earliest team to clinch best nba record

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.

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

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.1

Brunson

Jalen Brunson

RPG

11.6

Towns

Karl-Anthony Towns

APG

6.1

Brunson

Jalen Brunson
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.9

5th

DRTG

116.8

18th

NETRTG

3.1

9th

3P%

37.5

3rd

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
31
10
.756
2
26
16
.619
5.5
3
Knicks Knicks
25
18
.581
7.0
4
25
19
.568
7.5
5
23
19
.548
8.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
1/21
@
7:30 PM
Sat
1/24
@
3:00 PM
Tue
1/27
@
7:30 PM
Wed
1/28
@
7:30 PM
Fri
1/30
@
7:30 PM
Last Game
DAL Mavericks

18 - 26

114

Final

97

NYK Knicks

25 - 18

Mon 19 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
31
10
.756
2
26
16
.619
5.5
3
25
18
.581
7.0
4
25
19
.568
7.5
5
23
19
.548
8.5
6
23
19
.548
8.5
7
24
20
.545
8.5
8
22
21
.512
10.0
9
21
22
.488
11.0
10
20
25
.444
13.0
11
18
24
.429
13.5
12
16
27
.372
16.0
13
12
29
.293
19.0
14
10
32
.238
21.5
15
10
34
.227
22.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
36
8
.818
2
30
14
.682
6.0
3
29
14
.674
6.5
4
26
15
.634
8.5
5
27
17
.614
9.0
6
27
17
.614
9.0
7
25
16
.610
9.5
8
25
19
.568
11.0
9
22
22
.500
14.0
10
19
24
.442
16.5
11
18
23
.439
16.5
12
18
26
.409
18.0
13
15
29
.341
21.0
14
12
31
.279
23.5
15
10
35
.222
26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
12/24
@
116-126
Wed
12/24
@
119-96
Wed
12/24
@
138-142
Thu
12/25
@
126-111
Thu
12/25
@
117-138

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
1/21
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/21
@
7:30 PM
Wed
1/21
@
7:30 PM
Wed
1/21
@
8:00 PM
Wed
1/21
@
8:00 PM