most playoff games started by a player who started less than 21 games in the playoffs

16 players are tied for the most career starts with fewer than 21 games started in the playoffs, with 20 starts. The first three are Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren and Ausar Thompson.

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	NAME	GS	GP	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	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	20	20	41.0	27.2	6.1	7.9	1.3	0.8	9.1	21.2	43.0	2.3	6.5	35.4	6.7	7.9	85.4	55.3	1.0	5.2	5.6	820	544	122	157	26	16	111	63	+43
2	Jalen Duren J. Duren	20	20	31.3	10.7	9.2	2.6	0.6	1.4	4.1	7.5	55.0	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.5	72.5	59.7	3.6	5.6	2.1	625	214	183	51	11	27	42	74	-34
3	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	20	20	28.1	9.2	7.1	2.5	1.8	1.5	3.7	7.0	52.5	0.1	0.5	11.1	1.9	3.4	55.2	54.6	2.7	4.4	1.7	562	184	141	50	35	30	34	66	+10
4	Christian Braun C. Braun	20	51	23.2	6.8	3.6	1.3	0.7	0.5	2.5	5.5	45.6	0.6	2.2	29.5	1.1	1.7	68.2	54.5	0.9	2.6	0.6	1,182	349	182	64	36	24	29	107	-27
5	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	20	20	27.4	11.5	9.5	2.7	1.1	1.0	4.4	9.0	48.9	0.2	1.0	21.1	2.5	3.5	71.4	54.6	2.9	6.7	2.0	548	230	190	53	22	20	39	81	-82
6	Taj Gibson T. Gibson	20	71	22.3	7.8	4.9	0.6	0.4	1.0	3.2	6.1	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.1	70.9	55.6	1.9	2.9	0.9	1,581	553	346	43	30	72	62	176	-96
7	Glen Davis G. Davis	20	96	18.9	6.9	3.7	0.7	0.6	0.4	2.7	5.7	47.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.6	2.2	71.6	52.1	1.4	2.3	0.9	1,813	665	354	66	56	35	86	228	-120
8	Sasha Pavlovic S. Pavlovic	20	52	16.6	4.6	1.6	0.7	0.5	0.1	1.8	4.7	38.6	0.5	1.6	33.3	0.5	0.9	53.3	45.3	0.4	1.2	0.9	862	241	82	38	26	6	45	94	-52
9	Damon Jones D. Jones	20	59	19.8	5.6	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.0	1.9	4.5	42.7	1.2	3.2	38.2	0.5	0.8	66.0	57.4	0.2	1.7	0.6	1,169	330	107	146	19	0	36	80	+112
10	Todd MacCulloch T. MacCulloch	20	43	12.0	4.3	3.3	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.8	3.4	53.1	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.1	66.0	55.8	1.5	1.8	0.6	517	187	142	18	5	30	27	67	+39
11	Antonio Daniels A. Daniels	20	80	23.2	8.6	2.1	2.9	0.6	0.1	2.9	6.2	46.1	0.5	1.5	35.3	2.4	2.7	86.3	58.0	0.3	1.8	1.0	1,857	691	164	230	49	10	76	80	-99
12	Richard Dumas R. Dumas	20	26	19.4	9.7	2.5	0.9	0.8	0.5	4.2	8.0	51.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.4	1.9	75.5	55.1	1.4	1.1	1.1	504	253	66	24	21	13	28	52
13	Dave Corzine D. Corzine	20	47	23.4	7.4	5.4	1.1	0.4	0.6	3.1	6.8	45.2	0.0	0.0		1.3	1.8	70.2	48.7	1.9	3.5	1.3	1,099	349	254	50	17	29	61	111
14	Walter Davis W. Davis	20	46	25.7	17.2	2.4	3.7	1.0	0.2	7.1	14.5	48.9	0.1	0.5	22.7	2.9	3.3	90.0	54.0	0.8	1.6	1.7	1,184	790	112	168	48	9	80	100
15	Dan Issel D. Issel	20	31	26.1	18.1	5.6	2.1	1.0	0.5	7.3	14.7	49.5	0.1	0.1	50.0	3.5	4.1	84.4	54.7	1.5	4.1	1.5	808	562	173	65	30	17	45	79
16	Rory Sparrow R. Sparrow	20	30	26.1	8.6	1.7	5.4	0.9	0.0	3.3	8.0	41.7	0.2	0.5	31.3	1.7	2.2	80.0	47.8	0.5	1.2	1.8	782	257	51	161	26	1	54	82
17	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	19	19	38.5	27.4	8.7	4.9	1.1	0.7	9.6	21.9	43.8	2.2	5.7	38.5	6.0	8.6	69.5	53.3	1.8	6.8	3.7	732	520	165	93	21	13	71	50	-33
18	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	19	35	28.0	12.4	3.8	2.7	1.1	0.3	4.7	11.3	41.2	2.2	6.5	34.5	0.9	1.2	75.6	52.5	0.6	3.1	1.3	979	435	132	94	39	11	45	103	+54
19	Torrey Craig T. Craig	19	80	15.6	4.5	3.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.7	3.7	45.7	0.7	1.9	38.6	0.4	0.7	66.0	57.2	0.8	2.2	0.4	1,244	362	242	48	25	24	33	146	-53
20	Robert Williams III R. Williams III	19	61	18.5	6.6	5.5	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.9	4.0	71.4	0.0	0.2	25.0	0.8	1.1	72.5	73.2	2.1	3.4	0.6	1,127	403	334	61	28	84	36	109	+133
21	Jarred Vanderbilt J. Vanderbilt	19	36	14.3	3.6	3.8	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.3	3.2	41.7	0.2	1.1	20.5	0.7	1.0	67.6	49.1	1.1	2.6	0.6	516	129	135	23	23	16	22	68	-50
22	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	19	50	24.7	9.8	4.0	3.3	0.8	0.3	3.4	8.6	39.3	1.5	4.6	33.5	1.5	1.9	80.9	52.1	0.5	3.5	0.9	1,234	491	200	164	40	15	44	78	+62
23	Joe Harris J. Harris	19	29	24.7	7.8	3.1	0.9	0.3	0.1	2.8	7.2	38.9	1.6	4.5	35.4	0.6	0.8	81.8	51.9	0.4	2.7	0.9	715	226	90	25	10	2	25	61	-25
24	Evan Fournier E. Fournier	19	19	29.8	11.7	2.8	1.8	1.1	0.2	4.1	10.8	37.4	1.7	5.6	30.8	1.8	2.4	77.8	49.2	0.6	2.3	1.7	566	222	54	34	21	3	32	50	-202
25	Arron Afflalo A. Afflalo	19	35	18.4	6.0	1.7	1.2	0.3	0.2	2.3	5.5	42.4	0.5	1.8	25.8	0.9	1.1	77.5	50.1	0.2	1.5	0.7	644	209	61	42	10	6	23	65	-81

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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