best record nba first 41 games

11 teams are tied for the best record in a game, with a record of 1-0. The first three are the New York Knicks on November 1, 1946, on November 7, 1946 and on November 16, 1946 and the Chicago Stags and the St. Louis Bombers 5 times.

TEAMRECDATETMOPPRESULTW%MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF
1Knicks
Knicks
1-0
11/1/1946
@
W
68-66
1.000
240
68
24
20
26
76.9
23
2Stags
Stags
1-0
11/2/1946
vs
W
63-47
1.000
240
63
21
21
20
3Capitols
Capitols
1-0
11/2/1946
@
W
50-33
1.000
240
50
18
14
4Steam Rollers
Steam Rollers
1-0
11/2/1946
vs
W
59-53
1.000
240
59
21
17
5Bombers
Bombers
1-0
11/2/1946
vs
W
56-51
1.000
240
56
20
59
33.9
16
21
6Rebels
Rebels
1-0
11/3/1946
vs
W
71-60
1.000
240
71
24
23
35
65.7
23
7Capitols
Capitols
1-0
11/4/1946
@
W
71-56
1.000
240
71
22
27
8Stags
Stags
1-0
11/5/1946
@
W
57-55
1.000
240
57
24
9
23
39.1
14
9Bombers
Bombers
1-0
11/5/1946
@
W
53-49
1.000
240
53
20
13
10Warriors
Warriors
1-0
11/7/1946
vs
W
81-75
1.000
240
81
28
25
39
64.1
24
11Steam Rollers
Steam Rollers
1-0
11/7/1946
vs
W
73-65
1.000
240
73
31
11
18
61.1
20
12Knicks
Knicks
1-0
11/7/1946
@
W
68-63
1.000
240
68
26
89
29.2
16
23
69.6
34.3
16
13Huskies
Huskies
1-0
11/8/1946
vs
W
73-71
1.000
240
73
31
11
26
42.3
21
14Stags
Stags
1-0
11/9/1946
vs
W
62-54
1.000
240
62
22
18
28
64.3
22
15Falcons
Falcons
1-0
11/9/1946
vs
W
69-46
1.000
240
69
26
17
16Steam Rollers
Steam Rollers
1-0
11/9/1946
vs
W
76-66
1.000
240
76
22
32
17Bombers
Bombers
1-0
11/9/1946
vs
W
70-69
1.000
240
70
28
14
36
18Rebels
Rebels
1-0
11/10/1946
vs
W
92-68
1.000
240
92
42
8
17
47.1
19Stags
Stags
1-0
11/11/1946
@
W
78-68
1.000
265
78
30
18
30
60.0
21
20Ironmen
Ironmen
1-0
11/11/1946
vs
W
84-71
1.000
240
84
29
26
35
74.3
32
21Stags
Stags
1-0
11/13/1946
vs
W
71-61
1.000
240
71
29
13
21
22Steam Rollers
Steam Rollers
1-0
11/13/1946
@
W
70-68
1.000
240
70
27
16
23Warriors
Warriors
1-0
11/14/1946
vs
W
68-65
1.000
240
68
26
16
21
76.2
21
24Bombers
Bombers
1-0
11/14/1946
vs
W
64-62
1.000
265
64
29
6
25Huskies
Huskies
1-0
11/15/1946
vs
W
85-68
1.000
240
85
32
21
28
75.0
22

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.1

Brunson

Jalen Brunson

RPG

11.7

Towns

Karl-Anthony Towns

APG

6.6

Brunson

Jalen Brunson
Team Rankings

ORTG

121.9

3rd

DRTG

114.7

13th

NETRTG

7.2

4th

3P%

37.9

4th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
23
6
.793
2
Knicks Knicks
20
9
.690
3.0
3
18
11
.621
5.0
4
18
13
.581
6.0
5
16
12
.571
6.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/25
@
12:00 PM
Sat
12/27
@
8:00 PM
Mon
12/29
@
8:00 PM
Wed
12/31
@
7:00 PM
Fri
1/2
@
7:30 PM
Last Game
NYK Knicks

20 - 9

104

Final

115

MIN Timberwolves

20 - 10

Tue 23 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
23
6
.793
2
20
9
.690
3.0
3
18
11
.621
5.0
4
18
13
.581
6.0
5
16
12
.571
6.5
6
16
13
.552
7.0
7
17
14
.548
7.0
8
15
15
.500
8.5
9
15
16
.484
9.0
10
14
15
.483
9.0
11
12
18
.400
11.5
12
10
20
.333
13.5
13
9
19
.321
13.5
14
6
24
.200
17.5
15
5
23
.179
17.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
26
4
.867
2
22
7
.759
3.5
3
21
8
.724
4.5
4
19
9
.679
6.0
5
20
10
.667
6.0
6
17
9
.654
7.0
7
16
13
.552
9.5
8
15
15
.500
11.0
9
14
16
.467
12.0
10
12
17
.414
13.5
11
12
19
.387
14.5
12
10
19
.345
15.5
13
8
23
.258
18.5
14
7
21
.250
18.0
15
7
22
.241
18.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/21
@
128-123
Sat
11/22
@
127-117
Sat
11/22
@
105-120
Sat
11/22
@
110-113
Sat
11/22
@
129-138

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/25
@
12:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
2:30 PM
Thu
12/25
@
5:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
8:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
10:30 PM