7 players were tied for losing the fewest games in 1973-74, with 1 loss. The first three are Dennis Bell in his rookie season, Travis Grant and Allie McGuire in his rookie season.

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	NAME	DRTG	L	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Dennis Bell D. Bell	102.6	1	1973-74	NYK	1	4.0	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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Travis Grant T. Grant	100.5	1	1973-74	LAL	3	2.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	25.0	0.3	1.0	33.3	28.2	0.0	0.3	6	3	1	0	0	0	1
3	Allie McGuire A. McGuire	96.2	1	1973-74	NYK	2	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	1.0	10	4	2	1	0	0	2
4	Tom Patterson T. Patterson	99.3	1	1973-74	CAP	2	4.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	26.6	0.5	0.5	8	1	2	2	0	0	0
5	Mike Ratliff M. Ratliff	108.3	1	1973-74	KCO	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Chuck Terry C. Terry	95.3	1	1973-74	MIL	7	4.6	1.1	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.7	33.3	0.0	0.0		33.3	0.1	0.3	32	8	3	4	2	0	4
7	Justus Thigpen J. Thigpen	108.3	1	1973-74	KCO	1	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		33.3	1.0	0.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
8	Dick Barnett D. Barnett	99.4	2	1973-74	NYK	5	11.6	4.4	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.0	2.0	5.2	38.5	0.4	0.6	66.7	40.3	0.2	0.6	58	22	4	6	1	0	2
9	Rich Rinaldi R. Rinaldi	93.1	2	1973-74	CAP	7	6.9	1.3	1.0	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.4	3.1	13.6	0.4	0.6	75.0	18.9	0.3	0.7	48	9	7	10	3	1	7
10	Dick Cunningham D. Cunningham	86.0	3	1973-74	MIL	8	5.6	0.8	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.8	50.0	0.0	0.9	0.0	33.0	0.1	1.9	45	6	16	0	2	2	5
11	Paul McCracken P. McCracken	96.5	3	1973-74	HOU	4	3.3	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	25.0	0.0	0.0		25.0	0.3	1.3	13	2	6	2	0	0	3
12	Charlie Davis C. Davis	106.0	4	1973-74	POR	8	11.3	3.9	1.4	1.4	0.3	0.0	1.8	5.0	35.0	0.4	0.5	75.0	37.1	0.3	1.1	90	31	11	11	2	0	7
13	Jim Garvin J. Garvin	97.5	4	1973-74	BUF	6	1.8	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.7	25.0	0.0	0.0		25.0	0.2	0.7	11	2	5	0	0	0	1
14	Ted Manakas T. Manakas	104.0	5	1973-74	KCO	5	9.0	2.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.8	2.0	40.0	0.8	0.8	100.0	51.0	0.0	0.6	45	12	3	2	1	0	4
15	Vester Marshall V. Marshall	100.1	5	1973-74	SEA	13	13.4	1.3	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.2	24.1	0.2	0.5	42.9	26.5	1.1	1.8	174	17	37	4	4	3	20
16	Joe Reaves J. Reaves	102.3	6	1973-74	PHX	7	5.4	2.3	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.6	54.5	0.6	1.6	36.4	50.5	0.3	0.9	38	16	8	1	0	2	6
17	Stan McKenzie S. McKenzie	102.3	7	1973-74	HOU	11	10.2	1.8	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.6	2.2	29.2	0.5	0.7	75.0	36.3	0.3	1.2	112	20	16	6	3	0	17
18	Tom Riker T. Riker	99.2	7	1973-74	NYK	17	3.4	2.2	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.7	44.8	0.7	1.0	70.6	52.1	0.5	0.4	57	38	15	3	0	0	6
19	Steve Downing S. Downing	93.9	8	1973-74	BOS	24	5.7	2.7	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.9	2.7	32.8	0.9	1.6	57.9	39.6	0.6	1.0	137	64	39	11	5	0	33
20	Luther Rackley L. Rackley	93.0	8	1973-74	PHI	9	7.6	2.0	2.4	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.4	38.5	0.9	1.2	72.7	50.4	0.6	1.9	68	18	22	0	3	4	11
21	Phil Hankinson P. Hankinson	95.7	9	1973-74	BOS	28	5.8	3.9	1.8	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.8	3.7	48.5	0.4	0.5	76.9	50.6	0.8	1.0	163	110	50	4	3	1	18
22	Russ Lee R. Lee	92.1	9	1973-74	MIL	36	4.6	2.4	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.0	1.1	2.6	40.4	0.3	0.4	68.8	43.1	0.4	0.7	166	87	40	20	11	0	29
23	Bob Nash B. Nash	95.6	9	1973-74	DET	35	8.0	3.0	2.1	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.2	3.3	35.7	0.7	1.1	61.5	40.1	0.9	1.2	281	106	74	14	3	10	35
24	Willis Reed W. Reed	92.7	9	1973-74	NYK	19	26.3	11.1	7.4	1.6	0.6	1.1	4.4	9.7	45.7	2.2	2.8	79.2	50.6	2.5	4.9	500	210	141	30	12	21	49
25	Paul Ruffner P. Ruffner	101.5	9	1973-74	BUF	20	2.6	1.5	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.4	40.7	0.4	0.7	61.5	45.8	0.2	0.4	51	30	11	0	1	1	10

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PPG

21.0

Brunson

RPG

14.0

Drummond

APG

4.0

Shamet

Team Rankings

ORTG

96.4

6th

DRTG

102.2

3rd

NETRTG

-5.8

4th

3P%

33.3

4th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sun 10/25	ORL	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	NYK	@	PHI	7:30 PM

Last Game

76ers

1 - 0

106

Final

100

Knicks

0 - 1

Tue 20 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.0

George

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

14.0

Drummond

13.0

Wembanyama

12.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Tatum

8.0

White

8.0

Cunningham

SPG Leaders

5.0

George

3.0

Maxey

3.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

BPG Leaders

6.0

Wembanyama

4.0

Holmgren

3.0

Maxey

3PM Leaders

7.0

George

6.0

McCain

5.0

Castle

TS% Leaders

111.1

McCain

92.2

Caruso

80.8

Green

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ORtg Rankings

123.5

115.4

111.2

102.2

99.7

96.4

DRtg Rankings

96.4

99.7

102.2

111.2

115.4

123.5

NetRtg Rankings

11.5

8.2

5.8

-5.8

-8.2

-11.5

Tank Leaderboard

0-1

1-0

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NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

1-0

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5
6	Nets	0	0		0.5
7	Hornets	0	0		0.5
8	Bulls	0	0		0.5
9	Cavaliers	0	0		0.5
10	Pacers	0	0		0.5
11	Heat	0	0		0.5
12	Bucks	0	0		0.5
13	Magic	0	0		0.5
14	Raptors	0	0		0.5
15	Wizards	0	0		0.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	1	0	1.000
2	Spurs	0	1	.000	1.0
3	Warriors	0	0		0.5
4	Mavericks	0	0		0.5
5	Nuggets	0	0		0.5
6	Rockets	0	0		0.5
7	Clippers	0	0		0.5
8	Lakers	0	0		0.5
9	Grizzlies	0	0		0.5
10	Timberwolves	0	0		0.5
11	Pelicans	0	0		0.5
12	Suns	0	0		0.5
13	Trail Blazers	0	0		0.5
14	Kings	0	0		0.5
15	Jazz	0	0		0.5