highest defensive rebounds in a game by a team in playoffs

The San Antonio Spurs have grabbed the most defensive boards by a team in a playoff game, with 56 boards in Game 5 of the 1983 Western Conference Semifinals against the Nuggets.

	TEAM	DREB	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	TOV	PF
1	Spurs	56	5/4/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	W 145-105	240	145	75	51	12	10	67	124	54.0	3	7	42.9	8	11	72.7	56.3	19	18	28
2	Nuggets	52	5/7/2019	DEN	vs	POR	W 124-98	240	124	62	26	4	4	44	89	49.4	8	24	33.3	28	31	90.3	60.4	10	8	22
3	Timberwolves	51	5/16/2024	MIN	vs	DEN	W 115-70	240	115	62	26	9	4	40	86	46.5	15	40	37.5	20	24	83.3	59.5	11	6	14
4	Bucks	50	5/19/2019	MIL	@	TOR	L 112-118	290	112	63	22	14	5	38	102	37.3	14	44	31.8	22	33	66.7	48.1	13	20	30
5	Bulls	50	4/20/2015	CHI	vs	MIL	W 91-82	240	91	64	26	2	10	31	81	38.3	12	33	36.4	17	27	63.0	49.0	14	15	19
6	Bucks	49	6/10/2021	MIL	vs	BKN	W 86-83	240	86	56	12	3	8	34	90	37.8	6	31	19.4	12	19	63.2	43.7	7	11	12
7	Bucks	49	5/22/2021	MIL	vs	MIA	W 109-107	265	109	64	19	11	1	42	96	43.8	5	31	16.1	20	33	60.6	49.3	15	17	18
8	Bucks	49	8/29/2020	MIL	vs	ORL	W 118-104	240	118	56	27	5	4	40	88	45.5	16	45	35.6	22	27	81.5	59.1	7	15	19
9	Nuggets	49	5/1/1977	DEN	vs	POR	W 114-105	265	114	62	31	13	11	44	99	44.4				26	36	72.2	49.6	13		26
10	Celtics	48	5/1/2024	BOS	vs	MIA	W 118-84	240	118	56	23	5	3	42	77	54.5	16	40	40.0	18	27	66.7	66.4	8	15	15
11	Raptors	48	8/21/2020	TOR	@	BKN	W 117-92	240	117	56	35	8	4	46	91	50.5	18	38	47.4	7	11	63.6	61.0	8	16	21
12	Celtics	48	4/28/2019	BOS	@	MIL	W 112-90	240	112	51	25	5	11	47	87	54.0	13	31	41.9	5	8	62.5	61.9	3	13	21
13	Celtics	48	4/14/2019	BOS	vs	IND	W 84-74	240	84	55	18	8	2	28	77	36.4	10	28	35.7	18	22	81.8	48.5	7	20	20
14	Warriors	48	5/22/2017	GSW	@	SAS	W 129-115	240	129	53	30	7	3	48	86	55.8	14	39	35.9	19	25	76.0	66.5	5	17	25
15	Heat	48	5/1/2016	MIA	vs	CHA	W 106-73	240	106	58	24	2	8	43	89	48.3	9	24	37.5	11	16	68.8	55.2	10	9	16
16	Trail Blazers	48	6/3/1977	POR	@	PHI	W 110-104	240	110	59	24	11	3	39	86	45.3				32	47	68.1	51.6	11	24	33
17	Bucks	47	4/17/2022	MIL	vs	CHI	W 93-86	240	93	58	19	4	6	34	84	40.5	10	38	26.3	15	23	65.2	49.4	11	21	21
18	76ers	47	6/14/2021	PHI	@	ATL	L 100-103	240	100	55	23	2	6	37	85	43.5	11	27	40.7	15	21	71.4	53.1	8	12	18
19	Thunder	47	8/22/2020	OKC	vs	HOU	W 119-107	265	119	54	20	8	6	41	92	44.6	14	41	34.1	23	34	67.6	55.6	7	18	21
20	Raptors	47	5/19/2019	TOR	vs	MIL	W 118-112	290	118	55	28	11	10	40	102	39.2	17	45	37.8	21	26	80.8	52.0	8	17	30
21	Nuggets	46	6/12/2023	DEN	vs	MIA	W 94-89	240	94	57	21	6	7	38	84	45.2	5	28	17.9	13	23	56.5	49.9	11	15	13
22	Bucks	46	4/26/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	L 126-128	265	126	56	20	4	1	42	91	46.2	14	33	42.4	28	45	62.2	56.9	10	16	21
23	Celtics	46	4/15/2023	BOS	vs	ATL	W 112-99	240	112	58	25	6	7	42	88	47.7	13	33	39.4	15	18	83.3	58.4	12	17	15
24	Celtics	46	5/23/2022	BOS	vs	MIA	W 102-82	240	102	60	21	4	11	31	78	39.7	8	34	23.5	32	38	84.2	53.8	14	11	15
25	Bucks	46	4/24/2022	MIL	@	CHI	W 119-95	240	119	51	21	6	4	45	86	52.3	17	33	51.5	12	18	66.7	63.4	5	15	23

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Team Leaders

PPG

24.3

Wembanyama

RPG

11.2

Wembanyama

APG

7.0

Castle

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.5

5th

DRTG

111.5

3rd

NETRTG

7.1

4th

3P%

35.8

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	52	15	.776
2	Spurs	49	18	.731	3.0
3	Lakers	42	25	.627	10.0
4	Rockets	41	25	.621	10.5
5	Timberwolves	41	26	.612	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 3/16	SAS	@	LAC	10:00 PM
Tue 3/17	SAS	@	SAC	10:00 PM
Thu 3/19	PHX	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Sat 3/21	IND	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Mon 3/23	SAS	@	MIA	7:00 PM

Last Game

Hornets

34 - 34

102

Final

115

Spurs

49 - 18

Sat 14 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.8

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.7

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.7

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.5

Jokić

10.1

Cunningham

8.5

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Huff

1.9

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

3.9

Dončić

3.6

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.2

Gobert

67.9

Jokić

67.3

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.5

120.3

119.3

118.5

118.4

DRtg Rankings

107.6

109.6

111.5

112.2

112.7

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

10.8

7.7

7.6

7.1

6.4

4.4

Tank Leaderboard

15-52

16-50

17-51

17-50

20-47

22-46

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,264.4

Jokić

3,158.6

Dončić

3,051.7

Maxey

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,472.5

Jokić

3,354

Dončić

3,137.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.4

Dončić

36.0

Brown

33.8

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.0

Thompson

36.5

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.80

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.92

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

40-26-1

41-27

39-28

39-29

39-28

Worst Record ATS

28-40

28-39

28-38

29-38

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	48	18	.727
2	Celtics	44	23	.657	4.5
3	Knicks	43	25	.632	6.0
4	Cavaliers	41	26	.612	7.5
5	Magic	38	28	.576	10.0
6	Raptors	37	29	.561	11.0
7	Heat	38	30	.559	11.0
8	Hawks	36	31	.537	12.5
9	76ers	36	31	.537	12.5
10	Hornets	34	34	.500	15.0
11	Bucks	27	39	.409	21.0
12	Bulls	27	40	.403	21.5
13	Nets - e	17	50	.254	31.5
14	Wizards - e	16	50	.242	32.0
15	Pacers - e	15	52	.224	33.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	52	15	.776
2	Spurs	49	18	.731	3.0
3	Lakers	42	25	.627	10.0
4	Rockets	41	25	.621	10.5
5	Timberwolves	41	26	.612	11.0
6	Nuggets	41	27	.603	11.5
7	Suns	39	28	.582	13.0
8	Clippers	34	33	.507	18.0
9	Warriors	32	34	.485	19.5
10	Trail Blazers	32	35	.478	20.0
11	Grizzlies	23	43	.348	28.5
12	Mavericks	22	45	.328	30.0
13	Pelicans	22	46	.324	30.5
14	Jazz	20	47	.299	32.0
15	Kings - e	17	51	.250	35.5