best defensive rating playoff this season

I don't have anything for this season, but Reed Sheppard had the lowest defensive rating in the 2025 playoffs, with an 88.0 rating in his rookie season.

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best defensive rating by a player playoff this season

	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	Reed Sheppard R. Sheppard	88.0	2024-25	HOU	3	3.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	10	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	-26
2	Jordan Miller J. Miller	93.1	2024-25	LAC	3	4.3	2.3	0.7	1.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	42.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	50.0	44.4	0.0	0.7	0.0	13	7	2	4	3	0	0	0	+18
3	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	100.4	2024-25	CLE	3	9.7	2.3	5.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.0	33.3	47.8	0.7	4.3	0.7	29	7	15	1	1	2	2	2	+27
4	Tristan da Silva T. da Silva	100.5	2024-25	ORL	2	2.5	0.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	5	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	+1
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	101.2	2024-25	BOS	8	40.3	28.1	11.5	5.4	2.1	0.8	9.3	21.9	42.3	3.6	9.8	37.2	6.0	6.8	88.9	56.6	1.1	10.4	3.3	322	225	92	43	17	6	26	21	+77
6	Braxton Key B. Key	101.4	2024-25	GSW	5	4.6	0.4	1.8	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.6	12.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0		12.5	1.0	0.8	0.6	23	2	9	1	2	2	3	4	+15
7	Paul Reed P. Reed	101.9	2024-25	DET	5	10.6	2.8	3.0	0.2	1.0	0.6	1.0	1.6	62.5	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	66.7	65.8	1.4	1.6	1.0	53	14	15	1	5	3	5	8	+9
8	James Johnson J. Johnson	102.7	2024-25	IND	5	3.6	1.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	60.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	50.0	59.5	0.0	0.2	0.2	18	7	1	2	2	2	1	3	-10
9	Javonte Green J. Green	103.5	2024-25	CLE	6	6.5	2.5	1.5	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.7	40.0	0.2	0.8	20.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	59.3	0.2	1.3	0.3	39	15	9	2	4	0	2	2	+18
10	Jaylin Williams J. Williams	103.8	2024-25	OKC	17	8.3	2.6	1.9	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.1	42.9	0.5	1.5	36.0	0.4	0.6	54.5	56.5	0.2	1.6	0.7	141	45	32	17	8	2	12	31	+1
11	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	104.0	2024-25	OKC	23	29.8	15.2	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	5.3	11.6	46.2	1.2	4.0	29.7	3.3	4.2	78.4	56.5	1.8	6.8	1.2	686	349	199	22	17	43	28	47	+169
12	Craig Porter Jr. C. Porter Jr.	104.4	2024-25	CLE	6	5.8	2.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	35	12	6	9	3	2	2	2	+24
13	Luke Kornet L. Kornet	104.6	2024-25	BOS	11	16.4	4.5	3.9	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.9	2.6	72.4	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.7	100.0	76.9	1.5	2.5	0.5	180	50	43	5	6	13	5	20	+33
14	Kenrich Williams K. Williams	105.2	2024-25	OKC	16	8.6	2.4	2.2	0.4	0.4	0.1	1.0	2.5	40.0	0.3	1.3	20.0	0.2	0.4	50.0	45.7	0.5	1.7	0.4	137	39	35	7	7	1	7	6	+47
15	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	105.2	2024-25	OKC	23	22.4	8.1	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.5	3.6	5.8	61.9	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.3	66.7	63.2	2.7	4.8	1.2	516	186	173	51	19	12	27	57	+35
16	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	105.2	2024-25	OKC	23	24.4	9.2	2.7	2.2	2.0	0.6	3.1	7.0	45.0	1.6	3.9	41.1	1.3	1.7	79.5	59.8	0.7	2.0	0.8	562	212	62	51	45	13	19	63	+106
17	Tari Eason T. Eason	105.4	2024-25	HOU	7	18.9	7.6	4.3	0.7	1.1	1.0	3.0	6.3	47.7	1.0	2.7	36.8	0.6	1.1	50.0	55.8	1.0	3.3	1.4	132	53	30	5	8	7	10	13	-27
18	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	106.0	2024-25	BOS	11	21.0	7.7	4.6	0.7	0.9	0.8	2.3	7.2	31.6	0.4	2.4	15.4	2.8	4.1	68.9	43.0	1.9	2.7	0.9	231	85	51	8	10	9	10	26	+7
19	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	106.9	2024-25	HOU	7	36.6	20.9	11.9	5.3	1.9	0.4	8.4	18.7	45.0	0.4	1.1	37.5	3.6	5.7	62.5	49.1	3.0	8.9	2.1	256	146	83	37	13	3	15	26	+33
20	Jaylen Clark J. Clark	107.0	2024-25	MIN	5	5.6	2.2	1.4	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.0	80.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.8	75.0	81.4	0.4	1.0	0.2	28	11	7	1	2	0	1	2	0
21	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	107.0	2024-25	DET	6	22.5	11.5	5.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	4.0	7.0	57.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.5	6.0	58.3	59.6	1.3	3.8	1.8	135	69	31	6	7	5	11	25	+6
22	Torrey Craig T. Craig	107.2	2024-25	BOS	5	4.2	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.8	50.0	0.4	0.6	66.7	0.0	0.0		75.0	0.4	0.6	0.2	21	6	5	3	1	0	1	2	+6
23	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	107.2	2024-25	CLE	9	29.0	13.4	8.4	1.3	1.4	0.9	4.9	6.8	72.1	0.0	0.0		3.7	3.9	94.3	79.2	2.3	6.1	1.9	261	121	76	12	13	8	17	15	+73
24	Jaylon Tyson J. Tyson	107.3	2024-25	CLE	4	7.8	6.0	1.8	1.8	0.5	0.3	1.8	3.8	46.7	1.3	2.3	55.6	1.3	1.5	83.3	68.0	0.8	1.0	0.5	31	24	7	7	2	1	2	4	+27
25	Isaiah Stewart I. Stewart	107.3	2024-25	DET	1	19.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	19	2	5	1	0	2	0	5	+8

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PPG

25.4

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RPG

9.4

Sengun

APG

6.8

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Team Rankings

ORTG

122.6

2nd

DRTG

113.8

9th

NETRTG

8.8

2nd

3P%

40.0

2nd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Nuggets	22	9	.710	4.5
4	Lakers	20	10	.667	6.0
5	Rockets	19	10	.655	6.5
6	Timberwolves	20	12	.625	7.0
7	Suns	18	13	.581	8.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 12/29	IND	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Thu 1/1	HOU	@	BKN	6:00 PM
Sat 1/3	HOU	@	DAL	8:30 PM
Mon 1/5	PHX	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Wed 1/7	HOU	@	POR	10:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

17 - 16

100

Final

117

Rockets

19 - 10

Sat 27 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.7

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.4

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

11.1

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

9.2

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

1.8

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.4

Huff

2.2

Sarr

2.0

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.7

Curry

4.0

Mitchell

3.7

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.4

Jokić

70.8

Ayton

70.4

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.5

122.6

122.2

121.4

120.3

119.7

DRtg Rankings

106.2

111.7

112.3

112.7

113.2

113.3

NetRtg Rankings

14.1

8.8

8.2

6.9

6.4

6.3

Tank Leaderboard

6-26

7-23

8-25

8-24

10-21

10-19

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,998.3

Jokić

1,614.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,526.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,127

Jokić

1,619.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,612.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.7

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.3

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.62

Dončić

1.56

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.72

Dončić

1.57

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

21-10

20-13

17-12

17-12-1

18-13

Worst Record ATS

10-23

12-20

12-19

12-18

14-19

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	24	8	.750
2	Knicks	22	9	.710	1.5
3	Celtics	19	12	.613	4.5
4	Raptors	19	14	.576	5.5
5	Magic	18	14	.563	6.0
6	76ers	16	14	.533	7.0
7	Heat	17	15	.531	7.0
8	Cavaliers	17	16	.515	7.5
9	Bulls	15	16	.484	8.5
10	Hawks	15	18	.455	9.5
11	Bucks	13	19	.406	11.0
12	Hornets	11	20	.355	12.5
13	Nets	10	19	.345	12.5
14	Wizards	7	23	.233	16.0
15	Pacers	6	26	.188	18.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	27	5	.844
2	Spurs	23	8	.742	3.5
3	Nuggets	22	9	.710	4.5
4	Lakers	20	10	.667	6.0
5	Rockets	19	10	.655	6.5
6	Timberwolves	20	12	.625	7.0
7	Suns	18	13	.581	8.5
8	Warriors	16	16	.500	11.0
9	Grizzlies	15	17	.469	12.0
10	Trail Blazers	13	19	.406	14.0
11	Jazz	12	19	.387	14.5
12	Mavericks	12	21	.364	15.5
13	Clippers	10	21	.323	16.5
14	Kings	8	24	.250	19.0
15	Pelicans	8	25	.242	19.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 11/27	CHI	@	CHA	116-123
Thu 11/27	WAS	@	IND	86-119
Thu 11/27	CLE	@	ATL	123-130
Thu 11/27	MIL	@	NYK	109-118
Thu 11/27	PHI	@	BKN	115-103

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 12/29	IND	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Mon 12/29	ATL	@	OKC	8:00 PM
Mon 12/29	CLE	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Mon 12/29	MIN	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 12/29	NYK	@	NOP	8:00 PM

I don't have anything for this season, but Reed Sheppard had the lowest defensive rating in the 2025 playoffs, with an 88.0 rating in his rookie season.

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2,127

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36.7

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