Gerald Henderson has the best career defensive rating in the NBA Finals, with a 0.8 rating.

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top defensive efficiency by a player in NBA finals

	NAME	DRTG	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	0.8	NBA Finals	15	18.4	8.7	1.9	2.5	0.9	0.1	3.8	7.7	49.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.1	1.6	70.8	51.8	1.0	0.9	1.2	276	131	28	38	14	2	18	28
2	Earl Cureton E. Cureton	5.2	NBA Finals	6	7.2	1.7	2.7	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.7	2.3	28.6	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	100.0	33.6	1.2	1.5	0.5	43	10	16	1	3	0	3	7
3	M.L. Carr	6.6	NBA Finals	13	11.2	4.6	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.8	4.3	42.9	0.1	0.2	33.3	0.8	1.1	78.6	48.3	0.6	0.5	0.3	146	60	14	8	6	4	4	17
4	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	12.0	NBA Finals	18	29.1	11.7	5.6	2.3	0.6	0.4	3.7	7.1	52.3	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.2	80.9	62.0	2.9	2.7	1.9	523	210	101	41	11	8	34	49
5	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	28.0	NBA Finals	20	23.5	12.2	4.8	0.8	0.7	1.4	5.0	10.7	46.9	0.1	0.2	50.0	2.1	3.1	67.7	50.8	1.2	3.6	2.2	470	244	95	15	13	27	44	75
6	Mike McGee M. McGee	35.7	NBA Finals	12	7.8	4.8	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.8	4.5	40.7	0.3	0.6	42.9	0.9	1.3	68.8	47.5	1.2	0.6	0.5	93	58	21	3	2	1	6	17
7	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	40.3	NBA Finals	11	7.9	2.4	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.0	1.1	2.6	41.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.4	50.0	42.3	0.6	0.5	0.5	87	26	12	12	2	0	6	20
8	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	40.6	NBA Finals	16	14.8	7.1	3.8	0.8	0.1	0.3	2.8	5.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.6	2.3	67.6	56.9	1.6	2.2	0.8	237	113	60	13	1	4	13	40
9	Bill Walton B. Walton	40.7	NBA Finals	17	21.6	9.7	9.4	2.5	0.5	1.6	4.4	7.6	56.9	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.4	73.9	58.9	2.2	7.2	1.0	367	165	159	42	9	27	11	48
10	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	41.2	NBA Finals	34	17.1	5.6	5.2	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.3	4.3	53.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	57.6	54.9	1.7	3.4	1.1	582	190	176	22	19	14	36	92
11	Carlos Clark C. Clark	42.2	NBA Finals	5	3.6	1.6	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.4	42.9	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.4	100.0	50.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	18	8	2	3	1	1	0	4
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42.5	NBA Finals	52	36.8	23.3	8.3	3.3	0.9	2.2	9.6	18.5	51.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.9	69.6	55.0	2.4	5.9	2.7	1,914	1,209	433	170	45	116	121	184
13	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	54.9	NBA Finals	46	30.6	10.3	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.9	8.7	44.7	0.8	2.0	38.0	1.8	2.2	80.6	53.5	0.8	2.2	1.3	1,406	474	135	178	59	20	60	159
14	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	56.8	NBA Finals	11	13.2	5.4	1.1	3.2	0.6	0.3	2.1	6.1	34.3	0.4	0.7	50.0	0.8	1.1	75.0	40.8	0.4	0.7	0.7	145	59	12	35	7	3	8	13
15	Robert Reid R. Reid	56.9	NBA Finals	12	40.4	14.5	5.9	5.9	1.7	0.4	6.1	15.3	39.7	0.1	0.8	11.1	2.3	2.9	77.1	43.6	2.4	3.5	1.9	485	174	71	71	20	5	23	41
16	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	57.4	NBA Finals	37	40.1	18.3	4.7	6.2	1.3	1.1	6.8	16.3	42.0	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.5	5.5	81.0	48.8	1.8	2.9	2.7	1,483	676	175	228	48	39	100	106
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	58.0	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	971	397	584	102	16	190	147
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	63.1	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	187	63	24	91	80
19	Chuck Nevitt C. Nevitt	63.8	NBA Finals	2	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.0	50.0	52.1	1.0	0.0	0.0	3	3	2	0	1	1	0	1
20	Robert Parish R. Parish	65.2	NBA Finals	31	32.9	15.4	8.4	1.3	1.0	1.7	6.3	13.1	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.4	63.0	51.2	2.8	5.6	2.1	1,020	477	260	40	32	54	65	108
21	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	66.3	NBA Finals	11	16.4	8.5	3.7	1.8	0.5	0.0	3.5	6.7	52.7	0.9	1.5	58.8	0.5	0.8	55.6	59.6	1.5	2.2	0.9	180	93	41	20	5	0	10	25
22	Kevin McHale K. McHale	79.1	NBA Finals	31	32.5	17.9	7.4	1.4	0.3	1.4	6.8	12.5	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	5.7	76.8	59.9	2.7	4.7	2.3	1,009	556	230	43	10	44	70	95
23	Jared Dudley J. Dudley	79.2	NBA Finals	3	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-3
24	Dickey Simpkins D. Simpkins	80.6	NBA Finals	2	6.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	0.0	34.7	0.5	1.0	0.5	12	2	3	1	0	1	1	1	+1
25	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	83.6	NBA Finals	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-2

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PPG

25.7

Brown

RPG

10.7

Tatum

APG

6.8

Tatum

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.8

2nd

DRTG

112.7

4th

NETRTG

8.1

4th

3P%

36.7

8th

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

Last Game

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4 - 3

109

Final

100

Celtics

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

29.3

Cunningham

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.7

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Allen

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

127.8

126.0

118.2

113.7

113.6

112.1

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.6

105.7

107.4

107.7

108.5

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

14.6

4.4

3.0

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

599.6

Cunningham

517.1

Harden

502

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

651

Cunningham

537

Harden

500.3

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.2

Cunningham

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.67

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.64

Wembanyama

1.61

Towns

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Best Record ATS

50-34

55-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

40-55

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