Davis	106.8	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	1	14.6	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	50.0	52.1	2.0	2.0	0.0	15	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	+15
11	Leon Powe L. Powe	107.8	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	6	8.9	6.2	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	3.3	55.0	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.5	71.4	63.3	1.2	2.0	0.3	53	37	19	0	0	0	2	13	-2
12	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	107.9	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	5	10.1	3.8	0.2	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.8	4.8	37.5	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	100.0	38.9	0.0	0.2	0.4	51	19	1	6	2	0	2	4	+28
13	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	111.1	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.0	14.7	10.2	3.3	0.5	0.5	5.5	10.3	53.2	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.7	64.7	57.2	2.0	8.2	2.2	234	88	61	20	3	3	13	20	-23
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	111.2	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	43.0	25.7	4.7	5.0	2.7	0.2	8.8	21.8	40.5	1.5	4.7	32.1	6.5	8.2	79.6	50.5	1.3	3.3	3.8	258	154	28	30	16	1	23	19	-39
15	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	112.2	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	5	7.0	2.6	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.8	55.6	0.2	0.6	33.3	0.4	0.8	50.0	60.4	0.6	1.2	0.2	35	13	9	1	1	1	1	6	-29
16	Lamar Odom L. Odom	112.5	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	36.7	13.5	9.0	3.0	0.3	1.0	5.2	10.0	51.7	0.2	0.8	20.0	3.0	4.7	64.3	56.0	2.0	7.0	2.7	220	81	54	18	2	6	16	23	-39
17	Chris Mihm C. Mihm	113.0	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	1	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-6
18	Vladimir Radmanovic V. Radmanovic	113.6	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	21.3	7.3	4.8	1.3	0.7	0.0	2.7	6.8	39.0	1.7	4.3	38.5	0.3	0.3	100.0	52.5	1.0	3.8	0.7	128	44	29	8	4	0	4	22	+20
19	Sasha Vujacic S. Vujacic	113.6	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	22.0	8.3	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	3.0	7.7	39.1	1.3	3.8	34.8	1.0	1.2	85.7	50.9	0.5	1.5	0.8	132	50	12	5	3	1	5	14	-28
20	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	114.2	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	31.2	10.8	1.5	3.2	1.5	0.0	2.8	7.0	40.5	0.5	2.7	18.8	4.7	5.7	82.4	57.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	187	65	9	19	9	0	9	17	+3
21	Ronny Turiaf R. Turiaf	114.7	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	10.4	1.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	1.7	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.7	25.0	46.8	0.0	0.7	0.2	62	11	4	0	0	3	1	13	-24
22	Jordan Farmar J. Farmar	116.3	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	19.2	7.0	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	2.5	5.2	48.4	1.5	2.8	52.9	0.5	0.7	75.0	64.1	0.2	1.7	0.8	115	42	11	8	2	3	5	7	-55
23	Luke Walton L. Walton	118.2	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	11.0	2.5	1.0	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	2.7	31.3	0.3	1.0	33.3	0.5	0.7	75.0	42.2	0.3	0.7	0.5	66	15	6	7	1	1	3	13	-30

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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