nba first 20 games each season best winning percentage

11 teams won 100.0 percent of the time. The first three are the New York Knicks on November 1, 1946, on November 7, 1946 and on November 16, 1946 and the Chicago Stags and the St. Louis Bombers 5 times.

Interpreted as:
NBA first 20 regular-season games each season best winning percentage
TEAMDATEW%TMOPPRESULTMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF
1Knicks
Knicks
11/1/1946
1.000
NYK NYK
@
TOR TOR
W
68-66
240
68
24
20
26
76.9
23
2Stags
Stags
11/2/1946
1.000
CHI CHI
vs
NYK NYK
W
63-47
240
63
21
21
20
3Capitols
Capitols
11/2/1946
1.000
WAS WAS
@
DET DET
W
50-33
240
50
18
14
4Steam Rollers
Steam Rollers
11/2/1946
1.000
PRO PRO
vs
BOS BOS
W
59-53
240
59
21
17
5Bombers
Bombers
11/2/1946
1.000
STL STL
vs
PIT PIT
W
56-51
240
56
20
59
33.9
16
21
6Rebels
Rebels
11/3/1946
1.000
CLE CLE
vs
TOR TOR
W
71-60
240
71
24
23
35
65.7
23
7Capitols
Capitols
11/4/1946
1.000
WAS WAS
@
PIT PIT
W
71-56
240
71
22
27
8Stags
Stags
11/5/1946
1.000
CHI CHI
@
BOS BOS
W
57-55
240
57
24
9
23
39.1
14
9Bombers
Bombers
11/5/1946
1.000
STL STL
@
DET DET
W
53-49
240
53
20
13
10Warriors
Warriors
11/7/1946
1.000
PHI PHI
vs
PIT PIT
W
81-75
240
81
28
25
39
64.1
24
11Steam Rollers
Steam Rollers
11/7/1946
1.000
PRO PRO
vs
CHI CHI
W
73-65
240
73
31
11
18
61.1
20
12Knicks
Knicks
11/7/1946
1.000
NYK NYK
@
STL STL
W
68-63
240
68
26
89
29.2
16
23
69.6
34.3
16
13Huskies
Huskies
11/8/1946
1.000
TOR TOR
vs
DET DET
W
73-71
240
73
31
11
26
42.3
21
14Stags
Stags
11/9/1946
1.000
CHI CHI
vs
TOR TOR
W
62-54
240
62
22
18
28
64.3
22
15Falcons
Falcons
11/9/1946
1.000
DET DET
vs
BOS BOS
W
69-46
240
69
26
17
16Steam Rollers
Steam Rollers
11/9/1946
1.000
PRO PRO
vs
PIT PIT
W
76-66
240
76
22
32
17Bombers
Bombers
11/9/1946
1.000
STL STL
vs
WAS WAS
W
70-69
240
70
28
14
36
18Rebels
Rebels
11/10/1946
1.000
CLE CLE
vs
WAS WAS
W
92-68
240
92
42
8
17
47.1
19Stags
Stags
11/11/1946
1.000
CHI CHI
@
NYK NYK
W
78-68
265
78
30
18
30
60.0
21
20Ironmen
Ironmen
11/11/1946
1.000
PIT PIT
vs
PRO PRO
W
84-71
240
84
29
26
35
74.3
32
21Stags
Stags
11/13/1946
1.000
CHI CHI
vs
BOS BOS
W
71-61
240
71
29
13
21
22Steam Rollers
Steam Rollers
11/13/1946
1.000
PRO PRO
@
DET DET
W
70-68
240
70
27
16
23Warriors
Warriors
11/14/1946
1.000
PHI PHI
vs
WAS WAS
W
68-65
240
68
26
16
21
76.2
21
24Bombers
Bombers
11/14/1946
1.000
STL STL
vs
BOS BOS
W
64-62
265
64
29
6
25Huskies
Huskies
11/15/1946
1.000
TOR TOR
vs
PRO PRO
W
85-68
240
85
32
21
28
75.0
22

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Team Rankings

ORTG

122.6

3rd

DRTG

114.2

12th

NETRTG

8.4

4th

3P%

37.5

5th

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TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
19
5
.792
2
Knicks Knicks
16
7
.696
2.5
3
Celtics Celtics
15
9
.625
4.0
4
Raptors Raptors
15
10
.600
4.5
5
76ers 76ers
13
9
.591
5.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
12/9
NYK NYK
@
TOR TOR
8:30 PM
Thu
12/18
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Fri
12/19
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
7:00 PM
Sun
12/21
MIA MIA
@
NYK NYK
6:00 PM
Tue
12/23
NYK NYK
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Last Game
ORL Magic

14 - 10

100

Final

106

NYK Knicks

16 - 7

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NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
22
1
.957
2
Lakers Lakers
16
6
.727
5.5
3
Nuggets Nuggets
16
6
.727
5.5
4
Rockets Rockets
15
6
.714
6.0
5
Spurs Spurs
15
7
.682
6.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
15
8
.652
7.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
19
5
.792
2
Knicks Knicks
16
7
.696
2.5
3
Celtics Celtics
15
9
.625
4.0
4
Raptors Raptors
15
10
.600
4.5
5
76ers 76ers
13
9
.591
5.0
6
Magic Magic
14
10
.583
5.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
11/9
WAS WAS
@
DET DET
135-137
Sun
11/9
CLE CLE
@
MIA MIA
138-140
Sun
11/9
SAS SAS
@
CHI CHI
121-117
Sun
11/9
MIL MIL
@
DAL DAL
116-114
Sun
11/9
NOP NOP
@
PHX PHX
98-121

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
GSW GSW
@
CHI CHI
7:00 PM
Sun
12/7
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
7:30 PM
Sun
12/7
OKC OKC
@
UTA UTA
8:00 PM
Mon
12/8
SAC SAC
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Mon
12/8
PHX PHX
@
MIN MIN
7:30 PM