worst start to nba season by team who go on to be champions

30 players are tied for the fewest starts in an NBA Finals, with 0 starts. The first three are Ariel Hukporti, Jeremy Sochan and Harrison Barnes.

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Data note: Games Started: player game data complete from 1970-71 · postseason

	NAME	GS	TEAM	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	Ariel Hukporti A. Hukporti	0	Knicks	2025-26	NBA Finals	NYK	2	2.7	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.5	0.0	0.0	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	+7
2	Jeremy Sochan J. Sochan	0	Knicks	2025-26	NBA Finals	NYK	3	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
3	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	0	Spurs	2025-26	NBA Finals	SAS	2	8.5	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	17	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	-7
4	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	0	Knicks	2025-26	NBA Finals	NYK	4	7.4	3.5	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.5	4.0	37.5	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.0	0.0		43.8	0.5	1.0	1.0	30	14	6	1	1	0	4	4	+15
5	Luke Kornet L. Kornet	0	Spurs	2025-26	NBA Finals	SAS	5	8.3	0.6	2.2	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.8	75.0	39.9	0.8	1.4	0.2	42	3	11	2	4	0	1	11	-22
6	Landry Shamet L. Shamet	0	Knicks	2025-26	NBA Finals	NYK	5	24.1	6.8	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.4	2.6	7.8	33.3	1.6	5.2	30.8	0.0	0.0		43.6	0.4	1.6	0.0	121	34	10	5	0	2	0	12	-48
7	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	0	Knicks	2025-26	NBA Finals	NYK	5	13.4	3.6	5.6	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.4	2.8	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.8	3.0	26.7	43.7	3.0	2.6	0.4	67	18	28	3	1	3	2	6	-36
8	Keldon Johnson K. Johnson	0	Spurs	2025-26	NBA Finals	SAS	5	15.0	4.4	3.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	1.6	4.6	34.8	0.6	1.6	37.5	0.6	1.6	37.5	41.5	1.0	2.0	0.6	75	22	15	3	3	0	3	11	+26
9	Miles McBride M. McBride	0	Knicks	2025-26	NBA Finals	NYK	5	13.3	2.2	0.6	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.8	4.4	18.2	0.6	3.4	17.6	0.0	0.0		25.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	66	11	3	7	0	1	3	3	+1
10	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	0	Knicks	2025-26	NBA Finals	NYK	5	12.1	4.2	2.6	1.4	0.2	0.0	1.6	4.8	33.3	0.6	2.4	25.0	0.4	0.6	66.7	41.5	0.4	2.2	0.4	60	21	13	7	1	0	2	11	+20
11	Carter Bryant C. Bryant	0	Spurs	2025-26	NBA Finals	SAS	5	4.5	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.0	60.0	0.4	0.6	66.7	0.2	0.4	50.0	76.5	0.0	0.6	0.4	23	9	3	0	1	1	2	6	-5
12	Dylan Harper D. Harper	0	Spurs	2025-26	NBA Finals	SAS	5	31.0	18.0	6.4	3.0	0.4	0.2	7.0	14.2	49.3	1.4	5.0	28.0	2.6	3.4	76.5	57.3	0.8	5.6	1.2	155	90	32	15	2	1	6	14	-1
13	Tony Bradley T. Bradley	0	Pacers	2024-25	NBA Finals	IND	3	7.8	3.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	50.0	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.0	83.3	67.8	1.3	1.0	0.7	24	9	7	0	0	0	2	5	+7
14	James Johnson J. Johnson	0	Pacers	2024-25	NBA Finals	IND	2	2.4	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2
15	Jaylin Williams J. Williams	0	Thunder	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	3	4.9	3.3	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	75.0	1.0	1.3	75.0	0.3	0.7	50.0	102.5	0.0	2.0	0.3	15	10	6	1	1	0	1	2	+12
16	Ousmane Dieng O. Dieng	0	Thunder	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	3	1.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	33.3	0.3	0.7	50.0	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	Dillon Jones D. Jones	0	Thunder	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	3	3.3	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	10	4	2	1	0	0	1	2	+3
18	Johnny Furphy J. Furphy	0	Pacers	2024-25	NBA Finals	IND	4	3.0	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.0	69.4	0.0	0.3	0.3	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	-1
19	T.J. McConnell	0	Pacers	2024-25	NBA Finals	IND	7	20.3	12.0	3.6	4.3	2.1	0.1	5.3	9.6	55.2	0.4	0.7	60.0	1.0	1.3	77.8	59.2	0.4	3.1	2.7	142	84	25	30	15	1	19	11	-12
20	Thomas Bryant T. Bryant	0	Pacers	2024-25	NBA Finals	IND	6	5.4	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.3	0.8	40.0	0.3	0.7	50.0	64.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	32	10	2	1	0	1	0	7	-20
21	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	0	Thunder	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	7	28.8	10.1	3.6	1.6	2.4	0.9	3.3	7.6	43.4	1.4	3.6	40.0	2.1	2.6	83.3	58.3	1.3	2.3	1.1	202	71	25	11	17	6	8	21	-10
22	Kenrich Williams K. Williams	0	Thunder	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	7	7.9	1.0	1.7	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.4	30.0	0.1	0.9	16.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	32.2	0.7	1.0	0.3	55	7	12	4	0	1	2	0	+30
23	Obi Toppin O. Toppin	0	Pacers	2024-25	NBA Finals	IND	7	23.8	11.0	5.0	1.1	0.7	0.4	4.1	9.1	45.3	1.9	5.1	36.1	0.9	1.7	50.0	55.6	0.6	4.4	1.4	166	77	35	8	5	3	10	13	-14
24	Isaiah Joe I. Joe	0	Thunder	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	5	8.2	4.8	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.6	2.6	61.5	1.0	1.8	55.6	0.6	0.6	100.0	83.8	0.0	0.6	0.4	41	24	3	1	1	0	2	5	+19
25	Aaron Wiggins A. Wiggins	0	Thunder	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	7	14.3	5.9	2.0	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.7	4.7	36.4	1.4	3.1	45.5	1.0	1.4	70.0	54.8	0.3	1.7	1.1	100	41	14	5	4	2	8	8	+33

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.5

Brunson

RPG

13.5

Towns

APG

6.3

Kolek

Team Rankings

ORTG

109.3

24th

DRTG

110.0

10th

NETRTG

-0.7

17th

3P%

35.2

14th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Heat	2	4	.333	3.0
11	Pacers	2	4	.333	3.0
12	Knicks	2	4	.333	3.0
13	Bucks	1	4	.200	3.5
14	Bulls	1	5	.167	4.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 11/2	BKN	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Wed 11/4	CHI	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Sat 11/7	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Tue 11/10	MIL	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Wed 11/11	CLE	@	NYK	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

2 - 4

Final

76ers

5 - 1

Fri 30 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

36.2

Dončić

29.2

Curry

28.2

Maxey

RPG Leaders

16.2

Sabonis

13.5

Towns

12.3

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

10.2

Young

9.2

Jokić

8.5

Johnson

SPG Leaders

3.2

Williamson

3.0

Daniels

3.0

Gillespie

BPG Leaders

3.8

Wembanyama

2.8

Kessler

2.6

Turner

3PM Leaders

5.4

Dončić

4.6

Murray

4.4

Curry

TS% Leaders

84.1

Camara

77.0

Banchero

75.8

Carter

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.9

121.8

119.7

118.9

118.6

117.7

DRtg Rankings

103.3

103.6

103.8

104.9

106.2

106.6

NetRtg Rankings

14.4

12.0

11.1

10.5

9.1

8.7

Tank Leaderboard

0-5

1-5

1-4

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

317.3

Antetokounmpo

284.4

Wembanyama

282.8

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

334.5

Antetokounmpo

302.5

Dončić

280.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

39.7

Dončić

34.4

Miller

33.4

Barnes

MPG Leaders

38.2

Murray

37.5

Maxey

37.2

Jokić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.77

Wembanyama

1.68

Antetokounmpo

1.62

Flagg

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.77

Antetokounmpo

1.71

Wembanyama

1.69

Dončić

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

5-0

5-1

4-2

Worst Record ATS

0-4

1-5

1-4

2-4

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	5	1	.833
2	76ers	5	1	.833
3	Celtics	4	1	.800	0.5
4	Raptors	3	2	.600	1.5
5	Cavaliers	3	2	.600	1.5
6	Hawks	3	3	.500	2.0
7	Hornets	3	3	.500	2.0
8	Wizards	3	3	.500	2.0
9	Magic	2	3	.400	2.5
10	Heat	2	4	.333	3.0
11	Pacers	2	4	.333	3.0
12	Knicks	2	4	.333	3.0
13	Bucks	1	4	.200	3.5
14	Bulls	1	5	.167	4.0
15	Nets	0	5	.000	4.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Grizzlies	5	0	1.000
2	Rockets	5	1	.833	0.5
3	Thunder	4	1	.800	1.0
4	Trail Blazers	3	1	.750	1.5
5	Lakers	4	2	.667	1.5
6	Mavericks	4	2	.667	1.5
7	Timberwolves	4	2	.667	1.5
8	Spurs	3	2	.600	2.0
9	Nuggets	3	2	.600	2.0
10	Warriors	3	3	.500	2.5
11	Suns	1	3	.250	3.5
12	Jazz	1	4	.200	4.0
13	Pelicans	1	4	.200	4.0
14	Clippers	1	4	.200	4.0
15	Kings	0	5	.000	5.0