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

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best defensive rating by a player this NBA playoffs

	NAME	DRTG	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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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Team Leaders

PPG

25.9

Durant

RPG

9.3

Sengun

APG

6.4

Sengun

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.0

3rd

DRTG

113.4

8th

NETRTG

6.6

4th

3P%

37.0

7th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	30	14	.682	6.0
3	Nuggets	29	15	.659	7.0
4	Rockets	26	15	.634	8.5
5	Lakers	26	16	.619	9.0
6	Suns	27	17	.614	9.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 1/22	HOU	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Fri 1/23	HOU	@	DET	7:00 PM
Mon 1/26	MEM	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Wed 1/28	SAS	@	HOU	9:30 PM
Thu 1/29	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Spurs

30 - 14

106

Final

111

Rockets

26 - 15

Tue 20 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.6

Towns

11.4

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.7

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.2

Sarr

2.1

Huff

2.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.8

Mitchell

3.8

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.1

Williams

68.8

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

122.1

120.0

119.9

118.6

DRtg Rankings

106.6

109.3

112.4

113.3

NetRtg Rankings

13.3

7.2

7.0

6.6

5.0

Tank Leaderboard

10-35

10-34

10-32

12-32

12-29

15-29

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,127.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,078.3

Maxey

2,035.3

Jokić

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

2,133.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,122.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.9

Brown

33.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.5

Maxey

37.2

Thompson

36.6

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.68

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

31-13

24-17-1

25-18

24-18

25-19

Worst Record ATS

15-29

17-27

17-25

19-25

18-23

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	31	10	.756
2	Celtics	26	16	.619	5.5
3	Knicks	25	18	.581	7.0
4	Raptors	26	19	.578	7.0
5	76ers	23	19	.548	8.5
6	Magic	23	19	.548	8.5
7	Cavaliers	24	20	.545	8.5
8	Heat	23	21	.523	9.5
9	Bulls	21	22	.488	11.0
10	Hawks	20	25	.444	13.0
11	Bucks	18	24	.429	13.5
12	Hornets	16	27	.372	16.0
13	Nets	12	29	.293	19.0
14	Wizards	10	32	.238	21.5
15	Pacers	10	34	.227	22.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	36	8	.818
2	Spurs	30	14	.682	6.0
3	Nuggets	29	15	.659	7.0
4	Rockets	26	15	.634	8.5
5	Lakers	26	16	.619	9.0
6	Suns	27	17	.614	9.0
7	Timberwolves	27	17	.614	9.0
8	Warriors	25	20	.556	11.5
9	Trail Blazers	22	22	.500	14.0
10	Clippers	19	24	.442	16.5
11	Grizzlies	18	23	.439	16.5
12	Mavericks	18	26	.409	18.0
13	Jazz	15	29	.341	21.0
14	Kings	12	32	.273	24.0
15	Pelicans	10	35	.222	26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 12/25	MIA	@	ATL	126-111
Thu 12/25	TOR	@	WAS	117-138
Thu 12/25	CHA	@	ORL	120-105
Thu 12/25	BOS	@	IND	140-122
Thu 12/25	PHI	@	CHI	102-109

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 1/21	CLE	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Wed 1/21	IND	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Wed 1/21	BKN	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Wed 1/21	ATL	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Wed 1/21	DET	@	NOP	8:00 PM

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

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