Matthew Dellavedova had the highest defensive rating in the 2016 NBA Finals, with a 122.6 rating.

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highest defensive rating by a player 2016 finals

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	SERIES	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	Matthew Dellavedova M. Dellavedova	122.6	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	6	7.6	2.7	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	3.2	26.3	0.2	1.0	16.7	0.8	1.0	83.3	37.0	0.3	0.2	0.5	46	16	3	6	0	0	3	7	-55
2	Anderson Varejao A. Varejao	118.9	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	6	6.9	1.2	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.3	50.0	34.4	1.0	0.3	0.3	41	7	8	6	1	0	2	11	+5
3	James Jones J. Jones	116.8	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	5	4.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	25.0	18.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	20	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	-5
4	James Michael McAdoo J. Michael McAdoo	116.1	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	3	6.1	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	1.3	0.0	18	4	4	1	0	0	0	5	-4
5	Iman Shumpert I. Shumpert	115.5	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	18.3	3.0	1.6	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.0	3.3	30.4	0.6	2.1	26.7	0.4	0.4	100.0	43.2	0.4	1.1	1.0	128	21	11	1	1	2	7	10	-43
6	Channing Frye C. Frye	114.4	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	4	8.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	100.0	25.8	0.0	0.8	0.0	33	2	3	0	0	2	0	5	+3
7	JR Smith	113.2	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	37.3	10.6	2.7	1.6	1.4	0.3	3.7	9.3	40.0	2.3	6.4	35.6	0.9	1.3	66.7	53.7	0.3	2.4	0.7	261	74	19	11	10	2	5	27	+26
8	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	112.2	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	7	35.3	19.6	3.0	1.9	1.0	0.6	6.7	15.7	42.7	3.0	8.6	35.0	3.1	4.0	78.6	56.0	0.6	2.4	2.1	247	137	21	13	7	4	15	13	-43
9	Leandro Barbosa L. Barbosa	111.6	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	6	13.1	8.2	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	3.0	4.7	64.3	0.8	1.7	50.0	1.3	1.8	72.7	74.6	0.3	0.7	0.5	79	49	6	5	3	1	3	9	+38
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	111.4	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	7	35.1	22.6	4.9	3.7	0.9	0.7	7.1	17.7	40.3	4.6	11.4	40.0	3.7	4.0	92.9	58.0	1.1	3.7	4.3	246	158	34	26	6	5	30	25	-7
11	Ian Clark I. Clark	111.2	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	4	4.8	3.3	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	62.5	0.8	1.3	60.0	0.0	0.0		81.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	19	13	3	2	0	0	3	2	+1
12	Kevin Love K. Love	111.2	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	6	26.3	8.5	6.8	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.8	7.8	36.2	0.8	3.2	26.3	2.0	2.8	70.6	46.8	1.3	5.5	1.5	158	51	41	8	4	2	9	12	+11
13	Dahntay Jones D. Jones	111.0	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	6	3.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.7	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.8	80.0	64.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	18	8	2	0	0	1	0	2	-3
14	Shaun Livingston S. Livingston	110.7	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	7	21.1	8.3	3.4	2.9	0.3	0.3	3.3	6.4	51.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.7	2.0	85.7	56.7	0.7	2.7	1.3	148	58	24	20	2	2	9	14	+13
15	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	110.5	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	7	34.1	9.1	6.3	4.1	0.9	0.7	3.9	8.3	46.6	1.0	3.3	30.4	0.4	1.3	33.3	51.6	2.3	4.0	1.1	239	64	44	29	6	5	8	10	+19
16	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	110.5	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	7	31.7	9.3	4.4	1.4	0.7	0.4	3.6	10.1	35.2	1.3	4.1	31.0	0.9	1.4	60.0	43.1	0.9	3.6	0.6	222	65	31	10	5	3	4	11	-32
17	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	109.7	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	39.0	27.1	3.9	3.9	2.1	0.7	10.3	22.0	46.8	2.1	5.3	40.5	4.4	4.7	93.9	56.4	1.1	2.7	2.6	273	190	27	27	15	5	18	18	+33
18	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	109.4	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	32.3	10.3	10.1	0.7	0.3	0.9	4.0	6.3	63.6	0.0	0.0		2.3	4.3	53.3	62.9	3.9	6.3	0.4	226	72	71	5	2	6	3	21	+40
19	Festus Ezeli F. Ezeli	108.8	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	7	8.6	2.0	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.9	2.9	30.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.6	50.0	32.2	1.0	0.9	0.3	61	14	13	3	1	1	2	10	-25
20	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	107.5	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	24.0	5.7	5.3	0.4	1.3	0.1	2.3	4.4	51.6	0.1	0.9	16.7	1.0	1.6	63.6	55.8	1.7	3.6	1.1	168	40	37	3	9	1	8	16	-4
21	Marreese Speights M. Speights	106.7	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	7	4.7	2.0	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.6	2.6	22.2	0.6	1.4	40.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	37.1	0.4	0.9	0.3	33	14	9	2	1	2	2	6	+6
22	Brandon Rush B. Rush	103.0	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	5	5.5	0.2	1.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	50.0	12.9	0.0	1.0	0.2	28	1	5	0	2	1	1	2	+11
23	Draymond Green D. Green	102.8	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	6	40.0	16.5	10.3	6.3	1.7	1.0	5.7	11.7	48.6	2.2	5.3	40.6	3.0	3.8	78.3	61.8	0.8	9.5	2.0	240	99	62	38	10	6	12	19	+23
24	Mo Williams M. Williams	102.5	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	6	4.8	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.7	2.0	33.3	0.2	0.8	20.0	0.0	0.0		37.5	0.0	0.5	0.8	29	9	3	1	3	0	5	3	-9
25	LeBron James L. James	101.2	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	292	208	79	62	18	16	31	16	+26

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.3

Mitchell

RPG

7.8

Mobley

APG

6.4

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 5/15	DET	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Sun 5/17	CLE	@	DET	1:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

3 - 2

117

Final

113

Pistons

2 - 3

Wed 13 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

30.0

Cunningham

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.2

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.7

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.2

Wembanyama

2.0

Allen

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

127.8

126.0

116.5

114.6

113.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.4

105.7

107.4

108.1

108.5

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

13.1

3.0

2.9

1.0

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

571.2

Cunningham

475.7

Harden

464.8

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

616.5

Cunningham

493.8

Harden

471.3

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

44.2

Lanier

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.1

Cunningham

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

2.00

Lanier

1.72

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

2.00

Lanier

1.72

Beringer

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

54-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

40-54

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0