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Phoenix has found a rhythm of late behind the play of Devin Booker and Dillon Brooks.<\/p>\n
So is the Eastern Conference a lot better than we expected?<\/p>\n
After going just 16-24 (.400) against the West over the first three weeks of the season, the East is 19-13 (.594) in interconference games over the last 14 days. With that, 10 of the league\u2019s 17 teams with winning records are in the Eastern Conference. The Detroit Pistons finished in sixth place<\/a> last season with a winning percentage (.537) that would have them in 10th this year.<\/p>\n It\u2019s early and, as noted in this space last week, those top 10 East teams have been feeding on the bottom four. But they\u2019re also doing better against the West, which claims the league\u2019s most disappointing teams of the first five weeks. It\u2019s also worth noting that the 14th-place Pacers have played the most interconference games (nine<\/a>), while the top three teams in the East \u2013 Detroit, Toronto and Cleveland \u2013 have played just 11 total.<\/p>\n With pool play in the Emirates NBA Cup<\/a> wrapping up, there are only four interconference games this week. Three of the four \u2013 Mavs-Heat, Blazers-Bucks and Bulls-Pelicans \u2013 are on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n Plus-Minus Players of the Week<\/p>\n Teams of the Week<\/p>\n Make It Last Forever: Miami (4-0) \u2014 The Heat are picking up quality wins and getting Tyler Herro back this week. * * *<\/p>\n East vs. West<\/p>\n The West is 37-35<\/a> (.514) against the East in interconference games, though the East was 9-4<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n Schedule strength through Week 5<\/p>\n Toughest: 1. Sacramento, 2. Portland, 3. New Orleans * * *<\/p>\n Movement in the Rankings<\/p>\n High jumps of the week: Phoenix (+9), Orlando (+4) * * *<\/p>\n Week 6 Team to Watch<\/p>\n Phoenix<\/a> \u2014 The Suns have been the biggest surprise in the Western Conference, but they\u2019ve played the league\u2019s second easiest schedule. The big tests come this week, when they face three of the top four teams in the West, hosting the Rockets on Monday, visiting the Thunder on Friday and hosting the Nuggets on Saturday.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Previously\u2026<\/p>\n OffRtg<\/a>: Points scored per 100 possessions (League Rank) The league has averaged 114.8 points scored per 100 possessions and 101.2 possessions (per team) per 48 minutes this season.<\/p>\n * Emirates NBA Cup game<\/p>\n NBA.com\u2019s Power Rankings, released every Monday during the season, are just one man\u2019s opinion. If you have an issue with the rankings, or have a question or comment for John Schuhmann, contact him via Bluesky<\/a>.<\/p>\n #1<\/p>\n Record: 17-1<\/p>\n OffRtg: 119.6 (4) DefRtg: 102.8 (1) NetRtg: +16.9 (1) Pace: 100.3 (24)<\/p>\n The Thunder\u2019s winning streak is at nine games, and they avenged their only loss of the season on Sunday, beating the Blazers by 27 points.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Thunder\u2019s point differential is now plus-16.9 points per game, the best mark for a team\u2019s first 18 games in NBA history. Their third-quarter point differential of plus-7.3 points per game<\/a> would be the third-best full-game differential<\/a> in the league, behind only those of the Rockets and Nuggets.<\/p>\n Williams\u2019 absence has also kept Isaiah Hartenstein in the starting lineup for all 18 games, and he\u2019s now played almost as many minutes alongside Chet Holmgren (296<\/a>) as he did all of last season (316<\/a>). The Thunder have allowed just 98.1 points per 100 possessions in those 296 minutes.<\/p>\n Coming up: Visits from the Wolves and Suns this week will be the Thunder\u2019s first two games against teams that currently rank in the top 10 offensively<\/a> since they beat the Rockets on opening night. The last time the Wolves were in Oklahoma City, they scored just 94 points on 105 possessions as the Thunder clinched a trip to the Finals.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: vs. MIN*, vs. PHX*, @ POR<\/p>\n #2<\/p>\n Record: 12-4<\/p>\n OffRtg: 121.9 (2) DefRtg: 112.2 (9) NetRtg: +9.7 (3) Pace: 100.8 (19)<\/p>\n The Nuggets are down two starters, with both Christian Braun and Aaron Gordon out<\/a> for multiple weeks. With that, they\u2019ve seen some slippage, suffering as many losses last week (2-2) as they had through the first four (10-2).<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Nuggets did win the biggest game of the week, holding the Rockets\u2019 top-ranked offense in check and getting big nights from Nikola Joki\u0107 and Jamal Murray in Houston. They lost two double-digit leads, but still earned their first clutch win of the season. Denver is now 1-4<\/a> in games that were within five points in the last five minutes and still unbeaten (11-0) in games that weren\u2019t close.<\/p>\n They held the Rockets to just 10 points on 12 clutch possessions on Friday, but the Nuggets have still allowed 78 on 53 clutch defensive possessions (147 per 100<\/a>) overall. The Kings\u2019 eight-game losing streak came to an end on Sunday, when they scored 128 points on 96 possessions (Denver\u2019s worst defensive game of the season<\/a>), including 12 on six possessions with the score within five in the last five minutes.<\/p>\n The defense has already slipped from second (a week ago) to ninth, and it could slip out of the top 10 with Gordon out. The Nuggets have allowed 11.5 fewer points per 100 possessions<\/a> with Gordon on the floor (105.0) than they have with him off the floor (116.5).<\/p>\n Coming up: The Nuggets will face two top-10 offenses \u2013 those of the Spurs and Suns \u2013 this week. Since they lost their NBA Cup game to the Blazers, they\u2019ll need help from San Antonio to win West Group C.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: @ MEM, vs. SAS*, @ PHX<\/p>\n #3<\/p>\n Record: 10-4<\/p>\n OffRtg: 122.5 (1) DefRtg: 112.1 (8) NetRtg: +10.4 (2) Pace: 98.1 (27)<\/p>\n The Rockets split a pair of marquee games last week, holding off the Cavs in Cleveland but coming up short against the Nuggets on Friday night.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Rockets remain one of three teams \u2013 the Nuggets and Thunder are the others \u2013 that haven\u2019t lost a game that wasn\u2019t within five points in the last five minutes. They\u2019re now 4-4 in the clutch after scoring just 10 points on 12 clutch possessions (with Kevin Durant shooting 0-for-3<\/a> and Alperen Sengun committing two turnovers) against Denver. Overall, they rank eighth<\/a> in clutch offense (116.0 points scored per 100 possessions) after ranking 18th<\/a> (106.6) last season.<\/p>\n They went back to their big lineup last week, with Steven Adams getting his first two starts since the first two games of the season. The Rockets have been much better offensively (126 points scored per 100 possessions) in 255 minutes with Sengun at the five, but much better defensively (106.6 allowed per 100) in 261 minutes when he\u2019s played alongside Adams or Clint Capela<\/a>.<\/p>\n Reed Sheppard played more minutes than Adams and Josh Okogie (the previous starter) combined on Friday, scoring a career-high 27 points on 9-for-13 shooting against Denver. Sheppard has still played just 31 total minutes<\/a> alongside the four full-time starters, with the Rockets having allowed just 61 points on 63 defensive possessions (97 per 100) in those minutes.<\/p>\n Coming up: Last season, the Rockets had the league\u2019s biggest differential between their record with rest (45-20) and their record in the second games of back-to-backs (7-10). This season, they\u2019re the only team that hasn\u2019t played a back-to-back, and their first is a two-game set in Utah that begins on Sunday. They won\u2019t have a rest-disadvantage game until mid-January.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: @ PHX, @ GSW*, @ UTA<\/p>\n #4<\/p>\n Record: 14-2<\/p>\n OffRtg: 117.2 (8) DefRtg: 110.0 (2) NetRtg: +7.1 (4) Pace: 101.4 (15)<\/p>\n The Pistons have won 12 straight games<\/a> and they\u2019re now healthier than ever, with Jaden Ivey making his season debut and Tobias Harris returning from a nine-game absence over the weekend.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n With Ivey and Harris making their returns on Saturday, and with players like Daniss Jenkins, Javonte Green and Paul Reed earning continued playing time over the winning streak, the Pistons used 12 players in the first half<\/a> in Milwaukee. It will be interesting to see how the rotation eventually thins out and if Ivey eventually replaces Duncan Robinson in the starting lineup. Robinson has shot 43-for-91<\/a> (47%) from 3-point range over the winning streak, though the Pistons have outscored their opponents by only 4.8 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in his 150 total minutes alongside Cade Cunningham, Ausar Thompson and Jalen Duren.<\/p>\n Overall, the Pistons\u2019 point differential (that of a 10-4 team) doesn\u2019t quite match their record, but they\u2019re now one of six teams<\/a> that rank in the top 10 on both ends of the floor, ranking sixth<\/a> offensively over the course of their winning streak. Their effective field goal percentage of 73.1% in Milwaukee on Saturday was the second-highest mark in franchise history (highest in the last 31 years).<\/p>\n Coming up: The Pistons have played six of the other nine Eastern Conference teams that currently have winning records, with the three exceptions being the Heat, Knicks and Raptors. An NBA Cup meeting with Toronto could be in the cards, but they\u2019re not scheduled to face New York and Toronto until Jan. 5 and Feb. 11, respectively. They\u2019ll be at a rest disadvantage when they visit the Heat on Saturday.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: @ IND, @ BOS*, vs. ORL*, @ MIA<\/p>\n #5<\/p>\n Record: 12-6<\/p>\n OffRtg: 116.5 (14) DefRtg: 111.9 (6) NetRtg: +4.6 (12) Pace: 102.3 (8)<\/p>\n The Cavs are hanging around behind the surprising Pistons and Raptors, having gone 4-2 on their longest homestand of the season while still dealing with multiple absences in their rotation.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Darius Garland returned from a five-game absence over the weekend, but Jarrett Allen missed both games with a finger injury. That means the Cavs\u2019 four core players have still played just 37 total minutes<\/a> over three games together. The Cavs have scored an amazing 133.9 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in 78 total minutes with Garland and Donovan Mitchell both on the floor.<\/p>\n The Cavs are 3-1 without Allen, and they\u2019ve kept him on the bench in the late stages of some games in which he\u2019s been available. But they\u2019ve still been much better in 190 minutes with both Allen and Evan Mobley on the floor (plus-14.9 per 100 possessions<\/a>) than they\u2019ve been in 394 minutes with Mobley on the floor without Allen (plus-2.9) or in 174 minutes with Allen on the floor without Mobley (plus-7.0).<\/p>\n Coming up: The Cavs are 0-2 against the second-place Raptors, who they trail by half a game. Their third and final scheduled meeting is Monday in Cleveland, the first of three straight games against other East teams with winning records. The Cavs are 5-5 against that group overall.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: @ TOR, @ ATL*, vs. BOS<\/p>\n #6<\/p>\n Record: 12-4<\/p>\n OffRtg: 115.8 (15) DefRtg: 113.3 (14) NetRtg: +2.5 (15) Pace: 101.2 (16)<\/p>\n Year 23 for LeBron James is underway, and the league\u2019s all-time leading scorer<\/a> totaled 28 points, nine rebounds and 20 assists in his first two games back in the Lakers\u2019 lineup. With a four-game winning streak, L.A. has climbed to second place in the West.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n James had 12 assists and just one turnover in his season debut, which was the Lakers\u2019 best offensive game<\/a> (140 points on 107 possessions) since Week 1. When you take the league average into account, the Lakers have taken a small step backward offensively this season, even though half of their 16 games have come against teams<\/a> that currently rank in the bottom 10 on defense.<\/p>\n It\u2019s only two games, but the pattern from last season has continued \u2014 the Lakers are performing much better with James off the floor (plus-40.3 per 100 possessions<\/a>) than they did with him on it (minus-7.6). They staggered the minutes so that Luka Don\u010di\u0107 (whose league-high usage rate did not take a dip<\/a>) was the star who played some minutes without the other two (James and Austin Reaves).<\/p>\n The Lakers almost blew what was a 13-point lead with less than five minutes left on Sunday, escaping when Lauri Markkanen missed a good look for the lead in the final seconds. But they remain one of two teams (the Pistons are the other) that are undefeated (they\u2019re 11-0) in games they led by double-digits.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Lakers haven\u2019t played consecutive home games since their first two games of the season, and they\u2019ve played nine of their last 12 on the road. They\u2019ll begin a four-game homestand with an NBA Cup game (against the similarly 2-0 Clippers) for first place in West Group B.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: vs. LAC*, vs. DAL*, vs. NOP<\/p>\n #7<\/p>\n Record: 11-6<\/p>\n OffRtg: 116.9 (10) DefRtg: 112.0 (7) NetRtg: +4.8 (10) Pace: 100.7 (20)<\/p>\n The Suns\u2019 schedule got a little tougher last week, but they haven\u2019t slowed down. They\u2019re now 3-2 against other teams that currently have winning records, pulling off an incredible comeback against the Wolves and, later, running past the Spurs in the second half over the weekend.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n It was somewhat of a miracle that the Suns were able to force three turnovers as they came back from eight points down with less than a minute to go against the Wolves on Friday. But the Suns force a lot of turnovers, having seen the biggest jump in opponent turnover rate from last season. Their 19 steals in Portland three nights earlier were the most for any team<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n Devin Booker fouled out well before the comeback began, and it was Collin Gillespie draining the game-winning runner<\/a> with 6.4 seconds left. Gillespie\u2019s numbers<\/a> have been remarkably consistent over his three years in the league, but he\u2019s finally getting a real opportunity to play and his 193 total points this season are just one shy of the 194 he totaled all of last season. The Suns have the league\u2019s fifth-ranked bench<\/a> and have outscored their opponents by 22.2 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in 170 minutes with Gillespie and Jordan Goodwin on the floor together.<\/p>\n Coming up: Now the Suns\u2019 schedule gets really tough. Their win over San Antonio on Sunday was the start of their first stretch of five games in seven days, which includes games against three of the top four teams in the West. They\u2019ll be at a rest disadvantage against the Rockets on Monday night.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: vs. HOU, @ SAC*, @ OKC*, vs. DEN<\/p>\n #8<\/p>\n Record: 11-5<\/p>\n OffRtg: 117.2 (9) DefRtg: 111.8 (5) NetRtg: +5.4 (8) Pace: 100.0 (26)<\/p>\n The Spurs won their first three games without Victor Wembanyama and had a double-digit, second-half lead in Phoenix on Sunday, but then couldn\u2019t get stops over the final 23 minutes.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n With Stephon Castle also out for the last three games, Julian Champagnie and Luke Kornet have been in the starting lineup. The new group was outscored by nine points<\/a> in its 32 minutes (allowing 82 on 67 defensive possessions) over the three games, but bench minutes were big in wins over the Grizzlies and Hawks. Keldon Johnson seems to be the biggest beneficiary of Wembanyama\u2019s absence, averaging 17.8 points on 65% shooting<\/a> over the last four.<\/p>\n Johnson continues to do most of his damage in the paint, where he\u2019s shot 64-for-94<\/a> (68.1%), seventh best among 106 players with at least 75 paint attempts. The Spurs outscored their opponents by 34 points in the restricted area over their first three games without Wembanyama before struggling to finish inside in Phoenix on Sunday. They still ranked third in restricted-area differential (plus-10.3 points per game).<\/p>\n The Spurs trailed the Grizzlies by a point with 2 1\/2 minutes left on Tuesday, but then closed the game on an 11-0 run, with Harrison Barnes scoring the first seven of those 11 points. Barnes has also picked up some of the slack in Wembanyama\u2019s absence: the 33-year-old is registering the best marks of his 14-year career in 2-point percentage (66%), 3-point percentage<\/a> (45.2%) and free throw percentage (90%).<\/p>\n Coming up: The Spurs\u2019 loss in Phoenix on Sunday was the start of a stretch where they\u2019re playing seven of eight games on the road, and their current, four-game trip includes their first meetings with both the Nuggets and Wolves. The Spurs were one of two teams<\/a> (the Wolves were the other) with two wins in Denver last season.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: @ POR*, @ DEN*, @ MIN<\/p>\n #9<\/p>\n Record: 12-5<\/p>\n OffRtg: 119.2 (5) DefRtg: 112.6 (11) NetRtg: +6.6 (5) Pace: 101.5 (13)<\/p>\n The Raptors are the only team to have clinched a spot<\/a> in the Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinals, and they\u2019re now in second place in the Eastern Conference with a seven-game winning streak<\/a>.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Raptors have won 11 of their last 12 games, and they avenged the one loss in Philadelphia on Wednesday. They have the best record (5-1) in games played between the 10 Eastern Conference teams that currently have winning records, having allowed just 110.2 points per 100 possessions over those six games. Last season, they were 3-19 against the six East teams that finished over .500.<\/p>\n The Raptors remain a relatively low-volume 3-point shooting team, with only 36.6% of their shots (the league\u2019s fourth-lowest rate<\/a>) having come from beyond the arc. But they\u2019ve shot 44.6% from deep<\/a> over their last four games and have seen the league\u2019s third biggest jump in 3-point percentage from last season. Scottie Barnes\u2019 41.4% is up from just 30% over his first four years.<\/p>\n RJ Barrett suffered a right knee injury in the third quarter of the Raptors\u2019 win over Brooklyn on Sunday. Jakob Poeltl has been in and out of the lineup, but the Raptors\u2019 other four starters have played in all 17 of their games, with Barrett, Scottie Barnes and Immanuel Quickley having already played more minutes together (349<\/a>) than they did all of last season (285<\/a>).<\/p>\n Coming up: The Raptors are 2-0 against the Cavs, though Cleveland was without three starters (including Donovan Mitchell) in the first meeting and playing the second game of a back-to-back in the second. Both teams will be playing the second game of a back-to-back when they meet in Toronto on Monday.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: vs. CLE, vs. IND*, @ CHA, @ NYK<\/p>\n #10<\/p>\n Record: 9-6<\/p>\n OffRtg: 119.7 (3) DefRtg: 114.8 (18) NetRtg: +4.9 (9) Pace: 101.0 (17)<\/p>\n The Knicks got their first road win of the season on Wednesday, surviving in Dallas when Brandon Williams hooked Landry Shamet as he drove for the game-tying layup. But they\u2019ve lost three of their last five<\/a> overall and are 1-5 away from Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Their loss in Miami (without Jalen Brunson) last Monday was kind of ugly, but this 2-3 stretch has been the Knicks\u2019 worst five-game stretch of defense (120.4 points allowed per 100 possessions<\/a>) this season. Not coincidentally, OG Anunoby has missed all but five minutes of the last four games. The Knicks have now allowed 14.5 fewer points per 100 possessions<\/a> with Anunoby on the floor (106.4) than they have with him on the floor (120.9).<\/p>\n New York also lost Shamet to a shoulder injury in the first quarter of its road loss to Orlando on Saturday. He was starting in place of Anunoby, has already played 41% of his minutes total from last season and hit two huge 3-pointers in the final 65 seconds in Dallas on Wednesday. Shamet\u2019s 28-for-66 (42.4%) from 3-point range would be the best mark of his career<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Knicks have still seen the league\u2019s biggest jump in 3-point rate from last season, and their rate of 47% (37 of their 79 field goal attempts) in Orlando on Saturday was the highest rate<\/a> for any team against the Magic (who have the league\u2019s second-lowest opponent rate). But they were outscored by 28 points (50-22<\/a>) in the restricted area, and they\u2019re now 1-4 against Miami and Orlando.<\/p>\n Coming up: One of their other two losses came in Milwaukee in October, and the Knicks will host the Bucks on Friday. Two nights later, they\u2019ll have the first of four meetings against the improved Raptors.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: @ BKN, @ CHA*, vs. MIL*, vs. TOR<\/p>\n #11<\/p>\n Record: 11-6<\/p>\n OffRtg: 116.6 (13) DefRtg: 111.2 (4) NetRtg: +5.4 (7) Pace: 106.4 (1)<\/p>\n The Heat are legit. They\u2019ve been shorthanded (beyond the absence of Tyler Herro), but have won four straight games<\/a>, with all four wins having come against solid or good teams.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Two of the four opponents had top-10 offenses (at the time), but the Heat have allowed just 101.4 points per 100 possessions<\/a> over the winning streak, climbing back into the top five on defense. They\u2019ve forced 17.1 turnovers per 100 possessions<\/a> (up from 14.3 through their first 13 games), winning the possession battle in all four wins after losing it in each of their nine games prior to the streak.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not a coincidence that Bam Adebayo returned from a six-game absence on Wednesday. The Heat have allowed just 105.5 points per 100 possessions<\/a> with Adebayo on the floor, including just 101.9 per 100 in his 265 minutes at the five (with Kel\u2019el Ware off the floor).<\/p>\n Fast pace and great defense generally don\u2019t go together. Over the previous 29 seasons for which we have play-by-play data, only 14 (9.7%) of the 145 teams that have ranked in the top five in pace have also ranked in the top five on defense. (More than twice as many have ranked in the bottom five defensively.) That\u2019s less than one every two years, though the Thunder have done it in each of the last two seasons.<\/p>\n Coming up: Herro is expected to make his season debut when the Heat host the Mavs on Monday. That will be one of two matchups of top-five defenses in Miami this week, and the Heat will have a rest advantage when they face the first-place Pistons for the first time on Saturday night.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: vs. DAL, vs. MIL*, vs. DET<\/p>\n #12<\/p>\n Record: 10-6<\/p>\n OffRtg: 118.1 (7) DefRtg: 112.6 (12) NetRtg: +5.5 (6) Pace: 101.5 (14)<\/p>\n The Wolves continue to take care of business against lesser opponents, but remain winless (0-6) against the other 16 teams that currently have winning records. They somehow blew an eight-point lead with a minute left in Phoenix on Friday.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Wolves\u2019 defense has shaped up after a rough start to the season. They\u2019ve allowed just 106.0 points per 100 possessions (second in the league<\/a>) over their last eight games after allowing 119.4 (27th<\/a>) through their first eight. The Mavs\u2019 96 points on 108 possessions last Monday were the fourth-worst offensive performance<\/a> for any team this season.<\/p>\n They\u2019ve forced more turnovers over the last eight games (17.4 per 100 possessions) than they did over the first eight (14.9 per 100), with the Suns turning the ball over 28 times on Friday. The Wolves have also seen a big drop in opponent field goal percentage in the paint, from 58.8% to 50%.<\/p>\n The Wolves themselves committed a season-high 22 turnovers on Friday, including three in the final minute as the Suns finished the game on a 9-0 run. Julius Randle has registered the lowest turnover rate of his career<\/a> (9.3 per 100 possessions used), but had two of the miscues before Anthony Edwards opened the door for the Suns by going 0-for-2 at the line with 12.7 seconds left.<\/p>\n Coming up: The loss in Phoenix was the start of a three-game trip that concludes Wednesday with the Wolves\u2019 first meeting with the Thunder. They lost their three playoff games<\/a> in Oklahoma City by an average of 23.7 points.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: @ SAC, @ OKC*, vs. BOS, vs. SAS<\/p>\n #13<\/p>\n Record: 10-8<\/p>\n OffRtg: 116.8 (11) DefRtg: 113.7 (15) NetRtg: +3.0 (13) Pace: 100.6 (21)<\/p>\n The Magic had a 6-1 stretch<\/a> that included two wins over the Knicks, and the only loss came in Houston (and in overtime). But they were extra shorthanded in a rest-disadvantage game in Boston on Sunday, when a comeback from 26 points down came up short.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Break out the champagne, because the Orlando Magic have a better-than-average offense. They climbed from 20th to 11th on that end of the floor last week, scoring 126.1 points per 100 possessions<\/a> over their four games since that loss in Houston. Paolo Banchero remains out, but seven players<\/a> have averaged at least 11 points over the four games.<\/p>\n In a league where 28 of the 30 teams have a higher free-throw rate than they did last season, the Magic have seen the league\u2019s biggest jump, from 26.9 attempts per 100 shots from the field (second<\/a>) in 2024-25 to 35.7 per 100 (first<\/a>) in \u201925-26. That rate has been a little lower (30.4 per 100) over the six games without Banchero, but Franz Wagner is averaging 6.3 points per game at the line, up from 4.5 last season<\/a>.<\/p>\n In addition to Banchero, the Magic were without Jalen Suggs (second game of a back-to-back), Wendell Carter Jr. and Goga Bitadze in Boston on Sunday. Two-way center Orlando Robinson got the start, but he and Jonathan Isaac (4:54) combined to play just 18 minutes and it was the Magic\u2019s worst defensive game<\/a> of the season (138 points allowed on 97 possessions). The Celtics\u2019 64 points in the paint were 10 more<\/a> than they had scored in any other game.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Magic and Pistons are both 2-0 in the NBA Cup, but both will play Cup games on Wednesday before meeting in Detroit two nights later. Before Sunday, the Magic\u2019s two worst defensive games<\/a> of the season came in late October in the two cities \u2013 Philadelphia and Detroit \u2013 they\u2019ll revisit this week.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: @ PHI*, @ DET*<\/p>\n #14<\/p>\n Record: 11-7<\/p>\n OffRtg: 115.5 (16) DefRtg: 112.7 (13) NetRtg: +2.8 (14) Pace: 101.6 (12)<\/p>\n After losing two straight games for the first time since they had Trae Young in uniform, the Hawks took care of business against New Orleans and Charlotte over the weekend, improving to 9-4 without their point guard.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Jalen Johnson is doing it all. He\u2019s had at least 16 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in each of his last eight games, averaging 24.1, 10.9 and 9.1<\/a> over that stretch. Over those eight games, the Hawks have been 38.6 points per 100 possessions<\/a> better with Johnson on the floor (plus-15.1) than they\u2019ve been with him on the bench (minus-23.5).<\/p>\n The Hawks have been getting clobbered on the glass, ranking 28th<\/a> in rebounding percentage (45.8%) over their last six games. The rebounding numbers have been good (58.3%<\/a>) in limited (57) minutes with both Onyeka Okongwu and Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is on the floor together, and we saw some of those minutes in San Antonio on Thursday. But the Hawks had only one or the other in their weekend back-to-back.<\/p>\n The Hawks have seen the league\u2019s biggest drop in pace from last season, though that\u2019s mostly about the absence of Young. They\u2019ve averaged 107.6 possessions per 48 minutes<\/a> with him on the floor and just 100.8 per 48 with him off the floor.<\/p>\n Coming up: One of the Hawks\u2019 first games without Young was a loss in Cleveland (their second-worst offensive game<\/a> of the season) at the start of the month. They\u2019ll host the Cavs on Friday and then begin their second stretch of five games in seven days in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: @ WAS*, vs. CLE*, @ PHI<\/p>\n #15<\/p>\n Record: 9-7<\/p>\n OffRtg: 116.8 (12) DefRtg: 115.2 (19) NetRtg: +1.6 (16) Pace: 100.0 (25)<\/p>\n Paul George made his season debut last week<\/a> and he helped the Sixers get an overtime win in Milwaukee on Friday, scoring 21 points in less than 25 minutes. But overall, the Philly offense has cooled off, and they\u2019ve alternated wins and losses for their last nine games<\/a>.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Sixers were overperforming in terms of shot quality (which still ranks last), so it\u2019s not a surprise that their offense has seen a drop-off over the last 15 days. They\u2019ve scored just 110.8 points per 100 possessions (24th<\/a>) over their last seven games, down from 121.3 (first<\/a>) through their first nine.<\/p>\n Tyrese Maxey is still putting up big numbers in big minutes. He scored a career-high 54 points in the overtime win in Milwaukee, tying the game with a pair of free throws with seven seconds left in regulation. He continues to average more than 40 minutes per game, and the Sixers have scored 15.7 more points per 100 possessions<\/a> with him on the floor (117.7) than they have with him off the floor (102.0).<\/p>\n Coming up: With their losses to the Raptors and Heat last week, the Sixers are 2-6 against the eight other Eastern Conference teams that are at least two games over .500. One of those wins (their best offensive game of the season<\/a>) came Oct. 27 against the Magic, who will be back in Philly on Tuesday. Their first meeting with the Hawks will come five days later.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: vs. ORL*, @ BKN*, vs. ATL<\/p>\n #16<\/p>\n Record: 9-9<\/p>\n OffRtg: 112.6 (23) DefRtg: 112.2 (10) NetRtg: +0.4 (17) Pace: 101.6 (11)<\/p>\n The Warriors have lost three straight games, struggling to get much offense beyond that of the ageless Stephen Curry.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Warriors have now lost more games with both Curry and Jimmy Butler in the lineup (8-6<\/a>) than they did after Butler was acquired last season (22-5<\/a>). The minutes with both on the floor have been better (plus-10.7 per 100 possessions) than they were last season (plus-5), but bench minutes have been a problem.<\/p>\n The Warriors\u2019 bench ranks 22nd<\/a> after ranking eighth<\/a> last season, with only three teams \u2013 the Pacers, Bucks, Wizards \u2013 seeing bigger drop-offs. Golden State led by 11 midway through the third quarter on Friday, but then saw the Blazers go on a 30-12 run spanning the third and fourth.<\/p>\n The Warriors have been 18.6 points per 100 possessions<\/a> better with Draymond Green on the floor (plus-8.9) than they\u2019ve been with him on the bench (minus-9.7), with the bigger difference coming on defense (even though Green is mostly defending against the opponents\u2019 starters). They were outscored by 17 in 16:36 with Green on the bench in their eight-point loss in Orlando last Monday.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Warriors had played a league-high 18 games<\/a> through the first 32 days of the season, but the five-game homestand that began with their loss to the Blazers on Friday includes three two-day breaks, giving them some practice and recovery time.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: vs. UTA, vs. HOU*, vs. NOP<\/p>\n #17<\/p>\n Record: 8-9<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.9 (18) DefRtg: 117.0 (21) NetRtg: -2.2 (18) Pace: 100.9 (18)<\/p>\n The Bucks lost Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> to a groin injury last Monday, and they\u2019ve dropped four straight games to fall below .500 for the first time.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Bucks had a winning record (8-7) without Antetokounmpo last season, but they\u2019re 1-3 without him this year and have been outscored by 11.7 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in his 412 minutes off the floor. That differential is entirely about offense, though the defense was absent on Saturday, when the Pistons shot 63%, including 16-for-30 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n The Bucks did go to overtime against the Sixers without their star on Thursday, when Ryan Rollins registered career highs for both points (32 \u2013 tying his mark from earlier in the season) and assists (14). Rollins has shot 11-for-17 (best among 29 players with at least 15 field goal attempts<\/a>) in the clutch, but he wasn\u2019t close<\/a> on the potential game-winner in regulation, and the Bucks allowed the Sixers to score 17 points on 10 possessions in the extra period.<\/p>\n The Bucks have leaned into their zone defense a little more in Antetokounmpo\u2019s absence, playing a season-high 44 possessions of zone in their overtime loss in Philadelphia on Thursday, according to Synergy tracking. They rank second (behind the Rockets) with 11.6 zone possessions per game for the season and second in points allowed per possession (0.86) among the 12 teams that have played at least 50 total zone possessions.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Bucks\u2019 perfect record (12-0) in Emirates NBA Cup games played outside of Las Vegas could be in jeopardy if Antetokounmpo doesn\u2019t make his return this week. One of those eight wins without him last season came in Miami, and first place in East Group C will be on the line at Kaseya Center on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: vs. POR, @ MIA*, @ NYK*, vs. BKN<\/p>\n #18<\/p>\n Record: 9-8<\/p>\n OffRtg: 118.8 (6) DefRtg: 114.0 (16) NetRtg: +4.8 (11) Pace: 96.5 (30)<\/p>\n The Celtics\u2019 three-game winning streak came to an end with a loss (at home) to the Nets on Friday, but they got back above .500 with their best offensive game of the season, scoring 138 points on just 97 possessions against the shorthanded Magic on Sunday night.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Celtics have seen the league\u2019s biggest drop in 3-point rate from last season, but their wins and losses have been more dependent on their results from beyond the arc. They\u2019re 7-0<\/a> when they\u2019ve shot the league average (35.9%) or better from 3-point range and 2-8<\/a> when they haven\u2019t. That\u2019s the league\u2019s biggest differential, and they had the 15th biggest (37-6 vs. 24-15) last season.<\/p>\n Neemias Queta and Luka Garza are limited offensively compared to the bigs the Celtics had last season, but they\u2019ve given Boston a boost on the glass. Garza and Queta rank seventh and 16th<\/a> in offensive rebounding percentage among 292 players who\u2019ve averaged at least 12 minutes per game and the Celtics have seen the league\u2019s eighth biggest jump in offensive rebounding percentage from last season. Only the Rockets and Blazers<\/a> have averaged more second-chance points per 100 possessions.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Celtics\u2019 win over Orlando on Sunday was the first of five straight games against teams with winning records. They lost in Detroit<\/a> (despite 41 points from Brown) in Week 1 and will have a couple of days off before getting their second shot at the Pistons on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: vs. DET*, @ MIN, @ CLE<\/p>\n #19<\/p>\n Record: 9-7<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.3 (20) DefRtg: 116.6 (20) NetRtg: -2.4 (19) Pace: 104.2 (2)<\/p>\n The Bulls\u2019 first stretch of five games in seven days was a wild one. The night after losing in double overtime in Utah (extending their losing streak to five games), they upset the Nuggets in Denver. They blew a 21-point lead in Portland, but won at the buzzer<\/a>. They were smoked by the Heat and almost lost to the Wizards, but completed the stretch with another one-point win.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Bulls\u2019 nine wins have come by an average of just 5.7 points<\/a>, with the last four having come by three points or fewer. They\u2019re 9-7, but rank in the bottom 11 on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n Coby White played in just one game in both of the Bulls\u2019 back-to-backs, but he\u2019s been on the floor down the stretch of all three games he\u2019s played in, hitting Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107 for the game-winner in Portland. White got his first start on Saturday and he\u2019s one of four players<\/a> (Luka Don\u010di\u0107, James Harden and Nikola Joki\u0107 are the others) averaging at least 28 points and eight assists per 36 minutes. The Bulls have outscored their opponents by 13.9 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in his 89 minutes thus far.<\/p>\n The Bulls lead the league in ball movement (400 passes per 24 minutes of possession) and rank third in player movement (11.1 miles traveled per 24 minutes of possession). The 400 passes per 24 would be the most for any team in the last seven seasons.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Bulls\u2019 win over the Wizards on Saturday began a stretch of four games where the opponents have a (current) cumulative record of 9-57. They begin a four-game trip in New Orleans on Monday night.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: @ NOP, @ CHA*, @ IND<\/p>\n #20<\/p>\n Record: 7-10<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.9 (19) DefRtg: 117.4 (22) NetRtg: -2.5 (20) Pace: 103.6 (3)<\/p>\n The Blazers put an end to a four-game losing streak with a comeback win at Golden State on Friday, but they clobbered in Oklahoma City over the weekend and are 2-7 over the last 16 days.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Blazers have been without Jrue Holiday for the last five games and, with Scoot Henderson and Blake Wesley also out, two-way guards Sidy Cissoko, Javonte Cooke and Caleb Love have all seen rotation minutes. Love hit two huge 3-pointers in the final two minutes of the win over the Warriors on Friday, but is otherwise 11-for-50<\/a> (22%) from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n Both of those Love 3s were assisted by Deni Avdija, who\u2019s been the de facto point guard, averaging 6.6 minutes of possession (11th in the league<\/a>) over Holiday\u2019s absence. The offense was solid (118.6 points scored per 100 possessions) in Avdija\u2019s minutes over the first four games, but the Blazers played the Thunder on Sunday and scored less than a point per possession<\/a> for the first time this season.<\/p>\n The other end of the floor remains a bigger problem. The Blazers have allowed 124 points per 100 possessions over their last seven games, with only the Wizards<\/a> having allowed more over that stretch. At this point, we can forget that this team had a top-five defense<\/a> (better than the Thunder!) after the All-Star break last season.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Blazers will be at a rest disadvantage when they complete a stretch of five games in seven days in Milwaukee on Monday. Then they\u2019ll begin a stretch of five straight games against teams that are currently at least six games over .500, with their third meeting with the Thunder coming on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: @ MIL, vs. SAS*, vs. OKC<\/p>\n #21<\/p>\n Record: 5-12<\/p>\n OffRtg: 113.8 (21) DefRtg: 119.2 (25) NetRtg: -5.4 (24) Pace: 97.1 (29)<\/p>\n Kawhi Leonard returned<\/a> from a 10-game absence on Sunday, but his return wasn\u2019t enough for the Clippers in Cleveland. They went 2-4 on their road trip, are 3-4 with Leonard in the lineup and remain behind the Jazz in the Western Conference standings.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Leonard scored 20 points and the Clippers outscored the Cavs by three points in his 26 minutes on the floor on Sunday. But bench minutes continue to be a major issue. Cleveland took control with a 12-0 run spanning the first and second quarters and put the game away with a 20-3 run spanning the third and fourth. Chris Paul has been back in the rotation for the last four games and he had 13 assists<\/a> in just 40 total minutes over the weekend, but the Clippers have scored less than a point per possession<\/a> in his 177 minutes on the floor this season.<\/p>\n As much as they miss Norman Powell\u2019s offensive production, defense is where the Clippers have been much more disappointing. They\u2019ve now allowed 9.8 more points per 100 possessions than they did last season, by far the league\u2019s biggest jump. The loss in Cleveland on Sunday was the 10th time<\/a> they\u2019ve allowed more than 120 points per 100 possessions, something they did just seven times<\/a> before the All-Star break last season.<\/p>\n According to tracking data, the Clippers have seen the league\u2019s biggest drop in the percentage of ball screens that they\u2019ve switched, from 31% (sixth highest) last season to just 13% (second lowest) this season.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Clippers are 5-12 overall, but they\u2019re 2-0 in the Emirates NBA Cup, and they\u2019ll visit the similarly 2-0 Lakers on Wednesday, with first place in West Group B on the line.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: @ LAL*, vs. MEM*, vs. DAL<\/p>\n #22<\/p>\n Record: 6-11<\/p>\n OffRtg: 109.9 (25) DefRtg: 114.3 (17) NetRtg: -4.4 (22) Pace: 101.9 (10)<\/p>\n The Grizzlies have been without Ja Morant for all but six minutes of the last five games, and Jaren Jackson Jr. (ankle) has missed the last two. But they won them both<\/a>, taking advantage of a couple of other Western Conference teams \u2013 the Kings and Mavs \u2013 near the bottom of the standings.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n While Morant and Jackson (and others) are out, the Grizzlies have now had Zach Edey back for four games, and they\u2019ve outscored their opponents by 17.4 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in the big man\u2019s 101 minutes on the floor. A lot of that success is about rebounding, with Memphis grabbing 57.8% of available boards<\/a> with Edey on the floor (compared to just 49.6% with him off it). Over the last three games, the Grizzlies have outscored their opponents by 54 points (73-19<\/a>) on second chances.<\/p>\n Santi Aldama got his first two starts of the season in Jackson\u2019s place and led the Grizzlies in scoring both nights, totaling 49 points<\/a> on 20-for-35 (57%) shooting. He also put the Grizzlies ahead for good on Saturday with an amazing finish<\/a> over Daniel Gafford. Aldama\u2019s usage rate (20.3%) is the highest of his career<\/a>, and he\u2019s taken less than half of his shots from 3-point range for the first time<\/a> since his rookie season.<\/p>\n With Ty Jerome and Scotty Pippen Jr. having yet to play, Cam Spencer has been a regular in the rotation. He\u2019s already tallied more points, rebounds, assists and steals<\/a> than he did in the entirety of his rookie season. Spencer (instead of Vince Williams Jr.) played down the stretch of the Grizzlies\u2019 win in Dallas on Saturday and either scored<\/a> or assisted<\/a> on the team\u2019s two buckets for the lead in the final two minutes.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Grizzlies will have some opportunities for more wins when they head out on a four-game trip that begins Wednesday and takes them through New Orleans, L.A. and Sacramento. They\u2019re 4-0 against the other six Western Conference teams that currently have losing records.<\/p>\n Week 6<\/a>: vs. DEN, @ NOP*, @ LAC*, @ SAC<\/p>\n #23<\/p>\n Record: 5-13<\/p>\n OffRtg: 105.3 (30) DefRtg: 110.6 (3) NetRtg: -5.3 (23) Pace: 102.9 (5)<\/p>\n Anthony Davis has now missed the last 13 games, and the Mavs are 3-10 over that stretch, though it hasn\u2019t been particularly tough in regard to the opponents.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n No matter the strength of the opponent, the Mavs play close games, and most of them haven\u2019t been very pretty down the stretch. Thirteen of their last 15 have been within five points in the last five minutes, and, overall, the Mavs and their opponents have combined to score just 102 points per 100 clutch possessions. Dallas scored just seven points on 13 clutch possessions against the Knicks on Wednesday, with Klay Thompson missing everything<\/a> on a 3-pointer for the tie and Brandon Williams\u2019 game-tying layup being waived off by an offensive foul<\/a>.<\/p>\n When you play close games, the possession game is extra critical. But the Mavs have averaged 9.4 fewer shooting opportunities than their opponents over their last five games. Losses to the Wolves and Grizzlies last week (both played without Dereck Lively II) were Dallas\u2019 two worst rebounding games<\/a> of the season. They\u2019ve been at their best on the glass (rebounding percentage of 52.8%<\/a>) with Lively on the floor, but he\u2019s played just 115 total minutes over seven games.<\/p>\n
\nSomething Just Ain\u2019t Right: Golden State (0-3) \u2014 Inconsistent, .500 basketball isn\u2019t going to cut it.<\/p>\n
\nEasiest: 1. Oklahoma City, 2. Phoenix, 3. Denver
\nSchedule strength = cumulative opponent winning percentage.<\/p>\n
\nFree falls of the week: Golden State (-8), Milwaukee (-7)<\/p>\n
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NetRtg<\/a>: Point differential per 100 possessions (League Rank)
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Dallas Mavericks<\/a>Last Week:22\u2193<\/p>\n