best defensive rating by a team in a playoff season

The San Antonio Spurs have the best defensive rating by a team in a single NBA playoff run, with a 91.4 rating in 1999-00.

	TEAM	DRTG	SEASON	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	Spurs	91.4	1999-00	4	240.0	81.8	46.3	15.0	8.8	7.5	28.3	76.0	37.2	3.0	11.0	27.3	22.3	30.5	73.0	45.7	12.3	34.0	16.3	960	327	185	60	35	30	65	83
2	Pistons	92.0	2003-04	23	244.3	87.1	44.8	19.4	8.0	7.1	31.4	76.3	41.2	4.2	13.9	30.4	20.1	27.3	73.4	49.3	12.9	32.0	14.9	5,620	2,003	1,031	447	184	164	342	518
3	Warriors	92.2	1974-75	17	240.0	100.2	49.4	21.7	11.3	6.6	41.1	90.8	45.2				18.1	25.9	70.0	49.1	15.5	33.9	19.4	4,080	1,704	840	369	192	112	330	480
4	Celtics	92.8	1973-74	18	244.2	102.4	48.5	25.5	6.8	2.8	42.3	94.3	44.8				17.9	22.1	80.9	49.2	13.6	34.9	18.1	4,395	1,844	873	459	122	50	326	423
5	Bullets	93.1	1975-76	7	243.6	91.7	46.0	15.0	5.9	7.1	35.9	80.0	44.8				20.0	29.3	68.3	49.4	11.0	35.0	19.0	1,705	642	322	105	41	50	133	171
6	Nets	93.7	2003-04	11	246.8	88.2	42.7	20.5	8.6	5.4	30.8	72.8	42.3	4.5	16.4	27.2	22.1	30.3	73.0	51.2	10.6	32.1	18.5	2,715	970	470	225	95	59	204	286
7	Pacers	93.7	2003-04	16	240.0	85.5	42.1	17.9	8.7	6.3	30.7	75.1	40.8	5.9	17.8	33.3	18.2	24.8	73.3	49.7	10.8	31.3	13.6	3,840	1,368	674	286	139	100	217	376
8	Cavaliers	94.0	1976-77	3	240.0	96.3	53.3	23.0	8.7	5.3	41.0	102.0	40.2				14.3	21.0	68.3	43.3	18.7	34.7	16.0	720	289	160	69	26	16	48	87
9	Spurs	94.2	1998-99	17	240.0	88.4	40.2	21.3	7.3	5.8	31.6	70.1	45.1	4.1	11.8	35.0	21.1	28.5	74.2	53.5	9.8	30.4	14.9	4,080	1,503	683	362	124	99	254	370
10	Bulls	94.4	1974-75	13	241.9	93.9	48.8	18.2	7.0	3.7	36.7	84.4	43.5				20.5	27.8	73.8	48.6	13.8	34.9	17.5	3,145	1,221	634	236	91	48	227	319
11	Heat	94.4	1999-00	10	242.5	83.2	43.4	19.1	7.2	5.1	30.9	73.7	41.9	4.7	14.9	31.5	16.7	24.2	69.0	49.3	10.5	32.9	13.9	2,425	832	434	191	72	51	139	260
12	Celtics	94.6	1975-76	18	244.2	100.7	50.1	22.6	6.2	2.3	39.3	90.2	43.5				22.1	27.6	80.2	49.2	15.1	35.0	19.8	4,395	1,812	902	407	112	41	357	481
13	Bucks	94.8	1973-74	16	244.7	101.0	48.1	26.1	6.3	4.8	43.7	87.8	49.8				13.6	17.9	76.2	52.8	13.0	35.1	19.6	3,915	1,616	770	418	100	77	314	375
14	Trail Blazers	95.2	1976-77	19	241.3	107.4	45.2	27.7	10.8	6.7	44.1	89.5	49.3				19.2	26.4	72.7	53.1	12.2	33.0	22.3	4,585	2,040	858	527	206	127	424	549
15	Bullets	95.4	1974-75	17	240.0	102.8	45.9	21.1	8.3	5.1	41.1	87.1	47.2				20.7	27.9	74.3	51.8	12.0	33.9	20.1	4,080	1,748	781	359	141	86	342	402
16	Cavaliers	95.7	1975-76	13	241.9	92.0	44.6	20.1	5.5	5.5	38.0	88.1	43.1				16.0	22.8	70.3	46.9	14.1	30.5	15.0	3,145	1,196	580	261	72	72	195	327
17	Hornets	95.9	2003-04	7	240.0	80.6	42.3	19.3	6.1	4.6	29.3	76.3	38.4	5.9	18.6	31.5	16.1	20.7	77.9	47.2	12.3	30.0	17.1	1,680	564	296	135	43	32	120	146
18	Braves	96.2	1973-74	6	240.0	104.0	49.7	23.3	5.5	4.7	43.8	98.3	44.6				16.3	22.2	73.7	48.1	13.2	36.5	18.7	1,440	624	298	140	33	28	112	124
19	Pistons	96.5	2001-02	10	240.0	83.0	37.7	18.7	7.3	5.6	29.4	73.6	39.9	8.0	22.6	35.4	16.2	22.4	72.3	49.7	9.6	28.1	14.6	2,400	830	377	187	73	56	146	210
20	Knicks	96.8	1998-99	20	240.0	85.0	39.3	15.0	7.6	3.9	31.9	74.3	42.9	3.2	11.4	28.1	18.1	23.9	75.7	50.1	10.2	29.1	13.4	4,800	1,700	785	299	151	78	268	509
21	Pacers	96.9	2001-02	5	250.0	91.6	42.2	21.2	8.2	4.0	34.8	76.0	45.8	4.8	11.8	40.7	17.2	22.6	76.1	53.3	8.4	33.8	18.2	1,250	458	211	106	41	20	91	125
22	Suns	96.9	1980-81	7	240.0	91.7	45.3	19.0	7.1	3.7	36.0	80.1	44.9	0.9	2.3	37.5	18.9	27.4	68.8	49.7	14.1	31.1	16.4	1,680	642	317	133	50	26	115	167
23	Bullets	97.0	1973-74	7	243.6	95.1	47.1	17.9	5.9	4.0	39.7	86.9	45.7				15.7	21.7	72.4	49.3	13.6	33.6	16.9	1,705	666	330	125	41	28	118	150
24	Hawks	97.1	2011-12	6	244.2	82.2	42.5	17.5	5.5	3.3	31.8	79.3	40.1	5.8	18.8	31.0	12.7	16.2	78.4	47.5	10.0	32.5	15.3	1,465	493	255	105	33	20	92	119
25	Heat	97.1	2003-04	13	240.0	84.1	41.8	16.3	7.5	4.1	30.5	74.8	40.8	3.7	13.4	27.6	19.3	25.6	75.4	48.9	11.4	30.5	14.2	3,120	1,093	544	212	98	53	184	317

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Team Leaders

PPG

24.6

Wembanyama

RPG

11.4

Wembanyama

APG

7.0

Castle

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.5

6th

DRTG

113.1

6th

NETRTG

5.3

7th

3P%

35.3

19th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	7	.811
2	Spurs	25	11	.694	4.5
3	Lakers	23	11	.676	5.5
4	Nuggets	24	12	.667	5.5
5	Rockets	22	11	.667	6.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 1/7	LAL	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Sat 1/10	SAS	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Sun 1/11	SAS	@	MIN	7:00 PM
Tue 1/13	SAS	@	OKC	8:00 PM
Thu 1/15	MIL	@	SAS	8:00 PM

Last Game

Spurs

25 - 11

105

Final

106

Grizzlies

16 - 20

Tue 6 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.5

Towns

11.2

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.7

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.1

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.4

Sarr

2.2

Huff

2.1

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.8

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

69.8

Gobert

69.5

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

124.5

122.9

122.0

121.0

120.0

118.5

DRtg Rankings

106.5

111.0

112.2

112.6

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

13.5

8.6

7.6

6.7

6.1

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

6-31

8-30

8-29

10-25

11-22

12-23

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,828.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,724.4

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,837.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,825.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.8

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

40.0

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.4

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.68

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

25-11

20-13-1

21-14

21-15

21-16

Worst Record ATS

12-26

13-24

15-22

15-20

16-21

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	27	9	.750
2	Celtics	23	12	.657	3.5
3	Knicks	23	13	.639	4.0
4	Raptors	22	15	.595	5.5
5	76ers	19	15	.559	7.0
6	Cavaliers	21	17	.553	7.0
7	Magic	20	17	.541	7.5
8	Heat	20	17	.541	7.5
9	Bulls	17	19	.472	10.0
10	Hawks	17	21	.447	11.0
11	Bucks	16	20	.444	11.0
12	Hornets	13	23	.361	14.0
13	Nets	11	22	.333	14.5
14	Wizards	10	25	.286	16.5
15	Pacers	6	31	.162	21.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	7	.811
2	Spurs	25	11	.694	4.5
3	Lakers	23	11	.676	5.5
4	Nuggets	24	12	.667	5.5
5	Rockets	22	11	.667	6.0
6	Timberwolves	24	13	.649	6.0
7	Suns	21	15	.583	8.5
8	Warriors	19	18	.514	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	17	20	.459	13.0
10	Grizzlies	16	20	.444	13.5
11	Mavericks	14	23	.378	16.0
12	Clippers	13	22	.371	16.0
13	Jazz	12	23	.343	17.0
14	Kings	8	29	.216	22.0
15	Pelicans	8	30	.211	22.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 12/5	GSW	@	CLE	99-94
Fri 12/5	MIL	@	DET	112-124
Fri 12/5	LAC	@	MIN	106-109
Fri 12/5	SAC	@	MIA	127-111
Fri 12/5	HOU	@	DAL	109-122

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 1/7	CHI	@	DET	7:00 PM
Wed 1/7	WAS	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Wed 1/7	TOR	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Wed 1/7	DEN	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Wed 1/7	NOP	@	ATL	7:30 PM

The San Antonio Spurs have the best defensive rating by a team in a single NBA playoff run, with a 91.4 rating in 1999-00.

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2,035.3

1,828.8

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40.0

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