2023 playoffs best team defensive rating first 10 games

The Los Angeles Lakers had the best defensive rating by a team with a defensive rating of 10.0 or above in a 2023 playoff game, with an 84.9 rating versus the Grizzlies on April 28, 2023.

Interpreted as:
2023 playoffs best team defensive rating first 10 or higher games
TEAMDRTGDATETMOPPRESULTMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF
1Lakers
Lakers
84.9
4/28/2023
vs
W
125-85
240
125
52
33
6
15
49
91
53.8
15
44
34.1
12
15
80.0
64.0
9
43
16
16
2Nuggets
Nuggets
85.8
4/16/2023
vs
W
109-80
240
109
54
24
6
4
41
90
45.6
16
39
41.0
11
17
64.7
55.9
11
43
11
20
3Knicks
Knicks
86.1
4/21/2023
vs
W
99-79
240
99
45
21
14
5
39
83
47.0
10
33
30.3
11
18
61.1
54.4
11
34
14
17
4Heat
Heat
88.5
5/6/2023
vs
W
105-86
240
105
50
17
3
5
35
90
38.9
7
32
21.9
28
31
90.3
50.7
13
37
14
25
5Celtics
Celtics
91.2
5/11/2023
@
W
95-86
240
95
50
22
7
6
33
78
42.3
15
35
42.9
14
16
87.5
55.9
6
44
18
14
6Heat
Heat
92.4
5/29/2023
@
W
103-84
240
103
42
26
7
2
42
86
48.8
14
28
50.0
5
6
83.3
58.1
7
35
14
15
7Nuggets
Nuggets
92.6
6/12/2023
vs
W
94-89
240
94
57
21
6
7
38
84
45.2
5
28
17.9
13
23
56.5
49.9
11
46
15
13
876ers
76ers
93.0
4/17/2023
vs
W
96-84
240
96
56
21
8
7
36
80
45.0
11
35
31.4
13
16
81.3
55.1
13
43
19
22
9Celtics
Celtics
93.1
5/3/2023
vs
W
121-87
240
121
46
26
6
8
43
92
46.7
20
51
39.2
15
16
93.8
61.1
8
38
7
17
10Kings
Kings
94.7
4/28/2023
@
W
118-99
240
118
53
25
10
8
40
99
40.4
17
45
37.8
21
25
84.0
53.6
18
35
20
26
11Celtics
Celtics
94.9
5/14/2023
vs
W
112-88
240
112
43
18
7
7
41
87
47.1
15
33
45.5
15
18
83.3
59.0
7
36
8
13
12Warriors
Warriors
96.1
4/20/2023
vs
W
114-97
240
114
59
31
12
5
40
100
40.0
16
50
32.0
18
23
78.3
51.8
18
41
12
19
13Lakers
Lakers
96.7
5/6/2023
vs
W
127-97
240
127
44
27
10
6
42
80
52.5
15
31
48.4
28
37
75.7
66.0
6
38
13
21
14Nuggets
Nuggets
96.9
5/1/2023
vs
W
97-87
240
97
41
19
5
6
36
76
47.4
7
27
25.9
18
21
85.7
56.9
5
36
13
16
15Heat
Heat
97.8
6/12/2023
@
L
89-94
240
89
44
18
9
7
33
96
34.4
9
35
25.7
14
16
87.5
43.2
11
33
8
21
1676ers
76ers
98.4
4/22/2023
@
W
96-88
240
96
54
19
7
3
36
91
39.6
9
24
37.5
15
16
93.8
49.0
15
39
10
19
17Celtics
Celtics
98.9
4/15/2023
vs
W
112-99
240
112
58
25
6
7
42
88
47.7
13
33
39.4
15
18
83.3
58.4
12
46
17
15
18Grizzlies
Grizzlies
98.9
4/19/2023
vs
W
103-93
240
103
49
24
4
6
38
89
42.7
11
36
30.6
16
21
76.2
52.4
11
38
10
20
19Cavaliers
Cavaliers
99.2
4/18/2023
vs
W
107-90
240
107
43
26
10
7
38
77
49.4
14
33
42.4
17
21
81.0
62.0
11
32
18
22
20Warriors
Warriors
99.4
5/4/2023
vs
W
127-100
240
127
55
38
2
3
48
95
50.5
21
42
50.0
10
16
62.5
62.2
13
42
16
23
21Grizzlies
Grizzlies
99.6
4/26/2023
vs
W
116-99
240
116
52
24
6
2
44
99
44.4
14
40
35.0
14
17
82.4
54.5
14
38
11
19
2276ers
76ers
100.7
5/11/2023
vs
L
86-95
240
86
38
18
14
7
30
83
36.1
8
34
23.5
18
19
94.7
47.1
6
32
12
13
23Lakers
Lakers
101.5
4/22/2023
vs
W
111-101
240
111
48
19
11
8
41
90
45.6
7
28
25.0
22
27
81.5
54.5
11
37
16
18
24Nuggets
Nuggets
102.3
6/1/2023
vs
W
104-93
240
104
45
29
4
4
40
79
50.6
8
27
29.6
16
20
80.0
59.2
6
39
10
8
25Warriors
Warriors
102.3
4/30/2023
@
W
120-100
240
120
55
25
4
6
43
100
43.0
15
46
32.6
19
30
63.3
53.0
18
37
7
23

More Lakers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

32.3

Dončić

Luka Dončić

RPG

8.2

Ayton

Deandre Ayton

APG

8.6

Dončić

Luka Dončić
Team Rankings

ORTG

117.5

10th

DRTG

117.0

21st

NETRTG

0.4

15th

3P%

35.6

16th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
4
38
23
.623
9.5
5
39
24
.619
9.5
6
Lakers Lakers
37
25
.597
11.0
7
35
27
.565
13.0
8
32
30
.516
16.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
3/6
@
10:30 PM
Sun
3/8
@
3:30 PM
Tue
3/10
@
11:00 PM
Thu
3/12
@
10:30 PM
Sat
3/14
@
8:30 PM
Last Game
LAL Lakers

37 - 25

113

Final

120

DEN Nuggets

39 - 24

Thu 5 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
45
16
.738
2
41
21
.661
4.5
3
40
23
.635
6.0
4
39
24
.619
7.0
5
35
27
.565
10.5
6
34
28
.548
11.5
7
33
28
.541
12.0
8
34
29
.540
12.0
9
32
31
.508
14.0
10
32
31
.508
14.0
11
26
35
.426
19.0
12
26
37
.413
20.0
13
16
46
.258
29.5
14
15
47
.242
30.5
15
15
47
.242
30.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
49
15
.766
2
45
17
.726
3.0
3
40
23
.635
8.5
4
38
23
.623
9.5
5
39
24
.619
9.5
6
37
25
.597
11.0
7
35
27
.565
13.0
8
32
30
.516
16.0
9
30
31
.492
17.5
10
30
33
.476
18.5
11
23
38
.377
24.5
12
21
41
.339
27.0
13
20
44
.313
29.0
14
19
44
.302
29.5
15
14
50
.219
35.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
1/31
@
100-112
Sat
1/31
@
117-93
Sat
1/31
@
130-111
Sat
1/31
@
121-111
Sun
2/1
@
95-102

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
3/6
@
7:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
7:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
8:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
9:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
9:00 PM