highest defensive rating 2023 nba finals

Udonis Haslem had the highest defensive rating in the 2023 NBA Finals, with a 129.2 rating.

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highest defensive rating by a player 2023 NBA 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	Udonis Haslem U. Haslem	129.2	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ömer Yurtseven Ö. Yurtseven	126.6	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	2	0.9	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1
3	Cody Zeller C. Zeller	121.0	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	5	5.4	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.8	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	0.4	0.6	0.4	27	4	5	1	0	1	2	6	-15
4	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	119.3	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	5	18.9	7.8	1.2	1.6	0.2	0.4	3.0	6.0	50.0	1.8	4.2	42.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	64.1	0.0	1.2	0.8	94	39	6	8	1	2	4	11	-29
5	Gabe Vincent G. Vincent	119.3	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	5	28.4	11.4	0.4	2.4	1.0	0.2	4.2	11.0	38.2	2.0	6.0	33.3	1.0	1.2	83.3	49.4	0.2	0.2	0.8	142	57	2	12	5	1	4	13	-29
6	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	118.3	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	5	41.1	21.6	4.6	6.4	1.0	0.6	7.6	18.4	41.3	1.4	3.8	36.8	5.0	6.2	80.6	51.1	1.8	2.8	1.2	205	108	23	32	5	3	6	6	-37
7	Nikola Jović N. Jović	118.3	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	2	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1
8	Max Strus M. Strus	116.4	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	5	25.0	5.8	4.8	3.0	0.2	0.6	2.0	8.6	23.3	1.2	6.4	18.8	0.6	0.8	75.0	32.4	0.8	4.0	0.2	125	29	24	15	1	3	1	10	-14
9	Jeff Green J. Green	116.4	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	12.9	4.8	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.6	1.8	88.9	0.4	0.4	100.0	1.2	1.2	100.0	103.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	65	24	2	3	1	0	2	6	-9
10	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	115.5	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	5	41.7	21.8	12.4	3.2	0.2	0.8	9.0	19.8	45.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.8	4.2	90.5	50.4	3.4	9.0	2.4	209	109	62	16	1	4	12	13	-30
11	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	115.4	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	5	29.2	10.8	4.0	4.8	1.0	0.2	3.4	8.0	42.5	2.2	5.2	42.3	1.8	1.8	100.0	61.4	0.6	3.4	1.8	146	54	20	24	5	1	9	14	-9
12	Caleb Martin C. Martin	114.3	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	5	28.5	7.4	4.4	1.2	1.0	0.6	3.0	8.0	37.5	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.4	0.4	100.0	45.3	1.2	3.2	1.2	142	37	22	6	5	3	6	15	-8
13	Thomas Bryant T. Bryant	112.6	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Vlatko Čančar V. Čančar	112.6	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Zeke Nnaji Z. Nnaji	112.6	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Peyton Watson P. Watson	112.6	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Kevin Love K. Love	112.5	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	4	17.7	6.8	4.5	0.3	0.8	0.5	2.3	6.0	37.5	2.0	5.0	40.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	55.2	0.8	3.8	0.0	71	27	18	1	3	2	0	5	-16
18	Haywood Highsmith H. Highsmith	111.7	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	5	7.0	3.6	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.2	1.4	2.0	70.0	0.4	0.8	50.0	0.4	0.4	100.0	82.7	0.4	0.4	0.2	35	18	4	0	2	1	1	6	-20
19	Jamal Murray J. Murray	109.1	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	42.3	21.4	6.2	10.0	1.0	0.0	8.2	18.2	45.1	2.4	6.2	38.7	2.6	2.8	92.9	55.1	1.0	5.2	3.4	211	107	31	50	5	0	17	9	+55
20	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	108.3	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	35.7	14.0	7.4	3.0	0.8	0.6	5.8	9.6	60.4	1.0	1.8	55.6	1.4	3.0	46.7	64.1	1.8	5.6	0.6	178	70	37	15	4	3	3	14	+61
21	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	106.9	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	34.1	7.4	3.4	1.4	1.4	1.2	2.2	6.2	35.5	1.0	3.8	26.3	2.0	2.6	76.9	50.4	0.8	2.6	0.8	171	37	17	7	7	6	4	13	+26
22	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	106.4	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	29.4	9.6	8.4	0.8	0.0	0.4	3.8	11.6	32.8	0.8	5.6	14.3	1.2	1.6	75.0	39.0	1.4	7.0	0.4	147	48	42	4	0	2	2	6	+22
23	Bruce Brown B. Brown	105.7	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	26.9	11.4	4.4	1.0	1.0	0.8	4.2	9.2	45.7	1.4	3.8	36.8	1.6	2.2	72.7	56.1	1.0	3.4	1.6	134	57	22	5	5	4	8	7	+23
24	Christian Braun C. Braun	103.3	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	16.3	5.8	2.0	1.2	1.0	0.4	2.4	3.4	70.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.8	55.6	69.2	0.8	1.2	0.6	82	29	10	6	5	2	3	6	-8
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	101.7	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	41.1	30.2	14.0	7.2	0.8	1.4	11.2	19.2	58.3	1.6	3.8	42.1	6.2	7.4	83.8	67.2	1.8	12.2	3.4	205	151	70	36	4	7	17	17	+39

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Team Rankings

ORTG

115.9

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DRTG

113.4

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NETRTG

2.5

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3P%

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
8	Hornets	39	34	.534	14.0
9	Magic	39	34	.534	14.0
10	Heat	39	35	.527	14.5
11	Bucks	29	43	.403	23.5
12	Bulls	29	44	.397	24.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 3/29	MIA	@	IND	5:00 PM
Mon 3/30	PHI	@	MIA	7:00 PM
Wed 4/1	BOS	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Sat 4/4	WAS	@	MIA	3:00 PM
Tue 4/7	MIA	@	TOR	7:30 PM

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Heat

39 - 35

128

Final

149

Cavaliers

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.8

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.8

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.2

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.7

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.1

Duren

67.7

Ayton

67.5

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.0

120.2

119.7

119.2

119.0

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.8

111.2

112.6

113.1

113.3

NetRtg Rankings

11.0

7.8

7.6

6.7

4.8

Tank Leaderboard

16-58

17-57

17-56

19-55

21-53

24-50

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,681.6

Jokić

3,597.7

Dončić

3,198.9

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,923

Jokić

3,807.5

Dončić

3,385.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

35.9

Brown

33.8

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.5

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

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46-27

44-28-1

43-31

42-31

43-32

42-31

Worst Record ATS

30-44

30-43

31-43

31-41

32-42

32-41

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	53	20	.726
2	Celtics	49	24	.671	4.0
3	Knicks	48	26	.649	5.5
4	Cavaliers	46	28	.622	7.5
5	Raptors	41	32	.562	12.0
6	Hawks	41	33	.554	12.5
7	76ers	40	33	.548	13.0
8	Hornets	39	34	.534	14.0
9	Magic	39	34	.534	14.0
10	Heat	39	35	.527	14.5
11	Bucks	29	43	.403	23.5
12	Bulls - e	29	44	.397	24.0
13	Wizards - e	17	56	.233	36.0
14	Nets - e	17	57	.230	36.5
15	Pacers - e	16	58	.216	37.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	58	16	.784
2	Spurs - x	55	18	.753	2.5
3	Lakers	48	26	.649	10.0
4	Nuggets	47	28	.627	11.5
5	Timberwolves	45	28	.616	12.5
6	Rockets	44	29	.603	13.5
7	Suns	40	33	.548	17.5
8	Clippers	38	36	.514	20.0
9	Trail Blazers	37	38	.493	21.5
10	Warriors	36	38	.486	22.0
11	Pelicans - e	25	50	.333	33.5
12	Grizzlies - e	24	49	.329	33.5
13	Mavericks - e	24	50	.324	34.0
14	Jazz - e	21	53	.284	37.0
15	Kings - e	19	55	.257	39.0