teams with the best defensive rating in the last nba games

The New York Knicks have the best defensive rating by a team in their last game, with a 96.9 rating in Game 5 of the 2026 NBA Finals against the Spurs on June 13.

	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	Knicks	96.9	6/13/2026	NYK	@	SAS	W 94-90	240	94	48	14	8	4	31	87	35.6	12	37	32.4	20	28	71.4	47.3	13	35	14	21
2	Spurs	101.3	6/13/2026	SAS	vs	NYK	L 90-94	240	90	47	18	6	7	33	86	38.4	12	37	32.4	12	19	63.2	47.7	14	33	13	22
3	Rockets	104.6	5/1/2026	HOU	vs	LAL	L 78-98	240	78	45	13	6	9	28	80	35.0	5	28	17.9	17	24	70.8	43.1	8	37	14	23
4	Mavericks	114.7	4/12/2026	DAL	vs	CHI	W 149-128	240	149	57	35	10	5	52	100	52.0	22	49	44.9	23	27	85.2	66.6	16	41	18	24
5	Raptors	114.8	5/3/2026	TOR	@	CLE	L 102-114	240	102	33	25	10	4	38	87	43.7	8	28	28.6	18	26	69.2	51.8	7	26	14	28
6	Celtics	115.3	5/2/2026	BOS	vs	PHI	L 100-109	240	100	44	19	4	7	37	93	39.8	13	49	26.5	13	16	81.3	50.0	10	34	5	23
7	Hornets	118.8	4/17/2026	CHA	@	ORL	L 90-121	240	90	34	17	7	4	28	83	33.7	12	45	26.7	22	25	88.0	47.9	7	27	20	33
8	Lakers	119.5	5/11/2026	LAL	vs	OKC	L 110-115	240	110	37	18	3	5	38	75	50.7	10	28	35.7	24	27	88.9	63.3	7	30	19	22
9	Trail Blazers	120.7	4/28/2026	POR	@	SAS	L 95-114	240	95	38	24	8	2	33	94	35.1	11	47	23.4	18	23	78.3	45.6	14	24	9	28
10	Nuggets	122.3	4/30/2026	DEN	@	MIN	L 98-110	240	98	33	24	4	8	34	75	45.3	10	27	37.0	20	25	80.0	57.0	6	27	13	26
11	Warriors	122.3	4/17/2026	GSW	@	PHX	L 96-111	240	96	39	22	5	0	33	74	44.6	11	33	33.3	19	23	82.6	57.1	12	27	21	19
12	Thunder	122.4	5/30/2026	OKC	vs	SAS	L 103-111	240	103	38	23	9	5	37	83	44.6	12	35	34.3	17	22	77.3	55.6	10	28	14	16
13	Bucks	122.8	4/12/2026	MIL	@	PHI	L 106-126	240	106	45	26	8	2	39	90	43.3	13	47	27.7	15	22	68.2	53.2	12	33	19	15
14	Heat	124.2	4/14/2026	MIA	@	CHA	L 126-127	265	126	48	32	4	8	49	103	47.6	16	41	39.0	12	14	85.7	57.7	12	36	7	9
15	Pistons	124.7	5/17/2026	DET	vs	CLE	L 94-125	240	94	41	21	7	5	30	85	35.3	12	39	30.8	22	29	75.9	48.1	10	31	15	31
16	Pelicans	124.9	4/12/2026	NOP	@	MIN	L 126-132	240	126	52	20	9	6	45	107	42.1	5	21	23.8	31	38	81.6	50.9	20	32	9	28
17	Kings	125.4	4/12/2026	SAC	@	POR	L 110-122	240	110	47	24	7	8	40	83	48.2	7	21	33.3	23	31	74.2	56.9	15	32	17	18
18	Clippers	125.7	4/15/2026	LAC	vs	GSW	L 121-126	240	121	36	30	15	3	45	86	52.3	14	35	40.0	17	17	100.0	64.7	9	27	18	23
19	Grizzlies	126.9	4/12/2026	MEM	@	HOU	L 101-132	240	101	37	23	8	6	39	95	41.1	13	49	26.5	10	10	100.0	50.8	6	31	13	24
20	Jazz	127.0	4/12/2026	UTA	@	LAL	L 107-131	240	107	42	25	13	4	41	94	43.6	7	34	20.6	18	27	66.7	50.5	17	25	16	14
21	Magic	127.6	5/3/2026	ORL	@	DET	L 94-116	240	94	33	18	11	7	31	75	41.3	10	30	33.3	22	30	73.3	53.3	9	24	16	21
22	Pacers	129.2	4/12/2026	IND	vs	DET	L 121-133	240	121	31	31	15	6	41	90	45.6	23	54	42.6	16	20	80.0	61.2	8	23	16	17
23	Wizards	129.4	4/12/2026	WAS	@	CLE	L 117-130	240	117	30	29	10	2	42	90	46.7	18	41	43.9	15	19	78.9	59.5	7	23	13	21
24	Cavaliers	130.2	5/25/2026	CLE	vs	NYK	L 93-130	240	93	33	21	9	4	32	77	41.6	11	40	27.5	18	22	81.8	53.6	6	27	22	18
25	Bulls	133.5	4/12/2026	CHI	@	DAL	L 128-149	240	128	42	30	12	3	52	106	49.1	10	38	26.3	14	19	73.7	56.0	13	29	13	20

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Brunson

RPG

11.9

Towns

APG

6.8

Brunson

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.8

3rd

DRTG

113.3

7th

NETRTG

6.5

5th

3P%

37.3

4th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sun 10/25	ORL	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 1

Final

Spurs

1 - 4

Sat 13 Jun 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

The New York Knicks have the best defensive rating by a team in their last game, with a 96.9 rating in Game 5 of the 2026 NBA Finals against the Spurs on June 13.

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26.0

11.9

6.8

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.5

31.1

28.8

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11.9

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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