lowest defensive rating by a team in a season playoffs minimum 10 games

The Detroit Pistons have the best defensive rating by a team with 10+ games played in a single NBA playoff run, with a 92.0 rating in 2003-04.

	TEAM	DRTG	GP	SEASON	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	Pistons	92.0	23	2003-04	244.3	87.1	44.8	19.4	8.0	7.1	31.4	76.3	41.2	4.2	13.9	30.4	20.1	27.3	73.4	49.3	12.9	32.0	14.9	5,620	2,003	1,031	447	184	164	342	518
2	Warriors	92.2	17	1974-75	240.0	100.2	49.4	21.7	11.3	6.6	41.1	90.8	45.2				18.1	25.9	70.0	49.1	15.5	33.9	19.4	4,080	1,704	840	369	192	112	330	480
3	Celtics	92.8	18	1973-74	244.2	102.4	48.5	25.5	6.8	2.8	42.3	94.3	44.8				17.9	22.1	80.9	49.2	13.6	34.9	18.1	4,395	1,844	873	459	122	50	326	423
4	Nets	93.7	11	2003-04	246.8	88.2	42.7	20.5	8.6	5.4	30.8	72.8	42.3	4.5	16.4	27.2	22.1	30.3	73.0	51.2	10.6	32.1	18.5	2,715	970	470	225	95	59	204	286
5	Pacers	93.7	16	2003-04	240.0	85.5	42.1	17.9	8.7	6.3	30.7	75.1	40.8	5.9	17.8	33.3	18.2	24.8	73.3	49.7	10.8	31.3	13.6	3,840	1,368	674	286	139	100	217	376
6	Spurs	94.2	17	1998-99	240.0	88.4	40.2	21.3	7.3	5.8	31.6	70.1	45.1	4.1	11.8	35.0	21.1	28.5	74.2	53.5	9.8	30.4	14.9	4,080	1,503	683	362	124	99	254	370
7	Bulls	94.4	13	1974-75	241.9	93.9	48.8	18.2	7.0	3.7	36.7	84.4	43.5				20.5	27.8	73.8	48.6	13.8	34.9	17.5	3,145	1,221	634	236	91	48	227	319
8	Heat	94.4	10	1999-00	242.5	83.2	43.4	19.1	7.2	5.1	30.9	73.7	41.9	4.7	14.9	31.5	16.7	24.2	69.0	49.3	10.5	32.9	13.9	2,425	832	434	191	72	51	139	260
9	Celtics	94.6	18	1975-76	244.2	100.7	50.1	22.6	6.2	2.3	39.3	90.2	43.5				22.1	27.6	80.2	49.2	15.1	35.0	19.8	4,395	1,812	902	407	112	41	357	481
10	Bucks	94.8	16	1973-74	244.7	101.0	48.1	26.1	6.3	4.8	43.7	87.8	49.8				13.6	17.9	76.2	52.8	13.0	35.1	19.6	3,915	1,616	770	418	100	77	314	375
11	Trail Blazers	95.2	19	1976-77	241.3	107.4	45.2	27.7	10.8	6.7	44.1	89.5	49.3				19.2	26.4	72.7	53.1	12.2	33.0	22.3	4,585	2,040	858	527	206	127	424	549
12	Bullets	95.4	17	1974-75	240.0	102.8	45.9	21.1	8.3	5.1	41.1	87.1	47.2				20.7	27.9	74.3	51.8	12.0	33.9	20.1	4,080	1,748	781	359	141	86	342	402
13	Cavaliers	95.7	13	1975-76	241.9	92.0	44.6	20.1	5.5	5.5	38.0	88.1	43.1				16.0	22.8	70.3	46.9	14.1	30.5	15.0	3,145	1,196	580	261	72	72	195	327
14	Pistons	96.5	10	2001-02	240.0	83.0	37.7	18.7	7.3	5.6	29.4	73.6	39.9	8.0	22.6	35.4	16.2	22.4	72.3	49.7	9.6	28.1	14.6	2,400	830	377	187	73	56	146	210
15	Knicks	96.8	20	1998-99	240.0	85.0	39.3	15.0	7.6	3.9	31.9	74.3	42.9	3.2	11.4	28.1	18.1	23.9	75.7	50.1	10.2	29.1	13.4	4,800	1,700	785	299	151	78	268	509
16	Heat	97.1	13	2003-04	240.0	84.1	41.8	16.3	7.5	4.1	30.5	74.8	40.8	3.7	13.4	27.6	19.3	25.6	75.4	48.9	11.4	30.5	14.2	3,120	1,093	544	212	98	53	184	317
17	Suns	97.5	15	1978-79	240.0	103.1	42.6	24.4	8.9	6.2	40.3	85.9	46.9				22.5	31.1	72.4	51.7	12.9	29.7	19.7	3,600	1,546	639	366	133	93	296	389
18	Spurs	97.7	24	2002-03	241.0	94.8	45.5	20.7	7.8	6.9	33.8	76.8	44.1	5.3	15.2	35.1	21.8	30.6	71.2	52.5	12.1	33.4	15.2	5,785	2,275	1,093	497	186	165	365	514
19	Lakers	97.9	16	2000-01	241.6	103.4	48.2	22.8	9.2	5.8	38.3	81.8	46.8	6.1	15.9	38.6	20.8	30.7	67.6	54.2	14.3	33.9	14.0	3,865	1,654	771	365	147	92	224	363
20	76ers	98.3	13	2011-12	240.0	85.7	41.8	18.2	7.6	5.3	32.1	78.1	41.1	4.0	13.2	30.4	17.5	24.4	71.9	48.2	10.8	31.0	11.5	3,120	1,114	543	236	99	69	150	243
21	Knicks	98.3	12	2012-13	242.1	88.6	39.5	15.1	8.8	4.3	33.3	81.0	41.0	8.0	23.3	34.3	14.1	18.0	78.2	49.8	10.7	28.8	11.6	2,905	1,063	474	181	106	51	139	285
22	Celtics	98.4	16	2001-02	240.0	91.3	43.3	18.8	8.9	4.8	32.8	78.4	41.8	7.9	22.9	34.3	17.8	22.9	77.4	51.5	10.6	32.7	14.1	3,840	1,460	692	300	142	76	226	366
23	Jazz	98.6	11	1998-99	244.5	89.2	42.6	22.0	7.7	4.7	32.4	75.0	43.2	2.9	9.6	30.2	21.5	28.3	76.2	51.0	11.2	31.5	15.5	2,690	981	469	242	85	52	170	298
24	Spurs	98.8	10	2003-04	240.0	89.3	42.3	19.4	7.7	4.2	33.5	76.2	44.0	6.9	18.9	36.5	15.4	23.9	64.4	51.5	12.6	29.7	15.5	2,400	893	423	194	77	42	155	228
25	76ers	98.8	10	1977-78	242.5	114.4	51.6	26.1	8.4	7.5	43.8	93.2	47.0				26.8	34.2	78.4	52.8	14.8	36.8	20.1	2,425	1,144	516	261	84	75	201	272

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More Pistons Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

23.9

Cunningham

RPG

10.5

Duren

APG

9.9

Cunningham

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.9

10th

DRTG

109.7

2nd

NETRTG

8.2

3rd

3P%

35.6

17th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Fri 10/23	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	CHA	@	DET	7:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

4 - 3

125

Final

Pistons

3 - 4

Sun 17 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0