lowest defensive rating in a game by a team

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

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lowest defensive rating in a regular-season game by a team

	TEAM	DRTG	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Heat	52.5	4/10/1999	MIA	@	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
2	Warriors	61.5	11/22/1975	GSW	@	WAS	W 111-71	240	111	61	25	13	9	43	101	42.6				25	36	69.4	47.5	12	49	14	26
3	Celtics	62.4	1/23/2012	BOS	vs	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
4	Suns	62.8	3/6/1975	PHX	vs	CHI	W 88-65	240	88	54	22	8	3	38	93	40.9				12	17	70.6	43.8	14	40	22	27
5	Trail Blazers	62.8	4/16/1997	POR	vs	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
6	Pacers	63.8	2/27/1998	IND	vs	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
7	Lakers	64.1	1/11/2011	LAL	vs	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
8	Kings	64.2	3/8/1981	KCK	vs	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
9	Trail Blazers	64.3	11/19/1977	POR	vs	CLE	W 109-67	240	109	67	17	12	4	39	82	47.6				31	39	79.5	55.0	14	53	20	24
10	Raptors	64.4	3/19/2008	TOR	vs	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
11	Pistons	64.4	11/16/2002	DET	vs	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
12	Knicks	64.6	12/10/1985	NYK	vs	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
13	Celtics	64.6	3/13/2011	BOS	vs	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
14	Mavericks	64.7	1/14/2012	DAL	vs	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
15	Trail Blazers	65.3	1/3/2000	POR	@	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
16	Bulls	66.1	1/14/2013	CHI	vs	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
17	Spurs	66.7	11/8/1995	SAS	vs	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
18	Heat	66.8	2/21/1996	MIA	@	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
19	Bulls	66.8	1/13/2007	CHI	vs	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
20	76ers	66.9	3/6/2003	PHI	@	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
21	Jazz	66.9	11/27/1989	UTA	vs	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
22	Rockets	66.9	12/8/2006	HOU	@	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
23	Heat	67.0	1/27/2001	MIA	@	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
24	Celtics	67.3	10/31/1979	BOS	@	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
25	Nets	67.3	10/31/2003	NJN	vs	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

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

26.9

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Tatum

10.6

Towns

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.5

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

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Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

121.8

119.3

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111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.9

106.5

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

16.9

8.6

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1.7

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

1,035.4

Wembanyama

734.2

Castle

730.7

Towns

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

1,019.5

Wembanyama

770

Castle

751.8

Towns

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

1.55

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

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1.58

Beringer

1.55

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NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

60-43

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

56-43

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

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHI	@	MIA	109-119
Mon 3/30	BOS	@	ATL	102-112
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 6/10	SAS	@	NYK	8:30 PM
Sat 6/13	NYK	@	SAS	8:30 PM
Tue 6/16	SAS	@	NYK	8:30 PM
Fri 6/19	NYK	@	SAS	8:30 PM

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

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