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

Interpreted as:

best NBA defensive rating by a player this 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

8.9

Sengun

APG

6.2

Sengun

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.2

8th

DRTG

113.1

6th

NETRTG

5.2

6th

3P%

36.7

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Nuggets	52	28	.650	12.0
4	Lakers	51	29	.638	13.0
5	Rockets	51	29	.638	13.0
6	Timberwolves	47	33	.588	17.0
7	Suns	44	36	.550	20.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/10	MIN	@	HOU	9:30 PM
Sun 4/12	MEM	@	HOU	8:30 PM

Last Game

76ers

43 - 37

102

Final

113

Rockets

51 - 29

Thu 9 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.9

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.9

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.7

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.7

Duren

67.7

Ayton

67.1

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.4

120.7

120.0

119.6

119.3

DRtg Rankings

107.2

109.7

110.9

112.8

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

12.1

8.4

8.0

7.9

6.6

5.2

Tank Leaderboard

17-63

19-61

20-60

21-59

25-55

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,002.6

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,447.2

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,261.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,654.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.5

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.2

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-30

47-33

46-33-1

46-34

45-35

44-36

Worst Record ATS

33-47

34-46

35-45

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	58	22	.725
2	Celtics - x	54	26	.675	4.0
3	Knicks - x	52	28	.650	6.0
4	Cavaliers - x	51	29	.638	7.0
5	Raptors	45	35	.563	13.0
6	Hawks	45	35	.563	13.0
7	Magic	44	36	.550	14.0
8	76ers	43	37	.538	15.0
9	Hornets	43	37	.538	15.0
10	Heat	41	39	.513	17.0
11	Bucks - e	31	49	.388	27.0
12	Bulls - e	31	49	.388	27.0
13	Nets - e	20	60	.250	38.0
14	Pacers - e	19	61	.238	39.0
15	Wizards - e	17	63	.213	41.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	16	.800
2	Spurs - x	61	19	.763	3.0
3	Nuggets - x	52	28	.650	12.0
4	Lakers - x	51	29	.638	13.0
5	Rockets - x	51	29	.638	13.0
6	Timberwolves - x	47	33	.588	17.0
7	Suns	44	36	.550	20.0
8	Clippers	41	39	.513	23.0
9	Trail Blazers	40	40	.500	24.0
10	Warriors	37	43	.463	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	54	.325	38.0
12	Grizzlies - e	25	55	.313	39.0
13	Mavericks - e	25	55	.313	39.0
14	Kings - e	21	59	.263	43.0
15	Jazz - e	21	59	.263	43.0