highest nba finals defensive rating by a small forward

Cedi Osman has the highest career defensive rating by a small forward in the NBA Finals, with a 133.8 rating.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Alfonzo McKinnie A. McKinnie	124.7	NBA Finals	6	9.5	2.2	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.7	31.3	0.5	1.7	30.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	37.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	57	13	10	2	0	0	3	12	+7
8	Torrey Craig T. Craig	123.9	NBA Finals	6	10.6	2.8	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	40.0	0.5	1.7	30.0	0.3	0.7	50.0	50.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	64	17	8	1	0	0	2	7	-24
9	Lazar Hayward L. Hayward	123.5	NBA Finals	1	4.7	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	+8
10	Larry Nance Jr. L. Nance Jr.	122.6	NBA Finals	4	17.1	5.8	7.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	2.3	4.5	50.0	0.0	0.0		1.3	3.0	41.7	49.4	3.8	3.3	0.5	68	23	28	6	2	2	2	7	-14
11	Michael Beasley M. Beasley	122.3	NBA Finals	1	17.0	9.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	7.0	57.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	3.0	33.3	54.1	2.0	1.0	1.0	17	9	3	1	0	0	1	2	+4
12	Jeff Lamp J. Lamp	121.6	NBA Finals	4	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	50.0	64.4	0.0	0.3	0.3	11	5	1	0	0	0	1	2
13	Tony Campbell T. Campbell	121.3	NBA Finals	6	16.2	8.7	1.8	0.8	0.5	0.0	2.8	4.5	63.0	0.2	0.5	33.3	2.8	3.5	81.0	71.7	0.7	1.2	1.2	97	52	11	5	3	0	7	23
14	Donald Royal D. Royal	120.4	NBA Finals	1	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	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Matt Barnes M. Barnes	120.1	NBA Finals	5	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	33.3	0.2	0.4	50.0	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	9	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	-5
16	Orlando Woolridge O. Woolridge	119.9	NBA Finals	4	21.8	9.5	5.3	1.5	0.0	0.5	2.8	4.5	61.1	0.0	0.0		4.0	4.8	84.2	72.1	1.3	4.0	1.5	87	38	21	6	0	2	6	11
17	Dennis Scott D. Scott	119.8	NBA Finals	4	37.5	10.5	3.5	2.3	1.0	0.3	3.3	10.5	31.0	1.8	7.3	24.1	2.3	2.3	100.0	45.7	0.5	3.0	1.8	150	42	14	9	4	1	7	12
18	Darren Daye D. Daye	119.7	NBA Finals	6	8.3	4.5	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.2	1.7	2.7	62.5	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.2	100.0	70.8	0.3	1.0	0.7	50	27	8	4	1	1	4	6
19	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	119.3	NBA Finals	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
20	Glen Rice G. Rice	119.0	NBA Finals	6	32.2	11.5	2.5	1.7	0.8	0.2	3.7	9.2	40.0	2.0	3.2	63.2	2.2	3.3	65.0	54.1	0.2	2.3	1.5	193	69	15	10	5	1	9	14	-30
21	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	118.1	NBA Finals	6	32.1	12.0	4.2	1.2	1.0	0.5	4.3	8.2	53.1	1.5	3.5	42.9	1.8	2.0	91.7	66.3	0.7	3.5	1.2	192	72	25	7	6	3	7	10	+4
22	David Wingate D. Wingate	118.0	NBA Finals	6	8.0	2.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.7	50.0	0.2	0.3	50.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	63.8	0.2	0.2	0.5	48	15	2	0	0	0	3	13
23	Solomon Hill S. Hill	117.9	NBA Finals	4	6.3	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.3	55.6	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.0	0.0		66.7	0.0	0.8	0.0	25	12	3	1	1	0	0	3	+4
24	P.J. Tucker	117.1	NBA Finals	6	31.3	4.0	3.8	1.2	1.0	0.0	1.7	3.3	50.0	0.7	1.3	50.0	0.0	0.0		60.0	2.0	1.8	0.5	188	24	23	7	6	0	3	21	-4
25	Max Strus M. Strus	116.4	NBA Finals	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

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.5

Mitchell

RPG

8.7

Mobley

APG

5.8

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.2

6th

DRTG

114.0

12th

NETRTG

4.2

9th

3P%

35.9

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	39	20	.661	5.5
3	Knicks	39	22	.639	6.5
4	Cavaliers	38	24	.613	8.0
5	Raptors	35	25	.583	10.0
6	76ers	33	26	.559	11.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 3/3	DET	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Sun 3/8	BOS	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Mon 3/9	PHI	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 3/11	CLE	@	ORL	7:30 PM
Fri 3/13	CLE	@	DAL	7:30 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

38 - 24

106

Final

102

Nets

15 - 45

Sun 1 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.6

Dončić

31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.6

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.5

Gobert

APG Leaders

10.5

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

2.9

Wembanyama

2.0

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Knueppel

3.5

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

67.9

Antetokounmpo

67.6

Jokić

67.2

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.4

120.8

119.4

118.9

118.6

118.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.2

111.4

112.4

112.6

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

11.2

7.8

6.2

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

14-47

15-46

15-45

16-43

18-42

19-42

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,864.2

Maxey

2,806.1

Jokić

2,685.1

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,990.5

Jokić

2,891.5

Maxey

2,839.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.5

Dončić

36.7

Brown

33.7

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.4

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.6

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.81

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.92

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

39-22

36-23-1

34-25

35-26

33-25-1

34-27

Worst Record ATS

24-37

26-36

24-33-1

25-34

26-35

26-34-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	44	14	.759
2	Celtics	39	20	.661	5.5
3	Knicks	39	22	.639	6.5
4	Cavaliers	38	24	.613	8.0
5	Raptors	35	25	.583	10.0
6	76ers	33	26	.559	11.5
7	Magic	31	27	.534	13.0
8	Heat	32	29	.525	13.5
9	Hornets	30	31	.492	15.5
10	Hawks	30	31	.492	15.5
11	Bucks	26	33	.441	18.5
12	Bulls	25	36	.410	20.5
13	Wizards	16	43	.271	28.5
14	Nets	15	45	.250	30.0
15	Pacers	15	45	.250	30.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	46	15	.754
2	Spurs	43	17	.717	2.5
3	Rockets	37	22	.627	8.0
4	Timberwolves	38	23	.623	8.0
5	Nuggets	37	24	.607	9.0
6	Lakers	35	24	.593	10.0
7	Suns	34	26	.567	11.5
8	Warriors	31	29	.517	14.5
9	Trail Blazers	29	32	.475	17.0
10	Clippers	27	31	.466	17.5
11	Grizzlies	22	36	.379	22.5
12	Mavericks	21	38	.356	24.0
13	Pelicans	19	42	.311	27.0
14	Jazz	18	42	.300	27.5
15	Kings	14	47	.230	32.0