nba best defensive rating in a game team

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

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Data note: Defensive Rating: team game data may be incomplete before 1984-85

	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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PPG

28.5

Antetokounmpo

RPG

12.3

Antetokounmpo

APG

9.2

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ORTG

113.7

16th

DRTG

116.5

23rd

NETRTG

-2.8

19th

3P%

33.7

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Pistons	8	3	.727	1.5
4	Hawks	7	6	.538	3.5
5	Heat	6	6	.500	4.0
6	Knicks	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Cavaliers	6	7	.462	4.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Mon 11/16	HOU	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Wed 11/18	MIL	@	MIA	7:00 PM
Sun 11/22	OKC	@	MIA	6:00 PM
Wed 11/25	MIA	@	PHI	5:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

6 - 7

121

Final

133

Heat

6 - 6

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PPG Leaders

38.6

Dončić

30.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Wembanyama

RPG Leaders

13.7

Towns

13.2

Sabonis

12.3

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.2

Mitchell

9.0

Jokić

8.8

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.9

Daniels

2.2

Flagg

2.2

Thybulle

BPG Leaders

4.2

Wembanyama

2.2

Kessler

2.2

Turner

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.3

Curry

4.1

Bane

TS% Leaders

73.7

Spencer

72.6

Gafford

71.9

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NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

120.4

120.3

119.2

DRtg Rankings

104.8

107.0

107.6

107.9

108.8

109.2

NetRtg Rankings

13.3

11.7

9.1

8.0

Tank Leaderboard

1-12

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2-9

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FanDuel Points Leaders

801.4

Wembanyama

685.6

Dončić

633.1

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

777

Wembanyama

723.3

Dončić

662

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.1

Dončić

36.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

35.4

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.2

Acuff

36.8

Wagner

36.4

Murray

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.10

Wembanyama

1.74

Dončić

1.62

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.04

Wembanyama

1.83

Dončić

1.70

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NBA 2026-27 Betting

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11-1

9-4

8-4

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Worst Record ATS

3-10

3-9

3-8

4-9

4-8

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	10	2	.833
2	76ers	10	3	.769	0.5
3	Pistons	8	3	.727	1.5
4	Hawks	7	6	.538	3.5
5	Heat	6	6	.500	4.0
6	Knicks	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Cavaliers	6	7	.462	4.5
8	Raptors	5	7	.417	5.0
9	Magic	5	7	.417	5.0
10	Pacers	5	8	.385	5.5
11	Hornets	4	8	.333	6.0
12	Wizards	4	9	.308	6.5
13	Nets	3	8	.273	6.5
14	Bulls	2	9	.182	7.5
15	Bucks	1	12	.077	9.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Spurs	11	2	.846
2	Lakers	11	2	.846
3	Rockets	10	3	.769	1.0
4	Trail Blazers	9	3	.750	1.5
5	Timberwolves	9	3	.750	1.5
6	Grizzlies	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Warriors	8	5	.615	3.0
8	Thunder	8	5	.615	3.0
9	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5
10	Mavericks	7	5	.583	3.5
11	Suns	5	6	.455	5.0
12	Pelicans	4	9	.308	7.0
13	Clippers	3	8	.273	7.0
14	Kings	1	11	.083	9.5
15	Jazz	1	12	.077	10.0

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	DEN	@	NOP	7:00 PM
Sat 11/14	DAL	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Sat 11/14	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	CHI	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	BKN	@	MEM	8:00 PM

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

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