who had the highest defensive rating in the 2017 finals

Channing Frye had the highest defensive rating in the 2017 NBA Finals, with a 127.2 rating.

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	SERIES	TM	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	Channing Frye C. Frye	127.2	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	1	11.2	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	20.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		20.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	11	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	James Jones J. Jones	126.3	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	3	2.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-3
3	Kyle Korver K. Korver	126.0	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	19.3	4.4	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.4	3.8	36.8	1.0	3.2	31.3	0.6	0.6	100.0	54.1	0.0	1.2	0.4	97	22	6	2	1	1	2	10	-5
4	JR Smith	125.4	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	29.2	11.8	1.6	0.4	0.6	0.4	4.0	7.4	54.1	3.6	6.2	58.1	0.2	0.6	33.3	77.0	0.2	1.4	0.8	146	59	8	2	3	2	4	14	-26
5	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	125.1	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	16.6	5.8	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.6	3.6	44.4	0.2	1.8	11.1	2.4	3.6	66.7	55.9	1.0	1.4	0.8	83	29	12	2	1	1	4	17	-3
6	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	125.1	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	40.3	29.4	4.0	4.4	1.0	0.2	11.6	24.6	47.2	2.6	6.2	41.9	3.6	4.0	90.0	55.8	1.6	2.4	3.2	202	147	20	22	5	1	16	16	-32
7	Derrick Williams D. Williams	123.5	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	3	3.4	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.0	33.3	0.3	0.7	50.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	50.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	-1
8	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	122.4	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	26.4	5.6	5.8	2.6	0.6	0.6	2.4	4.4	54.5	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	66.7	56.8	2.8	3.0	1.4	132	28	29	13	3	3	7	10	-41
9	Deron Williams D. Williams	122.3	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	12.2	1.0	1.6	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.4	3.2	12.5	0.2	1.8	11.1	0.0	0.0		15.6	0.2	1.4	1.0	61	5	8	6	2	0	5	8	-7
10	Shaun Livingston S. Livingston	121.5	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	15.0	6.6	1.0	1.2	0.2	0.0	3.0	5.6	53.6	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.6	100.0	56.3	0.4	0.6	0.2	75	33	5	6	1	0	1	10	-24
11	Matt Barnes M. Barnes	120.1	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	33.3	0.2	0.4	50.0	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	9	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	-5
12	Iman Shumpert I. Shumpert	119.4	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	13.3	3.6	2.0	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.8	3.4	23.5	0.4	1.8	22.2	1.6	2.0	80.0	42.1	0.2	1.8	0.4	66	18	10	4	3	0	2	10	-9
13	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	119.1	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	36.5	16.4	4.8	2.2	0.4	0.2	6.0	14.0	42.9	3.4	8.0	42.5	1.0	1.4	71.4	56.1	0.8	4.0	0.8	183	82	24	11	2	1	4	16	+22
14	Dahntay Jones D. Jones	119.0	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	3	3.5	3.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	66.7	0.3	0.7	50.0	1.3	1.3	100.0	94.5	0.3	1.0	0.0	10	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	-1
15	Zaza Pachulia Z. Pachulia	117.8	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	13.2	3.2	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.0	1.4	2.6	53.8	0.0	0.0		0.4	1.0	40.0	52.6	1.8	1.0	1.6	66	16	14	2	2	0	8	14	-4
16	Patrick McCaw P. McCaw	117.7	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	6.8	2.2	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.6	2.2	27.3	0.2	1.0	20.0	0.8	0.8	100.0	43.1	0.8	1.2	0.2	34	11	10	2	1	0	1	2	0
17	LeBron James L. James	117.3	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	42.4	33.6	12.0	10.0	1.4	1.0	13.2	23.4	56.4	2.4	6.2	38.7	4.8	7.4	64.9	63.0	1.8	10.2	4.2	212	168	60	50	7	5	21	13	-7
18	David West D. West	116.7	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	10.0	4.2	2.0	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.0	3.4	58.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	50.0	58.7	0.4	1.6	0.4	50	21	10	3	0	3	2	7	+16
19	JaVale McGee J. McGee	115.4	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	4	5.6	2.8	2.5	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.0	75.0	70.9	1.8	0.8	0.3	22	11	10	3	0	2	1	7	+4
20	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	114.4	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	28.2	8.6	3.4	3.4	1.2	1.0	3.6	6.8	52.9	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.4	1.2	33.3	58.7	0.8	2.6	1.0	141	43	17	17	6	5	5	10	+60
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	114.2	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	39.7	35.2	8.2	5.4	1.0	1.6	12.0	21.6	55.6	3.6	7.6	47.4	7.6	8.2	92.7	69.8	1.4	6.8	2.2	199	176	41	27	5	8	11	13	+33
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	113.7	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	37.7	26.8	8.0	9.4	2.2	0.0	8.0	18.2	44.0	3.8	9.8	38.8	7.0	7.8	89.7	61.9	2.2	5.8	3.8	189	134	40	47	11	0	19	14	+30
23	Kevin Love K. Love	112.7	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	32.2	16.0	11.2	1.0	2.2	1.0	5.2	13.4	38.8	2.4	6.2	38.7	3.2	4.0	80.0	52.8	3.6	7.6	1.0	161	80	56	5	11	5	5	14	-35
24	Draymond Green D. Green	111.9	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	35.4	11.0	10.2	4.8	1.6	0.6	3.8	11.0	34.5	1.4	5.0	28.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	44.6	2.0	8.2	2.4	177	55	51	24	8	3	12	22	+40
25	Ian Clark I. Clark	111.2	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	4	11.1	4.8	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.0	1.8	4.0	43.8	0.8	2.8	27.3	0.5	0.5	100.0	56.3	0.0	1.0	0.5	44	19	4	3	1	0	2	4	0

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.0

Mitchell

RPG

8.9

Mobley

APG

5.9

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.7

4th

DRTG

114.4

13th

NETRTG

4.2

6th

3P%

36.1

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	45	23	.662	4.0
3	Knicks	45	25	.643	5.0
4	Cavaliers	42	27	.609	7.5
5	Raptors	38	29	.567	10.5
6	Magic	38	30	.559	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/19	CLE	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Sat 3/21	CLE	@	NOP	7:00 PM
Tue 3/24	ORL	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Wed 3/25	MIA	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Fri 3/27	MIA	@	CLE	7:30 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

42 - 27

123

Final

116

Bucks

28 - 40

Tue 17 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.9

Dončić

31.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.7

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.5

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.5

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Huff

1.9

Mobley

3PM Leaders

3.9

Dončić

3.6

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.9

Jokić

67.6

Gobert

67.6

Duren

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.5

120.4

119.6

118.7

118.6

118.5

DRtg Rankings

107.5

110.0

111.6

112.5

112.8

113.0

NetRtg Rankings

10.7

7.6

7.0

6.7

4.2

Tank Leaderboard

15-54

16-52

17-51

18-51

20-48

23-46

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,264.4

Jokić

3,209.8

Dončić

3,051.7

Maxey

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,472.5

Jokić

3,407.5

Dončić

3,205.3

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.4

Dončić

36.0

Brown

33.7

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.5

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.80

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.92

Jokić

1.70

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

42-27

41-27-1

41-28

40-29

39-29

Worst Record ATS

29-40

29-39

29-38

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	49	19	.721
2	Celtics	45	23	.662	4.0
3	Knicks	45	25	.643	5.0
4	Cavaliers	42	27	.609	7.5
5	Raptors	38	29	.567	10.5
6	Magic	38	30	.559	11.0
7	Heat	38	31	.551	11.5
8	Hawks	37	31	.544	12.0
9	76ers	37	31	.544	12.0
10	Hornets	35	34	.507	14.5
11	Bucks	28	40	.412	21.0
12	Bulls	28	40	.412	21.0
13	Nets - e	17	51	.250	32.0
14	Wizards - e	16	52	.235	33.0
15	Pacers - e	15	54	.217	34.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	54	15	.783
2	Spurs	50	18	.735	3.5
3	Lakers	43	25	.632	10.5
4	Rockets	41	26	.612	12.0
5	Timberwolves	42	27	.609	12.0
6	Nuggets	41	27	.603	12.5
7	Suns	39	30	.565	15.0
8	Clippers	34	34	.500	19.5
9	Warriors	33	35	.485	20.5
10	Trail Blazers	33	36	.478	21.0
11	Grizzlies	23	44	.343	30.0
12	Pelicans	23	46	.333	31.0
13	Mavericks	23	46	.333	31.0
14	Jazz	20	48	.294	33.5
15	Kings - e	18	51	.261	36.0