paul westphal coaching record in elimination games

Paul Westphal was 8-4 in elimination games in his coaching career.

	TEAM	COACH	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Suns	Paul Westphal	5/4/1993	1-0	PHX	@	LAL	W 107-102	1.000	240	107	45	24	12	6	39	80	48.8	6	12	50.0	23	31	74.2	57.1	12	33	18	20
2	Suns	Paul Westphal	5/6/1993	1-0	PHX	@	LAL	W 101-86	1.000	240	101	49	22	5	9	41	82	50.0	4	11	36.4	15	24	62.5	54.6	10	39	8	21
3	Suns	Paul Westphal	5/9/1993	1-0	PHX	vs	LAL	W 112-104	1.000	265	112	55	27	7	13	42	86	48.8	5	10	50.0	23	31	74.2	56.2	13	42	14	18
4	Suns	Paul Westphal	6/5/1993	1-0	PHX	vs	SEA	W 123-110	1.000	240	123	46	21	10	11	30	72	41.7	6	12	50.0	57	64	89.1	61.4	16	30	10	27
5	Suns	Paul Westphal	6/18/1993	1-0	PHX	@	CHI	W 108-98	1.000	240	108	45	24	6	4	42	83	50.6	3	10	30.0	21	26	80.8	57.2	14	31	11	16
6	Suns	Paul Westphal	6/20/1993	0-1	PHX	vs	CHI	L 98-99	.000	240	98	47	20	5	9	32	82	39.0	4	11	36.4	30	36	83.3	50.1	18	29	9	21
7	Suns	Paul Westphal	5/19/1994	1-0	PHX	vs	HOU	W 103-89	1.000	240	103	46	27	7	8	38	80	47.5	5	12	41.7	22	30	73.3	55.3	12	34	8	22
8	Suns	Paul Westphal	5/21/1994	0-1	PHX	@	HOU	L 94-104	.000	240	94	42	21	4	2	33	83	39.8	8	27	29.6	20	25	80.0	50.0	10	32	10	15
9	Suns	Paul Westphal	5/20/1995	0-1	PHX	vs	HOU	L 114-115	.000	240	114	48	18	5	6	35	76	46.1	6	20	30.0	38	44	86.4	59.8	12	36	14	33
10	SuperSonics	Paul Westphal	4/29/2000	1-0	SEA	vs	UTA	W 89-78	1.000	240	89	46	20	7	7	29	70	41.4	6	16	37.5	25	36	69.4	51.8	14	32	19	25
11	SuperSonics	Paul Westphal	5/3/2000	1-0	SEA	vs	UTA	W 104-93	1.000	240	104	42	24	12	6	39	88	44.3	8	23	34.8	18	23	78.3	53.0	14	28	12	23
12	SuperSonics	Paul Westphal	5/5/2000	0-1	SEA	@	UTA	L 93-96	.000	240	93	35	19	5	1	36	82	43.9	7	17	41.2	14	17	82.4	52.0	10	25	10	18
	Average								.667	242.1	103.8	45.5	22.3	7.1	6.8	36.3	80.3	45.2	5.7	15.1	37.6	25.5	32.3	79.1	54.9	12.9	32.6	11.9	21.6
	Total			8-4					.667	2,905	1,246	546	267	85	82	436	964	45.2	68	181	37.6	306	387	79.1	54.9	155	391	143	259

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26.1

Booker

RPG

8.0

Williams

APG

6.0

Booker

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.4

16th

DRTG

113.9

10th

NETRTG

1.5

15th

3P%

36.1

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	PHX	@	POR	10:00 PM
Sat 10/24	GSW	@	PHX	10:00 PM
Mon 10/26	PHX	@	OKC	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	DEN	@	PHX	10:00 PM
Mon 11/2	PHX	@	GSW	10:00 PM

Last Game

Thunder

4 - 0

131

Final

122

Suns

0 - 4

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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

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3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

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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

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MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

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FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

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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

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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

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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

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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

Paul Westphal was 8-4 in elimination games in his coaching career.

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