most playoff games started with less than 146 playoff games started

Dirk Nowitzki has the most career starts with fewer than 146 games started in the playoffs, with 145 starts.

	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	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	145	145	40.7	25.3	10.0	2.5	1.0	0.9	8.4	18.2	46.2	1.0	2.8	36.5	7.4	8.3	89.2	57.7	1.5	8.5	2.3	5,895	3,663	1,446	360	149	129	328	407	+48
2	Reggie Miller R. Miller	144	144	36.9	20.6	2.9	2.5	1.0	0.2	6.5	14.5	44.9	2.2	5.7	39.0	5.3	6.0	89.3	60.1	0.5	2.4	1.8	5,308	2,972	416	357	146	34	257	275	+170
3	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	143	146	36.4	17.3	3.4	5.7	1.0	0.2	5.0	12.3	41.1	1.8	5.0	36.6	5.4	6.1	88.0	57.8	0.5	2.9	2.2	5,321	2,526	492	831	148	23	322	373	+578
4	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	143	143	36.9	18.2	10.7	3.3	1.2	1.3	7.4	15.5	47.8	0.1	0.4	27.3	3.3	4.1	78.9	52.5	2.2	8.5	2.4	5,283	2,601	1,534	471	178	186	342	431	+298
5	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	142	144	35.5	10.8	10.0	2.0	1.2	0.3	4.1	8.8	45.9	0.1	0.3	36.6	2.5	3.4	75.5	52.2	3.6	6.4	2.1	5,108	1,550	1,445	283	178	42	308	503	-60
6	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	140	140	34.0	14.9	3.8	3.8	1.2	0.2	5.3	11.3	47.0	0.9	2.0	43.3	3.5	3.9	88.6	57.5	1.0	2.8	1.7	4,766	2,092	527	525	170	25	231	384	+133
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	140	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	7.9	2.9	5,749	3,755	1,621	458	245	472	424	562	-29
8	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	140	145	38.4	20.4	6.9	6.1	1.9	0.7	7.4	16.6	44.7	1.0	3.4	28.8	4.6	5.9	78.7	53.2	2.5	4.4	2.7	5,572	2,963	1,002	891	278	108	397	486	+52
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	140	140	32.7	20.2	6.8	2.8	0.9	2.1	8.2	15.3	53.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.1	75.3	57.3	2.1	4.8	2.4	4,575	2,821	957	388	120	288	338	478
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	136	138	41.8	24.1	9.7	6.6	1.8	0.9	8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.6	32.3	5.8	6.5	89.0	55.6	2.1	7.6	3.0	5,764	3,332	1,344	917	243	120	411	383
11	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	135	139	37.5	20.2	10.3	2.0	0.9	2.2	7.9	16.9	46.9	0.1	0.2	34.8	4.3	6.0	71.8	51.7	2.4	7.9	2.5	5,207	2,813	1,435	275	122	303	345	522	+8
12	Kendrick Perkins K. Perkins	129	143	23.6	5.1	5.9	0.7	0.4	1.1	2.0	4.0	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.6	66.2	54.0	1.9	4.0	1.5	3,369	735	843	102	53	156	218	453	+130
13	Gary Payton G. Payton	129	154	35.6	14.0	3.7	5.3	1.4	0.2	5.6	12.6	44.1	0.9	2.8	31.5	2.0	2.8	70.6	50.6	1.0	2.8	1.9	5,481	2,155	575	811	216	32	297	434	-15
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	127	127	38.9	24.2	8.3	5.0	1.2	0.8	8.1	18.4	44.0	2.4	7.0	34.9	5.5	6.6	83.9	56.7	1.0	7.3	2.9	4,943	3,076	1,053	633	150	106	369	329	+517
15	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	127	130	37.8	21.1	6.2	4.7	1.7	0.5	7.1	15.5	45.9	1.2	3.5	34.4	5.7	6.9	82.7	57.0	1.8	4.4	1.8	4,908	2,745	807	608	217	71	229	230	-28
16	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	127	140	35.6	11.4	5.2	2.6	0.8	0.6	4.4	10.3	42.7	0.7	2.1	34.3	1.9	2.4	77.4	50.2	1.6	3.6	1.3	4,977	1,602	732	368	109	86	181	244	+451
17	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	126	130	38.8	19.8	3.9	3.6	0.9	0.2	7.3	16.5	43.9	0.5	1.6	34.0	4.7	5.5	86.0	52.2	1.2	2.7	2.7	5,039	2,571	506	467	122	24	348	401	+415
18	Paul George P. George	125	125	38.7	20.8	7.2	4.0	1.5	0.5	6.8	15.9	42.5	2.5	6.8	36.4	4.8	5.8	82.3	56.4	0.9	6.3	3.0	4,838	2,596	897	506	186	67	376	403	+107
19	James Worthy J. Worthy	125	143	37.0	21.1	5.2	3.2	1.2	0.7	8.9	16.3	54.4	0.1	0.5	20.9	3.3	4.6	72.7	57.8	1.8	3.4	2.1	5,297	3,022	747	463	177	96	298	352
20	David Robinson D. Robinson	123	123	34.3	18.1	10.6	2.3	1.2	2.5	6.2	13.0	47.9	0.0	0.1	10.0	5.6	7.9	70.8	54.7	3.0	7.6	2.3	4,221	2,221	1,301	280	151	312	280	423	+362
21	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	122	142	33.6	19.6	5.7	2.6	1.0	0.5	7.3	15.3	48.0	2.0	5.5	35.7	3.0	4.1	72.6	57.4	1.1	4.6	2.5	4,773	2,788	811	369	140	64	348	401	+242
22	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	122	136	35.5	15.4	9.2	3.2	0.5	1.7	6.0	11.8	50.7	0.1	0.3	29.7	3.4	4.6	74.1	55.9	2.7	6.4	1.8	4,825	2,098	1,246	438	71	233	250	356	+225
23	Bruce Bowen B. Bowen	122	135	31.0	6.0	2.7	1.3	0.8	0.5	2.1	5.4	39.4	1.2	2.9	42.2	0.5	0.9	55.3	51.8	0.4	2.3	0.6	4,191	808	366	177	108	64	84	363	-31
24	Byron Scott B. Scott	122	183	29.3	13.4	2.9	2.1	1.2	0.2	5.1	10.6	48.2	0.7	1.9	39.5	2.5	3.0	81.9	56.3	0.7	2.2	1.5	5,365	2,451	536	390	226	30	266	445	+69
25	Ray Allen R. Allen	121	171	35.5	16.1	3.8	2.6	1.0	0.2	5.4	12.3	44.3	2.3	5.6	40.1	3.0	3.4	88.3	58.5	0.8	3.0	1.6	6,064	2,749	648	449	164	41	274	402	+586

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Team Leaders

PPG

21.0

Flagg

RPG

7.0

Washington

APG

5.3

Nembhard

Team Rankings

ORTG

111.2

27th

DRTG

116.5

20th

NETRTG

-5.4

23rd

3P%

34.4

26th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings	22	60	.268	42.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	DAL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Fri 10/23	DAL	@	IND	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	SAS	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	OKC	@	DAL	9:30 PM

Last Game

Bulls

31 - 51

128

Final

149

Mavericks

26 - 56

Sun 12 Apr 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

Dirk Nowitzki has the most career starts with fewer than 146 games started in the playoffs, with 145 starts.

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7.0

5.3

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.5

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28.8

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11.6

10.7

9.9

8.3

2.0

2.0

1.9

3.1

1.9

1.9

4.0

3.8

3.4

68.8

67.6

67.4

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

4,039.7

3,694

3,474

4,298.5

3,909.3

3,685.5

38.0

36.1

33.4

38.0

37.4

36.4

1.78

1.61

1.52

1.90

1.71

1.52

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