highest defensive rating in a finals series since 2000

Since 1999-00, Elijah Bryant has the highest defensive rating in the NBA Finals, with a 139.4 rating.

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highest defensive rating by a player in a finals series since 2000

	NAME	DRTG	SERIES	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	Elijah Bryant E. Bryant	139.4	NBA Finals	1	0.3	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
2	Greg Oden G. Oden	135.5	NBA Finals	2	1.5	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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+1
3	Royal Ivey R. Ivey	134.0	NBA Finals	1	3.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		150.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	+7
4	Cedi Osman C. Osman	133.8	NBA Finals	3	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.7	40.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		40.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1
5	Ty-Shon Alexander T. Alexander	133.6	NBA Finals	1	1.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
6	Ante Zizic A. Zizic	133.2	NBA Finals	3	1.7	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	+6
7	Abdel Nader A. Nader	132.7	NBA Finals	2	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-7
8	Donny Marshall D. Marshall	132.2	NBA Finals	2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
9	Jordan Walsh J. Walsh	132.1	NBA Finals	1	5.4	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+7
10	Damian Jones D. Jones	131.3	NBA Finals	1	1.6	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
11	Jacob Evans J. Evans	130.8	NBA Finals	3	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
12	Jaden Springer J. Springer	129.7	NBA Finals	1	8.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	+1
13	Neemias Queta N. Queta	129.4	NBA Finals	1	5.4	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	+7
14	Cole Aldrich C. Aldrich	128.9	NBA Finals	1	4.7	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	+8
15	Travis Knight T. Knight	128.3	NBA Finals	4	2.3	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	50.0	64.4	0.5	0.0	0.3	9	5	2	0	0	0	1	5	-8
16	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	127.8	NBA Finals	1	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
17	Kyle Korver K. Korver	127.5	NBA Finals	9	17.9	3.1	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.9	3.9	22.9	0.7	3.0	22.2	0.7	0.9	75.0	36.3	0.2	1.2	0.4	162	28	13	5	1	2	4	17	-12
18	George Hill G. Hill	127.2	NBA Finals	4	29.2	7.5	2.3	2.3	0.8	0.3	2.5	7.8	32.3	1.8	4.0	43.8	0.8	1.5	50.0	44.6	1.3	1.0	1.5	117	30	9	9	3	1	6	16	-50
19	Scot Pollard S. Pollard	126.8	NBA Finals	1	0.9	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Oshae Brissett O. Brissett	126.8	NBA Finals	3	6.2	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	50.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	71.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	19	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	-3
21	Svi Mykhailiuk S. Mykhailiuk	126.7	NBA Finals	3	4.4	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.7	25.0	0.3	1.7	20.0	0.0	0.0		31.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	13	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	-10
22	Omer Yurtseven O. Yurtseven	126.6	NBA Finals	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
23	Jonas Jerebko J. Jerebko	126.4	NBA Finals	4	6.5	3.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	28.6	0.8	2.0	37.5	0.8	1.0	75.0	44.4	1.0	0.3	0.0	26	14	5	1	0	0	0	2	-9
24	Bryon Russell B. Russell	125.4	NBA Finals	3	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-14
25	Daequan Cook D. Cook	125.0	NBA Finals	3	3.5	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	33.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	25.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	-1

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PPG

28.0

Antetokounmpo

RPG

10.0

Antetokounmpo

APG

7.4

Porter

Team Rankings

ORTG

113.3

25th

DRTG

116.9

20th

NETRTG

-3.6

24th

3P%

39.2

2nd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
9	Bulls	23	22	.511	10.5
10	Hawks	22	25	.468	12.5
11	Bucks	18	26	.409	15.0
12	Hornets	18	28	.391	16.0
13	Nets	12	32	.273	21.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 1/25	DAL	@	MIL	7:00 PM
Tue 1/27	MIL	@	PHI	8:00 PM
Thu 1/29	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Sun 2/1	MIL	@	BOS	3:30 PM
Tue 2/3	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Nuggets

31 - 15

102

Final

100

Bucks

18 - 26

Fri 23 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.4

Dončić

32.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.9

Maxey

RPG Leaders

11.4

Towns

11.2

Gobert

11.0

Zubac

APG Leaders

9.7

Cunningham

8.9

Giddey

8.7

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.2

Leonard

2.1

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

BPG Leaders

2.1

Sarr

2.0

Huff

2.0

Mobley

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.8

Mitchell

3.7

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

69.4

Williams

68.6

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.2

121.7

120.1

119.7

117.6

DRtg Rankings

106.9

109.3

112.3

112.9

113.1

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

12.8

7.3

6.9

6.3

5.0

4.5

Tank Leaderboard

10-34

11-35

12-36

12-35

12-32

15-31

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,300.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,178.3

Maxey

2,120.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,306

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,246.3

Johnson

2,208.8

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.6

Dončić

36.8

Brown

33.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.5

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.9

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.41

Cunningham

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.68

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.47

Cunningham

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

31-15

27-19

25-18-1

27-20

26-20

Worst Record ATS

17-30

18-29

17-27

18-26

19-27

18-25

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	33	11	.750
2	Celtics	28	17	.622	5.5
3	Raptors	29	19	.604	6.0
4	Knicks	27	18	.600	6.5
5	Cavaliers	27	20	.574	7.5
6	76ers	24	20	.545	9.0
7	Heat	25	22	.532	9.5
8	Magic	23	21	.523	10.0
9	Bulls	23	22	.511	10.5
10	Hawks	22	25	.468	12.5
11	Bucks	18	26	.409	15.0
12	Hornets	18	28	.391	16.0
13	Nets	12	32	.273	21.0
14	Pacers	11	35	.239	23.0
15	Wizards	10	34	.227	23.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	37	10	.787
2	Spurs	31	15	.674	5.5
3	Nuggets	31	15	.674	5.5
4	Rockets	27	16	.628	8.0
5	Lakers	27	17	.614	8.5
6	Suns	27	19	.587	9.5
7	Timberwolves	27	19	.587	9.5
8	Warriors	26	21	.553	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	23	23	.500	13.5
10	Clippers	21	24	.467	15.0
11	Grizzlies	18	25	.419	17.0
12	Mavericks	19	27	.413	17.5
13	Jazz	15	31	.326	21.5
14	Kings	12	35	.255	25.0
15	Pelicans	12	36	.250	25.5