least defensive rating by a team in a game

The Miami Heat have the best defensive rating by a team in a game, with a 52.5 rating versus the Bulls on April 10, 1999.

Interpreted as:
least defensive rating by a team in a regular-season game
TEAMDRTGDATETMOPPRESULTMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF
1Heat
Heat
52.5
4/10/1999
MIA MIA
@
CHI CHI
W
82-49
240
82
54
24
12
11
30
73
41.1
3
12
25.0
19
24
79.2
49.1
9
45
21
25
2Warriors
Warriors
61.5
11/22/1975
GSW GSW
@
WAS WAS
W
111-71
240
111
61
25
13
9
43
101
42.6
25
36
69.4
47.5
12
49
14
26
3Celtics
Celtics
62.4
1/23/2012
BOS BOS
vs
ORL ORL
W
87-56
240
87
46
21
13
9
33
78
42.3
2
13
15.4
19
19
100.0
50.4
8
38
15
21
4Suns
Suns
62.8
3/6/1975
PHX PHX
vs
CHI CHI
W
88-65
240
88
54
22
8
3
38
93
40.9
12
17
70.6
43.8
14
40
22
27
5Trail Blazers
Trail Blazers
62.8
4/16/1997
POR POR
vs
DEN DEN
W
107-63
240
107
64
21
15
2
43
94
45.7
3
13
23.1
18
24
75.0
51.2
18
46
19
15
6Pacers
Pacers
63.8
2/27/1998
IND IND
vs
POR POR
W
124-59
240
124
48
35
16
5
49
77
63.6
9
15
60.0
17
22
77.3
71.5
8
40
17
21
7Lakers
Lakers
64.1
1/11/2011
LAL LAL
vs
CLE CLE
W
112-57
240
112
53
25
11
7
46
86
53.5
10
20
50.0
10
15
66.7
60.5
13
40
12
14
8Kings
Kings
64.2
3/8/1981
KCK KCK
vs
PHX PHX
W
105-68
240
105
58
35
14
9
47
92
51.1
1
2
50.0
10
14
71.4
53.5
10
48
19
19
9Trail Blazers
Trail Blazers
64.3
11/19/1977
POR POR
vs
CLE CLE
W
109-67
240
109
67
17
12
4
39
82
47.6
31
39
79.5
55.0
14
53
20
24
10Raptors
Raptors
64.4
3/19/2008
TOR TOR
vs
MIA MIA
W
96-54
240
96
49
29
9
5
39
72
54.2
7
12
58.3
11
15
73.3
61.1
5
44
11
13
11Pistons
Pistons
64.4
11/16/2002
DET DET
vs
DEN DEN
W
74-53
240
74
32
14
7
5
26
62
41.9
4
15
26.7
18
27
66.7
50.1
7
25
19
23
12Knicks
Knicks
64.6
12/10/1985
NYK NYK
vs
IND IND
W
82-64
240
82
56
15
11
8
31
74
41.9
0
1
0.0
20
29
69.0
47.3
16
40
32
27
13Celtics
Celtics
64.6
3/13/2011
BOS BOS
vs
MIL MIL
W
87-56
240
87
50
19
9
4
33
72
45.8
2
5
40.0
19
24
79.2
52.7
10
40
17
15
14Mavericks
Mavericks
64.7
1/14/2012
DAL DAL
vs
SAC SAC
W
99-60
240
99
59
19
10
6
37
81
45.7
7
16
43.8
18
25
72.0
53.8
12
47
17
16
15Trail Blazers
Trail Blazers
65.3
1/3/2000
POR POR
@
CHI CHI
W
88-63
240
88
39
30
20
9
36
72
50.0
2
11
18.2
14
19
73.7
54.8
5
34
23
22
16Bulls
Bulls
66.1
1/14/2013
CHI CHI
vs
ATL ATL
W
97-58
240
97
59
18
6
13
33
79
41.8
6
14
42.9
25
33
75.8
51.9
15
44
14
16
17Spurs
Spurs
66.7
11/8/1995
SAS SAS
vs
VAN VAN
W
111-62
240
111
44
30
10
11
39
79
49.4
7
17
41.2
26
33
78.8
59.3
10
34
14
18
18Heat
Heat
66.8
2/21/1996
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
W
66-57
240
66
50
17
6
3
29
77
37.7
2
13
15.4
6
13
46.2
39.9
12
38
19
22
19Bulls
Bulls
66.8
1/13/2007
CHI CHI
vs
MEM MEM
W
111-66
240
111
59
35
15
11
44
91
48.4
8
15
53.3
15
19
78.9
55.9
16
43
18
31
2076ers
76ers
66.9
3/6/2003
PHI PHI
@
POR POR
W
88-60
240
88
40
18
13
5
35
79
44.3
0
4
0.0
18
22
81.8
49.6
9
31
14
17
21Jazz
Jazz
66.9
11/27/1989
UTA UTA
vs
NJN NJN
W
105-68
240
105
54
25
13
7
39
68
57.4
1
4
25.0
26
40
65.0
61.3
9
45
29
20
22Rockets
Rockets
66.9
12/8/2006
HOU HOU
@
CHA CHA
W
92-62
240
92
51
17
8
4
37
84
44.0
4
16
25.0
14
16
87.5
50.5
10
41
14
23
23Heat
Heat
67.0
1/27/2001
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
W
81-59
240
81
52
18
10
2
28
76
36.8
7
17
41.2
18
25
72.0
46.6
10
42
14
19
24Celtics
Celtics
67.3
10/31/1979
BOS BOS
@
NJN NJN
W
116-79
240
116
57
38
17
3
48
100
48.0
0
3
0.0
20
25
80.0
52.3
17
40
26
27
25Nets
Nets
67.3
10/31/2003
NJN NJN
vs
MIN MIN
W
84-61
240
84
43
29
14
4
36
79
45.6
2
15
13.3
10
16
62.5
48.8
10
33
18
20
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1984-85 season.

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PPG

24.4

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RPG

10.2

Ware

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APG

7.7

Mitchell

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Team Rankings

ORTG

114.9

16th

DRTG

112.1

3rd

NETRTG

2.9

10th

3P%

36.7

10th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
7
Cavaliers Cavaliers
15
12
.556
6.5
8
Hawks Hawks
15
12
.556
6.5
9
Heat Heat
14
12
.538
7.0
10
Bucks Bucks
11
16
.407
10.5
11
Bulls Bulls
10
15
.400
10.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/18
MIA MIA
@
BKN BKN
7:30 PM
Fri
12/19
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Sun
12/21
MIA MIA
@
NYK NYK
6:00 PM
Tue
12/23
TOR TOR
@
MIA MIA
7:30 PM
Fri
12/26
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
7:00 PM
Last Game
TOR Raptors

16 - 11

106

Final

96

MIA Heat

14 - 12

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
24
2
.923
2
Nuggets Nuggets
19
6
.760
4.5
3
Lakers Lakers
18
7
.720
5.5
4
Spurs Spurs
18
7
.720
5.5
5
Rockets Rockets
16
7
.696
6.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
17
9
.654
7.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
21
5
.808
2
Knicks Knicks
18
7
.720
2.5
3
Raptors Raptors
16
11
.593
5.5
4
Celtics Celtics
15
11
.577
6.0
5
Magic Magic
15
11
.577
6.0
6
76ers 76ers
14
11
.560
6.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/14
TOR TOR
@
IND IND
129-111
Fri
11/14
OKC OKC
@
CHA CHA
109-96
Fri
11/14
DEN DEN
@
MIN MIN
123-112
Fri
11/14
LAL LAL
@
MIL MIL
119-95
Sat
11/15
LAC LAC
@
BOS BOS
118-121

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
12/16
SAS SAS
@
NYK NYK
8:30 PM
Wed
12/17
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Wed
12/17
MEM MEM
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Thu
12/18
ATL ATL
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Thu
12/18
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
7:00 PM