most career points by a player in season close out games

Shaquille O'Neal has put up the most points in closeouts, with 259 points in 1999-00.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	259	1999-00	LAL	10	41.9	25.9	14.5	3.0	0.3	1.8	11.0	20.7	53.1	0.0	0.0		3.9	10.1	38.6	51.5	5.3	9.2	2.8	419	145	30	3	18	28	23	-13
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	233	1999-00	LAL	10	39.9	23.3	4.8	4.4	1.4	1.4	8.6	21.0	41.0	1.4	4.5	31.1	4.7	6.5	72.3	48.8	1.0	3.8	2.6	399	48	44	14	14	26	42	-15
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	219	1983-84	BOS	8	42.8	27.4	10.4	6.6	2.5	1.4	10.1	20.1	50.3	0.3	0.6	40.0	6.9	7.5	91.7	58.4	2.8	7.6	4.1	342	83	53	20	11	33	22
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	207	1997-98	CHI	6	43.2	34.5	4.5	3.5	2.0	0.3	12.7	26.7	47.5	1.0	3.0	33.3	8.2	10.2	80.3	55.4	1.7	2.8	2.0	259	27	21	12	2	12	18	+19
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	195	1961-62	LAL	5		39.0	19.0				13.4	34.4	39.0				12.2	16.6	73.5	46.8					95					23
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	189	2024-25	OKC	6	35.7	31.5	4.5	6.3	1.3	0.7	10.8	21.0	51.6	1.7	4.8	34.5	8.2	9.5	86.0	62.5	0.5	4.0	2.3	214	27	38	8	4	14	18	+43
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	186	1960-61	LAL	5		37.2					13.8						9.6	10.8	88.9											20
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	183	1986-87	BOS	6	46.5	30.5	10.7	6.8	1.3	1.2	10.7	21.3	50.0	0.2	1.7	10.0	9.0	9.7	93.1	59.6	2.3	8.3	3.0	279	64	41	8	7	18	16
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	181	1991-92	CHI	5	43.4	36.2	5.4	5.8	2.4	1.4	13.4	27.0	49.6	0.6	1.6	37.5	8.8	9.8	89.8	57.8	1.2	4.2	4.2	217	27	29	12	7	21	12
10	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	180	2022-23	MIA	7	41.8	25.7	7.9	5.9	1.9	0.6	8.6	21.0	40.8	1.3	4.3	30.0	7.3	9.3	78.5	51.3	2.3	5.6	1.9	292	55	41	13	4	13	14	-43
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	178	2007-08	BOS	7	40.0	25.4	5.0	5.4	1.6	0.1	7.7	16.7	46.2	2.0	5.6	35.9	8.0	9.6	83.6	60.8	0.9	4.1	3.1	280	35	38	11	1	22	25	+68
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	177	1995-96	CHI	6	41.2	29.5	4.0	3.7	1.7	0.2	10.2	22.5	45.2	1.3	3.5	38.1	7.8	9.3	83.9	55.4	1.7	2.3	2.8	247	24	22	10	1	17	19
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	175	2021-22	GSW	7	35.3	25.0	4.7	6.6	1.9	0.7	8.3	19.4	42.6	3.9	10.0	38.6	4.6	5.9	78.0	56.8	0.1	4.6	2.6	247	33	46	13	5	18	15	-22
14	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	172	2018-19	TOR	6	39.8	28.7	10.3	4.3	1.8	0.8	9.7	22.0	43.9	1.8	6.3	28.9	7.5	8.8	84.9	55.4	3.2	7.2	3.8	239	62	26	11	5	23	11	+32
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	172	1988-89	CHI	4	43.8	43.0	6.3	7.5	2.3	1.3	14.5	28.0	51.8	0.8	2.0	37.5	13.3	16.8	79.1	60.8	2.3	4.0	3.0	175	25	30	9	5	12	14
16	LeBron James L. James	171	2019-20	LAL	5	37.6	34.2	12.8	8.8	1.6	0.4	13.2	20.6	64.1	3.0	6.6	45.5	4.8	6.4	75.0	73.0	2.2	10.6	3.2	188	64	44	8	2	16	9	+76
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	171	1993-94	HOU	6	43.2	28.5	12.5	5.3	1.5	3.0	12.0	25.2	47.7	0.0	0.0		4.5	5.8	77.1	51.4	2.3	10.2	2.8	259	75	32	9	18	17	22
18	George Mikan G. Mikan	171	1949-50	MIN	5		34.2					10.8						12.6	15.6	80.8											20
19	Jerry West J. West	170	1961-62	LAL	5		34.0	6.8				12.0	23.6	50.8				10.0	12.4	80.6	58.5					34					11
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	169	1992-93	CHI	5	42.6	33.8	6.6	6.6	1.6	1.2	12.8	26.2	48.9	2.0	4.6	43.5	6.2	7.8	79.5	57.0	1.4	5.2	2.8	213	33	33	8	6	14	18
21	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	168	1987-88	ATL	5	41.6	33.6	8.6	3.4	1.2	0.8	12.8	26.4	48.5	0.2	1.4	14.3	7.8	10.4	75.0	54.2	3.8	4.8	1.2	208	43	17	6	4	6	6
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	166	2015-16	OKC	5	43.7	33.2	7.4	2.8	0.8	1.2	11.0	25.8	42.6	2.2	8.2	26.8	9.0	9.4	95.7	55.5	0.8	6.6	2.4	218	37	14	4	6	12	9	+8
23	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	165	1993-94	NYK	7	43.4	23.6	15.1	3.4	1.1	3.7	8.7	20.4	42.7	0.1	0.4	33.3	6.0	8.6	70.0	48.7	5.0	10.1	3.3	304	106	24	8	26	23	28
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	164	2000-01	PHI	5	45.8	32.8	3.4	6.8	1.4	0.6	11.0	29.6	37.2	2.8	7.0	40.0	8.0	9.4	85.1	48.6	0.6	2.8	3.8	229	17	34	7	3	19	11	-13
25	Kevin McHale K. McHale	164	1985-86	BOS	6	38.3	27.3	8.3	1.8	0.3	2.0	9.7	18.2	53.2	0.0	0.0		8.0	9.5	84.2	61.2	2.5	5.8	2.2	230	50	11	2	12	13	18

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Team Leaders

PPG

33.5

Dončić

RPG

8.0

Ayton

APG

8.3

Dončić

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.2

9th

DRTG

116.4

19th

NETRTG

1.8

14th

3P%

35.9

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	GSW	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Fri 10/23	LAC	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Sun 10/25	LAL	@	UTA	5:00 PM
Tue 10/27	POR	@	LAL	11:00 PM
Wed 10/28	LAL	@	LAC	10:30 PM

Last Game

Thunder

4 - 0

115

Final

110

Lakers

0 - 4

Mon 11 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

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Shaquille O'Neal has put up the most points in closeouts, with 259 points in 1999-00.

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