best defense rating in 1996 nba playoffs

Gary Grant had the lowest defensive rating in the 1996 playoffs, with a 91.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defense rating by a player in 1996 NBA playoffs

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	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	Gary Grant G. Grant	91.8	1995-96	NYK	1	8.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		60.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	8	6	3	0	1	0	1	0
2	Charlie Ward C. Ward	94.9	1995-96	NYK	7	13.1	4.6	1.3	2.4	1.6	0.0	1.9	3.9	48.1	0.4	1.7	25.0	0.4	1.0	42.9	53.2	0.3	1.0	0.9	92	32	9	17	11	0	6	9
3	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	95.9	1995-96	CHI	18	41.2	16.9	8.5	5.9	2.6	0.9	6.2	15.9	39.0	1.7	5.8	28.6	2.8	4.4	63.8	47.3	3.4	5.1	2.3	742	305	153	107	47	16	41	51
4	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	96.5	1995-96	CHI	18	34.4	7.5	13.7	2.1	0.8	0.4	2.8	5.7	48.5	0.0	0.0		1.9	3.3	59.3	52.3	5.4	8.3	2.3	620	135	247	37	14	8	41	76
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	96.6	1995-96	UTA	18	40.3	26.5	10.3	4.4	1.9	0.6	10.4	22.3	46.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.6	9.8	57.4	49.8	2.6	7.7	2.5	725	477	186	79	34	10	45	61
6	Eric Snow E. Snow	97.0	1995-96	SEA	10	2.4	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.7	14.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0		14.3	0.0	0.4	0.4	24	2	4	6	2	0	4	3
7	John Crotty J. Crotty	97.3	1995-96	CLE	2	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	100.0	113.6	0.5	0.0	0.5	9	2	1	1	1	1	1	0
8	Lionel Simmons L. Simmons	97.6	1995-96	SAC	4	19.3	9.5	3.0	2.0	1.5	0.5	3.8	8.3	45.5	0.8	2.3	33.3	1.3	1.8	71.4	52.7	1.0	2.0	1.5	77	38	12	8	6	2	6	12
9	Greg Ostertag G. Ostertag	97.6	1995-96	UTA	15	14.1	3.5	3.3	0.1	0.1	1.4	1.3	3.0	44.4	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.4	61.9	48.9	1.2	2.1	0.3	212	53	50	1	2	21	4	28
10	Adrian Caldwell A. Caldwell	97.7	1995-96	IND	1	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	98.0	1995-96	NYK	8	41.0	21.5	10.6	1.9	0.1	3.1	8.1	17.1	47.4	0.1	0.3	50.0	5.1	7.9	65.1	52.2	1.4	9.3	3.8	328	172	85	15	1	25	30	22
12	Bryon Russell B. Russell	98.4	1995-96	UTA	18	25.5	9.6	4.2	1.2	1.3	0.5	3.2	6.9	46.8	1.4	2.9	47.2	1.7	2.1	81.6	61.1	0.9	3.2	0.6	459	172	75	22	23	9	10	42
13	Chris Morris C. Morris	98.7	1995-96	UTA	18	17.8	6.2	3.9	1.1	0.7	0.4	2.5	5.9	42.5	0.6	2.1	27.0	0.7	0.9	75.0	49.5	1.3	2.6	0.8	321	112	70	19	13	8	14	25
14	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	98.8	1995-96	SEA	20	36.0	20.9	10.4	1.5	1.2	2.0	7.4	12.9	57.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.2	7.8	79.5	64.0	3.3	7.1	4.0	720	418	208	30	24	40	80	84
15	Felton Spencer F. Spencer	99.2	1995-96	UTA	18	15.3	2.8	3.0	0.1	0.3	1.2	1.3	2.9	43.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.5	55.6	44.8	1.4	1.6	1.1	276	51	54	2	5	22	19	58
16	Ron Harper R. Harper	99.3	1995-96	CHI	18	27.4	8.8	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	3.2	7.4	42.5	0.8	2.6	31.9	1.6	2.3	69.0	51.8	1.4	2.3	1.0	494	158	67	45	25	7	18	38
17	Luc Longley L. Longley	99.5	1995-96	CHI	18	24.4	8.3	4.6	1.6	0.4	1.4	3.4	7.2	46.9	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.1	75.7	51.3	1.9	2.7	2.1	439	150	82	28	7	25	38	83
18	Anthony Peeler A. Peeler	99.5	1995-96	LAL	3	24.0	9.3	2.7	1.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	33.3	2.0	4.7	42.9	1.3	1.3	100.0	48.7	0.7	2.0	1.0	72	28	8	3	6	0	3	6
19	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	99.7	1995-96	LAL	4	32.3	12.0	8.0	2.0	0.3	2.3	5.0	9.8	51.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.0	4.0	50.0	52.1	0.8	7.3	2.5	129	48	32	8	1	9	10	17
20	Sarunas Marciulionis S. Marciulionis	99.7	1995-96	SAC	4	25.3	7.3	1.8	3.5	2.5	0.0	2.0	7.3	27.6	1.0	4.5	22.2	2.3	3.8	60.0	40.7	1.0	0.8	2.5	101	29	7	14	10	0	10	4
21	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	100.0	1995-96	NYK	4	16.0	5.3	2.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	1.8	5.5	31.8	0.3	1.5	16.7	1.5	1.8	85.7	41.9	0.5	1.8	1.5	64	21	9	1	4	0	6	10
22	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	100.1	1995-96	SEA	19	20.3	4.4	3.7	2.7	1.2	0.3	1.5	3.6	40.6	1.0	2.1	47.5	0.5	0.7	64.3	55.9	0.7	3.0	1.1	385	84	70	52	23	5	20	34
23	Jud Buechler J. Buechler	100.2	1995-96	CHI	17	7.5	2.7	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.0	1.1	2.2	47.4	0.5	1.2	38.1	0.1	0.2	50.0	57.8	0.1	0.5	0.5	127	46	10	6	7	0	8	13
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	100.4	1995-96	CHI	18	40.7	30.7	4.9	4.1	1.8	0.3	10.4	22.6	45.9	1.4	3.4	40.3	8.5	10.4	81.8	56.4	1.7	3.2	2.3	733	552	89	74	33	6	42	49
25	Olden Polynice O. Polynice	100.6	1995-96	SAC	4	35.3	13.8	12.0	0.8	0.3	1.8	6.0	11.5	52.2	0.3	0.3	100.0	1.5	2.3	66.7	55.0	4.0	8.0	0.8	141	55	48	3	1	7	3	15

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