nba team defensive rating ranking first 40 games

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

	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	Bulls	58.8	6/7/1998	CHI	vs	UTA	W 96-54	240	96	50	25	13	6	37	76	48.7	4	11	36.4	18	26	69.2	54.9	11	39	17	19
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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Team Leaders

PPG

23.7

Powell

RPG

10.6

Ware

APG

7.4

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.9

18th

DRTG

112.3

3rd

NETRTG

2.7

9th

3P%

36.6

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Magic	18	14	.563	6.0
6	76ers	16	14	.533	7.0
7	Heat	17	15	.531	7.0
8	Cavaliers	17	16	.515	7.5
9	Bulls	15	16	.484	8.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 12/29	DEN	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Thu 1/1	MIA	@	DET	7:00 PM
Sat 1/3	MIN	@	MIA	5:00 PM
Sun 1/4	NOP	@	MIA	6:00 PM
Tue 1/6	MIA	@	MIN	8:00 PM

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6 - 26

116

Final

142

Heat

17 - 15

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.7

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.4

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

11.1

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

9.2

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

1.8

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.4

Huff

2.2

Sarr

2.0

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.7

Curry

4.0

Mitchell

3.7

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.4

Jokić

70.8

Ayton

70.4

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.5

122.6

122.2

121.4

120.3

119.7

DRtg Rankings

106.2

111.7

112.3

112.7

113.2

113.3

NetRtg Rankings

14.1

8.8

8.2

6.9

6.4

6.3

Tank Leaderboard

6-26

7-23

8-25

8-24

10-21

10-19

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,998.3

Jokić

1,614.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,526.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,127

Jokić

1,619.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,612.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.7

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.3

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.62

Dončić

1.56

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.72

Dončić

1.57

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

21-10

20-13

17-12

17-12-1

18-13

Worst Record ATS

10-23

12-20

12-19

12-18

14-19

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	24	8	.750
2	Knicks	22	9	.710	1.5
3	Celtics	19	12	.613	4.5
4	Raptors	19	14	.576	5.5
5	Magic	18	14	.563	6.0
6	76ers	16	14	.533	7.0
7	Heat	17	15	.531	7.0
8	Cavaliers	17	16	.515	7.5
9	Bulls	15	16	.484	8.5
10	Hawks	15	18	.455	9.5
11	Bucks	13	19	.406	11.0
12	Hornets	11	20	.355	12.5
13	Nets	10	19	.345	12.5
14	Wizards	7	23	.233	16.0
15	Pacers	6	26	.188	18.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	27	5	.844
2	Spurs	23	8	.742	3.5
3	Nuggets	22	9	.710	4.5
4	Lakers	20	10	.667	6.0
5	Rockets	19	10	.655	6.5
6	Timberwolves	20	12	.625	7.0
7	Suns	18	13	.581	8.5
8	Warriors	16	16	.500	11.0
9	Grizzlies	15	17	.469	12.0
10	Trail Blazers	13	19	.406	14.0
11	Jazz	12	19	.387	14.5
12	Mavericks	12	21	.364	15.5
13	Clippers	10	21	.323	16.5
14	Kings	8	24	.250	19.0
15	Pelicans	8	25	.242	19.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 11/27	CHI	@	CHA	116-123
Thu 11/27	WAS	@	IND	86-119
Thu 11/27	CLE	@	ATL	123-130
Thu 11/27	MIL	@	NYK	109-118
Thu 11/27	PHI	@	BKN	115-103

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 12/29	PHX	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Mon 12/29	MIL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Mon 12/29	DEN	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Mon 12/29	GSW	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Mon 12/29	ORL	@	TOR	7:30 PM

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

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33.7

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9.6

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2.0

1.8

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1,998.3

1,614.1

1,526.7

2,127

1,619.5

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38.0

36.1

33.0

39.7

36.7

36.3

1.84

1.62

1.56

1.96

1.72

1.57

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