Schedule strength through Week 9<\/p>\n
Toughest: 1. Sacramento, 2. New Orleans, 3. Orlando
\nEasiest: 1. Oklahoma City, 2. Denver, 3. Detroit
\nSchedule strength is based on cumulative opponent record.<\/p>\n
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Movement in the Rankings<\/p>\n
High jumps of the week: New Orleans (+3), Philadelphia (+3)
\nFree falls of the week: Milwaukee (-5), Houston (-3), LA Clippers (-3)<\/p>\n
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Week 10 Team to Watch<\/p>\n
San Antonio<\/a> \u2014 The Spurs have won their last six games that count in the standings, including a huge upset of the Thunder in Las Vegas. They\u2019ll face the champs two more times this week, playing host on Tuesday and then visiting Oklahoma City on Christmas.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Previously\u2026<\/p>\n OffRtg<\/a>: Points scored per 100 possessions (League Rank) The league has averaged 114.7 points scored per 100 possessions and 100.8 possessions (per team) per 48 minutes this season.<\/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: 25-3<\/p>\n OffRtg: 119.0 (5) DefRtg: 103.2 (1) NetRtg: +15.8 (1) Pace: 101.5 (10)<\/p>\n The Thunder remain the best team in the league by a wide margin, but they\u2019ve suddenly lost two of their last three games<\/a>, struggling a bit offensively.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Maybe there wasn\u2019t enough emphasis on schedule strength as the Thunder won 24 of their first 25 games, outscoring their opponents by a ridiculous 17.2 points per 100 possessions<\/a>. Only five of those 25 games were against the other 14 teams that currently have winning records, and only three were against teams that currently rank in the top 10 offensively. They\u2019re now halfway through a stretch where they\u2019re playing six of eight against winning teams.<\/p>\n The last three games have been the Thunder\u2019s worst stretch of offense (106.6 points scored per 100 possessions<\/a>) this season. That includes just 6-for-23 shooting<\/a> (5-for-10 from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 1-for-13 from everybody else) with the score within five points in the last five minutes in their two clutch losses.<\/p>\n The Thunder\u2019s three losses have still come by a total of just nine points, and they still have the best point differential for a team\u2019s first 28 games in NBA history. With the Nuggets\u2019 loss to Houston on Saturday, the champs are the only team that hasn\u2019t lost a game that wasn\u2019t within five points in the last five minutes. Their worst three-game stretch of defense this season was 109.7 points allowed per 100 possessions, what the second-ranked Pistons\u2019 defense has allowed for the season.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Thunder will have two chances to avenge their Emirates NBA Cup loss to the Spurs this week, with the second (in Oklahoma City) being their first Christmas game since 2018.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: vs. MEM, @ SAS, vs. SAS, vs. PHI<\/p>\n #2<\/p>\n Record: 20-7<\/p>\n OffRtg: 123.7 (1) DefRtg: 115.1 (17) NetRtg: +8.6 (3) Pace: 100.1 (20)<\/p>\n The Nuggets split their two games with the Rockets last week, seeing their six-game winning streak<\/a> come to an end on Saturday.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n According to the Last Two Minute Report<\/a>, the Nuggets benefitted from two calls and a no-call in their overtime win over Houston last Monday. Their loss over the weekend was both their worst offensive game<\/a> of the season (101 points on 97 possessions) and their first loss in a game that wasn\u2019t within five points in the last five minutes. Denver is now 4-2 in games played between the top six teams in the West, with five of those six games having come against the Rockets (2-1) and Wolves (2-0). They\u2019ll face Minnesota again this week.<\/p>\n In between the two games against the Rockets was a win over Orlando in which the Nuggets took control with a 35-7 run to close the first half. Jamal Murray scored 20 of those 35 points on 7-for-8 shooting and finished with 32. Over the previous two seasons, only one of Murray\u2019s 19 3-point games came before Christmas, and that was on Dec. 22, 2023. He\u2019s got seven 30-point games<\/a> already this season, and his true shooting percentage of 63.1% would be the highest mark of his career<\/a> by a healthy margin.<\/p>\n The offensive struggles on Saturday came with Nikola Joki\u0107 playing just 29 minutes, due to foul trouble. But the Nuggets were also outscored by 20 points in those 29 minutes with the three-time MVP on the floor. They\u2019re now missing three of their top six guys, with Peyton Watson having missed the last 2 1\/2 games with a \u201ctrunk contusion.\u201d But they\u2019ve still outscored their opponents with Joki\u0107 off the floor in eight of their last 11 games.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Nuggets are home for their Christmas game against the Wolves, but have some tough travel (a home-Dallas back-to-back) first, and they\u2019ll begin their longest road trip of the season (seven games over 12 days) on Saturday.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: vs. UTA, @ DAL, vs. MIN, @ ORL<\/p>\n #3<\/p>\n Record: 20-8<\/p>\n OffRtg: 121.7 (2) DefRtg: 114.0 (15) NetRtg: +7.7 (4) Pace: 99.1 (26)<\/p>\n The Knicks are the Emirates NBA Cup champs<\/a>, and their only loss in their last nine games (if you count the Cup final) was a rest-disadvantage game against the Sixers on Friday.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n OG Anunoby has been back for eight games (including the Cup final). The first of those games was a blowout win over the Jazz and the Knicks have been without at least one starter in two of the other seven. In the other five, their starting lineup (with Josh Hart) has been outscored by 23 points in its 76 minutes, having allowed an alarming 136 points per 100 possessions.<\/p>\n Though Miles McBride and Landry Shamet remain out, bench minutes have generally been terrific, with Jordan Clarkson, Tyler Kolek and Mitchell Robinson all contributing to the win over the Spurs on Tuesday. Hart, Robinson and Karl-Anthony Towns all missed the Knicks\u2019 game in Indiana two nights later, but Kolek had 16 points and 11 assists, and (in a one-point victory) the Knicks outscored the Pacers by 17 points in Jalen Brunson\u2019s 14 minutes off the floor. Brunson returned to the floor, of course, and he hit the game-winning, step-back 3<\/a> with 4.4 seconds left.<\/p>\n Kolek\u2019s biggest play in the Cup final was a strong drive and back-hand assist on an Anunoby corner 3<\/a> for an eight-point lead with a little less than two minutes left. The Knicks then went 9-for-14 from the corners in their win in Indiana and 10-for-14 from the corners in their win over the Heat on Sunday. Their 5.3 corner 3s per game<\/a> would be the most in the 47 seasons of the 3-point line and they\u2019ve got seven guys<\/a> who\u2019ve made at least 10, with six of those seven players shooting better than 40% from the corners.<\/p>\n Coming up: It was this time (Dec. 19) last year when Towns made his return to Minnesota and scored 32 points (on 10-for-12 shooting) in a 26-point win<\/a> for the Knicks. They\u2019re back at the Target Center on Tuesday and will then look to get their third straight Christmas win when they host the Cavs two days later. Mikal Bridges led the way with 41 points on 17-for-25 shooting in last year\u2019s win<\/a> over the Spurs.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: @ MIN, vs. CLE, @ ATL<\/p>\n #4<\/p>\n Record: 22-6<\/p>\n OffRtg: 116.5 (9) DefRtg: 109.7 (2) NetRtg: +6.8 (5) Pace: 101.4 (14)<\/p>\n The Pistons suffered their first loss<\/a> against the Western Conference on Thursday, coming up short in Dallas in overtime after erasing an 18-point deficit. But they remain at the top of the East, having picked up a big win (with another comeback from double-digits) in Boston earlier in the week.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n In the previous 29 seasons of play-by-play data, there have been 12 teams with winning regular-season records<\/a> in games they trailed by double-digits, and eight of those 12 (including last season\u2019s Thunder) have gone on to win the championship, while two of the other four lost in the Finals. The two teams with winning records after trailing by at least 10 points this season are the Thunder (6-0) and the Pistons (8-4), with the comeback in Boston giving Detroit as many wins after trailing by double-digits as it had all of last season (8-33).<\/p>\n It\u2019s not necessarily a make-or-miss league (from beyond the arc) when the Pistons are playing. They\u2019ve been involved in seven of the 25 worst 3-point shooting games<\/a> (26.5% or worse) for winning teams this season. Two of those (including their game in Dallas on Thursday) were losses where their opponent shot under 20%, but they\u2019ve also won five games<\/a> while shooting under 27% from beyond the arc. They were 6-for-28 (21%) from deep on Saturday, but outscored the Hornets by 45 points (90-45) in the paint or at the free throw line.<\/p>\n The Hornets shot 14-for-45 (31%) in the paint, the worst paint shooting game for any team in the last two seasons. The Pistons have now outscored their opponents by 13.9 points in the paint per game, what would be the third biggest differential in the 30 seasons of shot-location data.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Pistons will spend Christmas out West, with their longest road trip of the season (five games over nine days) beginning Monday in Portland.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: @ POR, @ SAC, @ UTA, @ LAC<\/p>\n #5<\/p>\n Record: 21-7<\/p>\n OffRtg: 118.2 (6) DefRtg: 112.2 (5) NetRtg: +6.1 (7) Pace: 101.1 (16)<\/p>\n The Spurs came up short in the Emirates NBA Cup final<\/a> on Tuesday, but they\u2019ve won their last six games<\/a> that count toward the regular-season standings. They\u2019re second in the West and one of three teams<\/a> that rank in the top six on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Spurs hadn\u2019t played De\u2019Aaron Fox, Dylan Harper and Stephon Castle together through the first three games that all three were available. But when the Cup final went to clutch time, it was those three plus Devin Vassell and Victor Wembanyama who were on the floor together<\/a>. That group couldn\u2019t get the job done (it was outscored, 14-8, in the final 4:09) against the Knicks, but it could be the lineup that the Spurs call on in big moments going forward.<\/p>\n There were no big moments over their next three games, with the Spurs leading all three by at least 24 points. They had everybody available for both games of their Thursday-Friday back-to-back, and they were their two biggest wins (combined margin of 53 points<\/a>) since opening night in Dallas.<\/p>\n Wembanyama has been back for just four games (that count), and he\u2019s played just 81 minutes (all off the bench) in those four games. But that\u2019s all it\u2019s taken for the Spurs to climb from 16th<\/a> (before his return) to fifth in points allowed per 100 possessions. They\u2019ve allowed just 88.3 per 100<\/a> in those 81 minutes with him on the floor, with the context being that 39 of the 81 came against the Wizards.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Spurs and Thunder are playing five times this season because they met in the NBA Cup semifinals. All five meetings are in the span of six weeks (Dec. 13 to Feb. 4), and the second and third are this week as the Spurs are in Oklahoma City on Christmas. Wembanyama had 42 points, 18 rebounds and four blocks in his Christmas debut, a three-point loss<\/a> in New York last year.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: vs. OKC, @ OKC, vs. UTA<\/p>\n #6<\/p>\n Record: 17-9<\/p>\n OffRtg: 121.0 (4) DefRtg: 112.1 (4) NetRtg: +8.9 (2) Pace: 97.7 (28)<\/p>\n The Rockets have suddenly lost three of their last four games, sliding from third to sixth place in the West. But all three losses came in overtime and they remain in the top four on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Two of those overtime losses came against the Pelicans and Kings, with the Rockets suffering some brutal collapses both nights. Their 25-point lead in New Orleans was the largest blown lead in the league this season, and they were up 14 with less than 10 minutes left in Sacramento. The Rockets (two) and Wizards (two) have four of the league\u2019s five losses after leading by at least 14 in the final 12 minutes of regulation. Tari Eason returned from a 14-game absence on Sunday and scored 16 points in less than 16 minutes, but left Dennis Schr\u00f6der alone in the left corner for the game-winning 3-pointer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Those were also two games where the Rockets allowed bottom-five offenses to score efficiently. They\u2019ve allowed more than 120 points per 100 possessions in four<\/a> of their nine December games, having done so zero times through 17 games in October and November. Reed Sheppard is near the top of the league in deflections per 36 minutes, but despite their size everywhere else in the rotation, the Rockets just don\u2019t force many turnovers (just 11.1 per 100 possessions over this 1-3 stretch<\/a>).<\/p>\n These last four games have also been a wild road stretch where the Rockets went from Denver to New Orleans, back to Denver, and then on to Sacramento for the second game of a back-to-back, with Kevin Durant and Amen Thompson both playing more than 45 minutes on Sunday. The Rockets have played the league\u2019s most road-heavy schedule to date, with only 10 of their 26 games having come at the Toyota Center, and they still have two more games on their current trip.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Rockets are now 1-4 within the top six in the West, though they\u2019ve been outscored by a total of just four points over those five games. Their first game against the Lakers will also be their first Christmas game since 2019 and the end of their five-game road trip. It\u2019ll be the 44th career meeting between Kevin Durant and LeBron James, with James having a 24-19 edge to date.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: @ LAC, @ LAL, vs. CLE<\/p>\n #7<\/p>\n Record: 19-8<\/p>\n OffRtg: 118.0 (7) DefRtg: 116.9 (23) NetRtg: +1.1 (14) Pace: 100.0 (23)<\/p>\n After closing November with seven straight wins, the Lakers are 4-4 this month<\/a>, with the four wins having come by a total of 17 points<\/a> and the four losses having come by a total of 66.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Lakers have been without Austin Reaves for the last three games, and they were without Luka Don\u010di\u0107 (leg contusion) for the second half of their loss to the Clippers on Saturday. LeBron James has averaged 30 points over Reaves\u2019 absence, but the game at the Intuit Dome was the second time this season<\/a> that the Lakers have scored less than a point per possession. They\u2019ve now been outscored by 4.1 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in 521 total minutes with Reaves off the floor.<\/p>\n Don\u010di\u0107\u2019s injury<\/a> came two nights after one of his best games in a Lakers uniform: 45 points, 11 rebounds, 14 assists and five steals in a comeback win in Utah. His 54.6 points per game via his own points or assists would be the fourth-highest mark in the 30 seasons of play-by-play data. (His own mark of 57.2 points per game two seasons ago is the record.)<\/p>\n For the season, 48.4% of Don\u010di\u0107\u2019s assists, the highest rate of his career, have come on dunks or layups. In an eight-point win, the Lakers outscored the Jazz by 20 points<\/a> in the restricted area, their best differential of the season. They\u2019ve still been outscored by 1.9 points per game in the restricted area overall, but the last three games are the first time they\u2019ve had a positive differential at the basket in three straight.<\/p>\n Coming up: This will be the 27th straight year that the Lakers are playing on Christmas, with James set to be the first player to have played in 20 Christmas games. It\u2019ll be their first meeting with the Rockets and their spot in the top four in the West could be on the line.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: @ PHX, vs. HOU, vs. SAC<\/p>\n #8<\/p>\n Record: 17-11<\/p>\n OffRtg: 121.3 (3) DefRtg: 114.7 (16) NetRtg: +6.6 (6) Pace: 96.2 (30)<\/p>\n The Celtics looked like they were coming back down to earth, but they caught flight again over the weekend, scoring 124.9 points per 100 possessions<\/a> as they beat the Heat and Raptors, two teams with top-10 defenses.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Celtics are now 12-4, having outscored their opponents by 10.1 points per 100 possessions over their last 16 games. Statistically, only the Thunder<\/a> have been better over that stretch, and eight of those 12 wins have come against teams that currently have winning records.<\/p>\n The Celtics had been playing without a backup center for much of the last month, playing Josh Minott or even Brown at the five when Neemias Queta wasn\u2019t on the floor. That worked OK for a while, but Queta\u2019s on-off differential started climbing back up over the four games prior to Saturday<\/a>. That put Luka Garza in the rotation in Toronto and the bench minutes were the difference. The game turned for good with a 22-4 Celtics run spanning the third and fourth quarters and Garza registered a plus-22 (grabbing nine offensive rebounds) in his 26 minutes.<\/p>\n Coming up: For the first time in 10 years, the Celtics aren\u2019t playing on Christmas. Their next seven games are against teams with losing records, and the five-game road trip that begins in Indiana on Friday is their longest of the season.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: vs. IND, @ IND, @ POR<\/p>\n #9<\/p>\n Record: 19-10<\/p>\n OffRtg: 116.7 (8) DefRtg: 112.3 (6) NetRtg: +4.4 (8) Pace: 100.8 (17)<\/p>\n Anthony Edwards made a triumphant return from a three-game absence on Friday, making three huge plays \u2014 a step-back 3 for the lead<\/a>, a block on a Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drive<\/a>\u00a0and a strip of the MVP<\/a> \u2014 in the final 40 seconds of the Wolves\u2019 win over the Thunder.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Edwards shot just 16-for-44<\/a> (36%), Julius Randle shot even worse (7-for-24), and the Wolves scored just 106.4 points per 100 possessions<\/a> over his two games back. But they won them both, holding the Thunder and Bucks to just 102.5 per 100. Over the last 18 days, Minnesota has climbed from 13th<\/a> to sixth in defensive efficiency. The context is that seven of the Wolves\u2019 nine December games have come against teams that rank in the bottom 10 offensively.<\/p>\n With Mike Conley also out, Bones Hyland started those three games that Edwards missed, and he continued to play ahead of Rob Dillingham in the Wolves\u2019 two wins over the weekend. Hyland was 4-for-6 from 3-point range against Oklahoma City and (on just 85 field goal attempts and 18 free throw attempts thus far) he\u2019s registering a career-high true shooting percentage of 64.6%<\/a>. The Wolves have outscored their opponents by 8.2 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in his 244 minutes.<\/p>\n The Wolves are building up their clutch reps, with 12 of their last 15 games having been within five points in the last five minutes. Edwards is now 20-for-30 (including 7-for-12 from 3-point range) in the clutch this season, the best mark<\/a> among 42 players with at least 20 field goal attempts with the score within five in the last five. It hasn\u2019t just been the Ant Show, though; He ranks just 17th<\/a> in clutch usage rate (31.1%).<\/p>\n Coming up: The Wolves\u2019 defense will now be seriously tested, as they face the league\u2019s top two offenses in the next four days. Their win over Milwaukee on Sunday was the start of a stretch where they\u2019re playing 10 of 11 against the Eastern Conference, with the one exception being their Christmas game in Denver. They\u2019re 0-2 against the Nuggets<\/a>, though both losses were rest-disadvantage games and the first was played without Edwards.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: vs. NYK, @ DEN, vs. BKN<\/p>\n #10<\/p>\n Record: 15-13<\/p>\n OffRtg: 113.7 (17) DefRtg: 113.7 (12) NetRtg: -0.1 (16) Pace: 100.0 (22)<\/p>\n The seventh-place Suns split their home-and-home set with the eighth-place Warriors last week, so they remain a game and a half ahead of Golden State. They\u2019re three behind the Rockets for a top-six spot in the West.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Suns have scored just 104.5 points per 100 possessions<\/a> over their last six games. Devin Booker missed the first three of those games and has also shot just 4-for-18 from 3-point range<\/a> over the last three. But they were able to beat the Warriors on Thursday while scoring less than a point per possession, having gone 0-6<\/a> when they scored less than a point per possession last season.<\/p>\n The Suns have still seen the league\u2019s biggest improvement in shot-opportunity differential, from minus-4.3 per game (28th) last season to plus-2.4 per game (eighth) this season. But they rank last<\/a> in rebounding percentage (45.8%) over their last eight games and were outscored by 17 points (26-9<\/a>) on second chances in their five-point loss at Golden State on Saturday.<\/p>\n The Suns trailed their win over the Warriors by 14 points early in the third quarter, and they led their loss at Golden State by 14 points early in the second. But they remain a front-running team, with the league\u2019s biggest differential between their record in games they led by double-digits (13-2) and their record in games they trailed by double-digits (4-13).<\/p>\n Coming up: The Suns will host the Lakers for the second time this month on Tuesday, but their post-Christmas schedule will be pretty road-heavy for about four weeks. They\u2019ll begin a four-game trip with a weekend back-to-back in New Orleans, after which they will have played 16 of their 28 scheduled games against the eight teams behind them in the West standings. They\u2019re 9-5<\/a> against that group thus far.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: vs. LAL, @ NOP, @ NOP<\/p>\n #11<\/p>\n Record: 16-12<\/p>\n OffRtg: 115.6 (10) DefRtg: 112.6 (10) NetRtg: +3.0 (9) Pace: 101.4 (13)<\/p>\n The Magic are 1-1 on a four-game trip out West, having blown two double-digit leads but escaped Utah with an overtime win on Desmond Bane\u2019s scoop shot<\/a> with 0.6 seconds left.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The game-winner gave Bane 18 points in the paint (9-for-13) on Saturday, tied for his third most paint points in 372 career games (including postseason). His finishing (54.3% shooting in the paint) hasn\u2019t been as good as it was over his last two seasons in Memphis (56.6%), but he\u2019s now taken 53% of his shots in the paint, easily the highest rate of his career. His 3-point rate is way down<\/a>, but his free-throw rate is up and he\u2019s now 93-for-100 (93%) from the line, the second-best mark among 88 players with at least 75 attempts.<\/p>\n The Magic still rank as the league\u2019s most improved offensive team, but they\u2019ve also seen their sixth biggest jump in points allowed per 100 possessions from last season (109.1, second<\/a>). They\u2019ve seen the second biggest drop in opponent turnover rate, from 16.8 per 100 possessions (second<\/a>) last season to 14.9 per 100 (12th<\/a>) this season.<\/p>\n Last season, the Magic allowed more than 120 points per 100 possessions just twice before Jan. 1<\/a>, but they\u2019ve done so six times<\/a> already this season. All six of those games (including their loss in Denver on Thursday) have been on the road and, overall, they\u2019ve allowed 6.9 more per 100 on the road (115.7, 17th<\/a>) than they have at home (108.8, third<\/a>). That\u2019s the league\u2019s biggest home-road differential on defense.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Magic will face the league\u2019s 21st and 18th-ranked offenses in the last two games of their four-game trip, but they\u2019ll face the Nuggets\u2019 top-ranked offense again on Saturday.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: @ GSW, @ POR, vs. CHA, vs. DEN<\/p>\n #12<\/p>\n Record: 16-11<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.7 (13) DefRtg: 113.3 (11) NetRtg: +1.4 (13) Pace: 100.4 (19)<\/p>\n The Sixers still have players in and out of the lineup (Joel Embiid missed both of their weekend games), but they\u2019re 6-2 in December and five games over .500 for the first time this season.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Sixers allowed 116.6 points per 100 possessions (21st<\/a>) before Thanksgiving, but have allowed just 107.7 (fourth<\/a>) over their 10 games since. It\u2019s helped that only two of those 10 opponents have shot the league average or better from 3-point range (the Knicks and Mavs were a combined 11-for-50<\/a> last week), but the Sixers have also been forcing more turnovers and defending the paint better.<\/p>\n The Sixers\u2019 rest-advantage victory in New York on Friday was their first win over a team that\u2019s currently over .500 since Nov. 11. They closed it<\/a> with their young trio of Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe and Jared McCain alongside Paul George and Andre Drummond. The Sixers have outscored their opponents by 22 points<\/a> in just 34 total minutes with three young guards on the floor together, though it\u2019s helped that the opponents have shot just 3-for-16 from 3-point range<\/a> in those minutes.<\/p>\n Coming up: After Christmas, the Sixers will begin the first of two five-game trips in Chicago, where they lost in early November after blowing a 24-point lead.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: vs. BKN, @ CHI, @ OKC<\/p>\n #13<\/p>\n Record: 17-13<\/p>\n OffRtg: 113.4 (19) DefRtg: 112.3 (9) NetRtg: +1.0 (15) Pace: 99.7 (24)<\/p>\n The Raptors got an important win in Miami last Monday, but they\u2019re still just 3-8 since (American) Thanksgiving, a stretch that includes three losses to the Hornets (two) and Nets.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Raptors rank last<\/a> in the league offensively (106.1 points scored per 100 possessions) since Thanksgiving, and their loss in Brooklyn on Sunday (a rest-disadvantage game) was the nadir. They scored just 81 points on 98 possessions, with four points on a stretch of 12 trips down the floor after they took a brief lead in the fourth quarter. They shot less than 50% in the paint for the sixth time this season, had just eight free throw attempts, and registered just a single second-chance point<\/a>.<\/p>\n With their wins in Miami and Milwaukee earlier in the week, the Raptors are 10-5<\/a> in games that were within five points in the last five minutes, matching their clutch win total from last season (10-22<\/a>). Neither of those games was close for more than a couple of possessions and they\u2019re still one of seven teams<\/a> that have scored less than a point per possession in the clutch.<\/p>\n Jakob Poeltl has been in and out of the lineup all season and could only play seven minutes after trying to return from a two-game absence on Sunday. So Sandro Mamukelashvili is already 84% of the way to his career-high minutes total<\/a> (681 last season), and he scored a season-high 24 points<\/a> in the Raptors\u2019 loss to the Celtics on Saturday. With Mamukelashvili in the starting lineup, bench minutes were bad as the Celtics had a 16-0 run to close the first quarter and a 22-4 run spanning the third and fourth.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Raptors have another big game in Miami on Tuesday, with their win last week happening as the Heat had their worst offensive game<\/a> of the season.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: @ MIA, @ WAS, vs. GSW<\/p>\n #14<\/p>\n Record: 15-14<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.3 (15) DefRtg: 112.3 (7) NetRtg: +1.9 (10) Pace: 104.7 (1)<\/p>\n The Heat ended their five-game losing streak with a win in Brooklyn on Thursday, but they lost the two more important games on their three-game trip, allowing the Celtics and Knicks to score 127.9 points per 100 possessions<\/a> over the weekend.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Kel\u2019el Ware has averaged 24.7 points, 15 rebounds and 1.7 blocks<\/a> as he\u2019s started the last three games. He ranks fourth<\/a> in rebounding percentage (19%) among 290 players who\u2019ve averaged at least 15 minutes in 12 games or more, and the Heat outscored the Celtics and Knicks by 30 points (48-18<\/a>) on second chances over the weekend. But they\u2019ve still been much better in 542 minutes with Bam Adebayo on the floor without Ware (plus-10.9 points per 100 possessions) than they\u2019ve been in 177 minutes with the two bigs on the floor together (minus-10.6 per 100<\/a>), with the much bigger difference having been on defense.<\/p>\n Tyler Herro has been available for just six games, and he\u2019s missed the last four with a big toe contusion. The Heat miss his shooting, as they\u2019ve seen the league\u2019s fourth biggest drop in 3-point rate from last season (also related to their new offense) and have now been outscored from beyond the arc in eight straight games.<\/p>\n The Heat won four of their first seven games against the other Eastern Conference teams that are currently at or above .500, but with six straight losses, they now have the worst record (4-9) in games played within that group.<\/p>\n Coming up: The eighth-place Heat are halfway through a stretch of four straight games within the top nine in the East, set to host the Raptors for the second time in nine days. After a two-day break for Christmas, they\u2019ll have their first meeting with the ninth-place Hawks, whom they lead by a half game.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: vs. TOR, @ ATL, vs. IND<\/p>\n #15<\/p>\n Record: 14-15<\/p>\n OffRtg: 113.0 (21) DefRtg: 111.5 (3) NetRtg: +1.5 (12) Pace: 100.7 (18)<\/p>\n A three-game losing streak had the Warriors two games under .500 for the first time. But they earned a split in their home-and-home set with the Suns, coming back from an early, double-digit deficit on Saturday.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Warriors have now been within a game of .500 after 20 of their 29 games, and nine of their last 10 have been within five points in the last five minutes. They\u2019ve allowed 105 points on 81 clutch defensive possessions (130 per 100) over that stretch, but scored efficiently enough in the closing minutes on Saturday to hold off the Suns\u2019 late-game comeback. Stephen Curry had a big 3<\/a> with less than two minutes left and now has four more clutch 3-pointers<\/a> (11) than anybody else in the league.<\/p>\n They\u2019re still just 6-10<\/a> in clutch games and 8-5 otherwise. The Warriors are six games behind the fourth-place Lakers, but basically even<\/a> in regard to point differential (+1.2 points per game).<\/p>\n The Warriors played 12 players in both of their games against the Suns last week. That included Jonathan Kuminga on Thursday, but he shot 1-for-5 in less than 10 minutes and then missed the home game with an illness. Will Richard took his place and scored 20 points in less than 20 minutes off the bench. This would be the fourth time in the last five seasons that the Warriors ranked second<\/a> in the league in minutes per game from bench players.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Warriors are playing on Christmas for the 13th straight year, hosting the Mavs (the first of three meetings) in what could, ultimately, be a pretty important game in the Western Conference Play-In picture. They\u2019ll then have a second straight two-day break before heading East for a three-game trip.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: vs. ORL, vs. DAL, @ TOR<\/p>\n #16<\/p>\n Record: 15-15<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.8 (12) DefRtg: 115.5 (18) NetRtg: -0.7 (17) Pace: 102.6 (5)<\/p>\n Trae Young is back, but the Hawks have lost three straight games to fall back to .500 for the first time since they were 5-5.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Hawks were having issues before Young\u2019s return, particularly in two of the last three games. They\u2019re 2-7 this month, with the league\u2019s 27th-ranked<\/a> December defense. They\u2019re last<\/a> in opponent effective field goal percentage (59.2%) over these three weeks. Their 152-150 loss to the Bulls on Sunday afternoon (the highest-scoring game in the league over the last two seasons) was the fourth time<\/a> this month that the Hawks have allowed more than 125 points per 100 possessions.<\/p>\n They had some rough starts last week, going down 24-9 in Charlotte, scoring just six points on their first nine possessions against the Spurs, and trailing 21-10 against the Bulls. The Hawks won five of their first 10 games that they trailed by double digits, but are 0-9 when trailing by double digits since mid-November. The loss to the Hornets on Wednesday was their fourth where they never held a lead, a total that\u2019s tied (with Brooklyn and New Orleans) for the most this season.<\/p>\n The Hawks remain the only team with a winning record (10-7) on the road and a losing record (5-8) at home. The opponents have been tougher at home, but that 5-8 mark includes losses this month to the Clippers and Bulls. The Hawks have three games left on their five-game homestand, with the first being a rematch of Sunday\u2019s barn burner.<\/p>\n Coming up: The biggest of those three games is a visit from the eighth-place Heat (who the Hawks trail by half a game) on Friday. That\u2019s the start of a stretch of seven straight games against teams with winning records.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: vs. CHI, vs. MIA, vs. NYK<\/p>\n #17<\/p>\n Record: 15-14<\/p>\n OffRtg: 115.4 (11) DefRtg: 113.9 (14) NetRtg: +1.6 (11) Pace: 102.0 (8)<\/p>\n The Cavs have seemingly hit the nadir of their season (thus far), three straight losses<\/a> to the Hornets and Bulls, with the two losses to Chicago having come by double-digits.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n With Evan Mobley out, the Cavs have still had their four core players for just four of their 29 games. It\u2019s clear at this point that their issues go beyond their injuries, and they also don\u2019t pass the eye test regarding defensive effort or offensive intentionality. There have been occasions when the offense looks sharp, but there have also been too many possessions where the Cavs don\u2019t put much pressure on the defense<\/a> and are too quick to launch 3s<\/a>.<\/p>\n After starting his first 23 games, De\u2019Andre Hunter came off the bench for the home-and-home set with the Bulls last week. The Cavs started strong, building double-digit leads in both first quarters, even with Donovan Mitchell (illness) missing the game in Cleveland on Friday. But both leads disappeared pretty quickly and the Cavs have now lost five of their last six games against teams that are currently below .500. (They were 9-0 against that group through Dec. 1.)<\/p>\n The good news is that Darius Garland has played in five straight games and scored a season-high 35 points<\/a> on Friday. But the Cavs have still been outscored by 13.2 points per 100 possessions in Garland\u2019s 169 minutes on the floor without Mitchell.<\/p>\n Coming up: It turns out that the Cavs\u2019 opening night loss in New York was a harbinger of struggles to come. They\u2019ll return to Madison Square Garden on Thursday, their first Christmas game without LeBron James on the roster since 1989.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: vs. CHA, vs. NOP, @ NYK, @ HOU<\/p>\n #18<\/p>\n Record: 13-15<\/p>\n OffRtg: 112.5 (24) DefRtg: 113.8 (13) NetRtg: -1.3 (18) Pace: 101.4 (12)<\/p>\n The Grizzlies had won nine of their last 12 games and had a great opportunity to get to .500 (and eighth place in the West) when they hosted the Wizards on Saturday. They led by as many as 20 points and were up 15 at the half, but couldn\u2019t get stops in the second half (allowing 77 points on 50 possessions) and have now lost to both Utah and Washington at home in the last 10 days.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Brandon Clarke made his season debut on Wednesday and (with Zach Edey out) was immediately in the starting lineup. But he left his second game (Saturday vs. Washington) after just four minutes, dealing with a sore calf. Despite the Edey and Clarke absences, Jaren Jackson Jr. has played only 21 (3%) of his 770 minutes as the lone big on the floor. He\u2019s played almost four times as many minutes (75<\/a>) with Santi Aldama and another big (Edey, Clarke, Jock Landale or Charles Bassey), and the Grizzlies have been outscored by 68 points (scoring just 85.5 per 100 possessions) in those 75 minutes.<\/p>\n But that\u2019s the way the Grizzlies closed their game in Minnesota on Wednesday, and Jackson assisted Landale (with a sharp, lefty, one-handed pass) on a huge corner 3<\/a> with 1:09 left as they got their best win of the season. It was the second-worst performance<\/a> (110 points on 107 possessions) for the Wolves\u2019 eighth-ranked offense, with Minnesota shooting just 23-for-45 (51%) in the paint.<\/p>\n The Grizzlies are forced to play big because they remain low on guards. Ty Jerome and Scotty Pippen Jr. still haven\u2019t played this season, and Ja Morant has now missed 12 of the last 14 games. Memphis is 5-8 when Morant has been fully available and 8-7 (with better defensive numbers) in games he\u2019s missed (8-6) or played fewer than 10 minutes.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Grizzlies will have opportunities to avenge their two bad losses of the last 10 days this week, visiting the Jazz and Wizards as they continue a stretch where they\u2019re playing seven of 10 on the road.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: @ OKC, @ UTA, vs. MIL, @ WAS<\/p>\n #19<\/p>\n Record: 11-18<\/p>\n OffRtg: 109.0 (28) DefRtg: 112.3 (8) NetRtg: -3.4 (20) Pace: 102.1 (7)<\/p>\n The Mavs have wins over the Nuggets, Rockets and Pistons this month, having edged Detroit in overtime on Thursday. But that win was sandwiched by losses in Utah and Philadelphia, and they remain in the bottom five in the West.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Mavs have now played 22 clutch games<\/a>, and their late-game possessions are mostly running through Cooper Flagg. He was just 3-for-13 on clutch shots<\/a> last week, but that included two huge buckets in the final minute of regulation against the Pistons.<\/p>\n There have been seven games<\/a> this season where the winning team made just five (or fewer) 3-pointers. The Mavs are the only team with two of those seven wins, with the second being their overtime victory over the Pistons on Thursday, when Detroit was just 6-for-33 from deep. But they couldn\u2019t overcome making just only three 3s (on 18 attempts) in Philadelphia two nights later. Over their last five games, the Mavs have taken just 27% of their shots from 3-point range and shot just 28% from beyond the arc<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dant\u00e9 Exum and Dereck Lively II are out for the season, but for the last two games, the Mavs have been as healthy as they\u2019re going to get until Kyrie Irving returns. Their latest starting lineup \u2014 Ryan Nembhard, Naji Marshall, Flagg, P.J. Washington and Anthony Davis \u2014 was terrific (plus-25 in 21 total minutes<\/a>) in the two games, but bench minutes were an issue. On Thursday, the Pistons began the fourth quarter on a 22-6 run. Two nights later, the Sixers started the fourth on a 24-7 run.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Mavs have won four straight games<\/a> at home, and they\u2019ll host the Nuggets as they play on Christmas for the sixth straight year. Their win in Denver at the start of the month was one of their best offensive games<\/a> of the season.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: @ NOP, vs. DEN, @ GSW, @ SAC<\/p>\n #20<\/p>\n Record: 12-16<\/p>\n OffRtg: 113.5 (18) DefRtg: 116.4 (21) NetRtg: -3.0 (19) Pace: 103.3 (3)<\/p>\n The Blazers lost their first two games on a stretch of five straight against teams with losing records, but they won the last three<\/a> (by a total of 11 points), sweeping a home-and-home set with the Kings last week.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Blazers did everything to give away the first of their two games against the Kings, shooting 3-for-10 on free throws in the final minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime combined. They blew a 10-point lead with a minute left in regulation and a six-point lead with a minute left in the extra period. But Deni Avdija was able to draw a (soft) foul<\/a> on Russell Westbrook and made both of his free throws with 1.5 seconds left to get the win. Their teammates weren\u2019t good down the stretch on Thursday, but Jerami Grant and Avdija are a combined 39-for-43 (91%) on clutch free throws, ranking third and fifth<\/a> among 24 players with at least 15 attempts.<\/p>\n Avdija ranks seventh<\/a> in the league in total minutes (971), and for good reason. The Blazers have scored 18.4 more points per 100 possessions<\/a> with him on the floor (117.1) than they have with him off the floor (98.7). That\u2019s the biggest on-off differential on offense among players who have played at least 200 minutes this season.<\/p>\n The Blazers have played the league\u2019s sixth-toughest schedule in regard to cumulative opponent winning percentage (.537) and its second-most road-heavy schedule, with only 11 of their 28 games coming at the Moda Center.<\/p>\n Coming up: They\u2019ll now play 13 of their next 18 games at home, with a five-game homestand beginning with a visit from the Pistons on Monday. They had a five-point lead<\/a> with a little more than three minutes left in Detroit 17 days ago, but then saw the Pistons go on a 14-2 run.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: vs. DET, vs. ORL, vs. LAC, vs. BOS<\/p>\n #21<\/p>\n Record: 9-19<\/p>\n OffRtg: 113.1 (20) DefRtg: 117.1 (24) NetRtg: -4.0 (23) Pace: 100.1 (21)<\/p>\n The Hornets have been relatively competitive over the last few weeks, and their win over the Hawks on Thursday was their first wire-to-wire victory of the season.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Before Thanksgiving, the Hornets were 0-10 against the 16 teams<\/a> that are currently at or above .500. Since Thanksgiving, they\u2019re 4-3 against that group, and their win over the Hawks on Thursday was their best offensive game<\/a> (133 points on 104 possessions) since opening night. LaMelo Ball led the way with 28 points and 13 assists and (though he had a quiet night in Detroit on Saturday) has shot 15-for-35 (43%) from 3-point range over his last four games, up from 28% prior.<\/p>\n The Hornets followed that up with the worst offensive performance<\/a> for any team this season, scoring just 86 points on 107 possessions (80.4 per 100) in Detroit. They\u2019ve still seen the league\u2019s third biggest jump in field goal percentage in the paint, but their 14-for-45 (31%) in the paint on Saturday was the worst paint shooting game for any team in the last two seasons.<\/p>\n Shooting 31% in the paint is how you lose when you outscore your opponent by 21 points from 3-point range. The Hornets remain one of three teams without a win (they\u2019re 0-10) when they\u2019ve made fewer 3s than their opponent, but they\u2019ve outscored their opponent from beyond the arc in each of their last seven games.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Hornets are 2-2<\/a> (1-0 at home) against the three teams behind them in the Eastern Conference standings, and they\u2019ll be at a rest disadvantage when they host the Wizards on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: @ CLE, vs. WAS, @ ORL<\/p>\n #22<\/p>\n Record: 10-17<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.3 (14) DefRtg: 121.0 (29) NetRtg: -6.6 (26) Pace: 102.9 (4)<\/p>\n The Jazz were competitive against good teams in two games without Lauri Markkanen late last week. But they lost them both, sliding out of the top 10 in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Prior to Thursday, the Jazz had been outscored by 16.4 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in Markkanen\u2019s 372 minutes off the floor, and they had lost to the Thunder by 30 in the only game he had missed. They had one of their best offensive games of the season against the Lakers and then erased a 19-point deficit before losing in the final second in overtime to the Magic, but have now lost 20 of their last 22 games (dating back to March 1) without the seven-footer.<\/p>\n After Keyonte George\u2019s amazing four-point play<\/a> that put them up one in overtime on Sunday, the Jazz kept Kevin Love on the floor for the ensuing defensive possession. He didn\u2019t provide much resistance on Desmond Bane\u2019s game-winning drive<\/a>, and Utah has allowed an amazing 134 points per 100 possessions in Love\u2019s 273 minutes on the floor this season. That\u2019s the highest on-court mark<\/a> by a wide margin among 356 players who\u2019ve averaged at least 10 minutes in 10 games or more.<\/p>\n Even before Markkanen missed the two games, the Jazz had seemingly turned the needle a little more toward development. In their overtime win over Dallas (who they trailed by a game) last Monday, Brice Sensabaugh got his first start, with Svi Mykhailiuk getting DNP\u2019d. Taylor Hendricks was also back in the rotation and Cody Williams played a season-high 22 minutes. They currently rank fifth in the percentage of their minutes (35%) that have come from rookies or second-year players.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Jazz are two games into a stretch where they\u2019re playing six of seven against teams that rank in the top 10 offensively. They\u2019ll face the Nuggets\u2019 top-ranked offense for the first time on Monday.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: @ DEN, vs. MEM, vs. DET, @ SAS<\/p>\n #23<\/p>\n Record: 7-22<\/p>\n OffRtg: 112.1 (25) DefRtg: 118.9 (28) NetRtg: -6.8 (27) Pace: 101.5 (11)<\/p>\n The Pelicans have won four straight games, a streak that includes a comeback from 25 points down against the Rockets on Thursday. That was the largest deficit that any team has overcome to win a game this season.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Zion Williamson has come off the bench in each of his three games back from a six-game absence, and he wasn\u2019t on the floor<\/a> down the stretch of the Pelicans\u2019 overtime win over Houston on Thursday. Saddiq Bey has been starting in Williamson\u2019s place and had the two biggest buckets of the game, a drive for the tie<\/a> in the final minute of regulation and an off-balance fadeaway<\/a> for a four-point lead with 30 seconds left in OT. Bey didn\u2019t play at all last season (recovering from a torn ACL), but has played in 28 of the Pelicans\u2019 29 games<\/a>.<\/p>\n While Williamson was quiet in the win over Houston, he scored 29 points in less than 24 minutes against the Pacers on Saturday, shooting 9-for-14 from the field and 11-for-13 from the line. His field goal percentage (51.1%) would still be the lowest mark of his career<\/a>, but both his free throw rate (68 attempts per 100 shots from the field) and his free throw percentage (74.0%) would be the best marks of his six seasons.<\/p>\n Their wins over the Rockets and the Pacers last week were just the sixth and seventh times that the Pels have outscored their opponent from 3-point range, though they\u2019ve still made just 40 3-pointers<\/a> over the four-game winning streak. For the season, 58.2% of their shots have come in the paint, which would be the highest rate for any team in the last 13 seasons.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Pelicans don\u2019t own their 2026 first-round pick, so they might as well make a run for a SoFi Play-In Tournament spot, and their game against the Mavs on Monday could be important in that regard. They\u2019ve split the first two meetings<\/a>, which were both in Dallas and determined by three points or less.<\/p>\n Week 10<\/a>: vs. DAL, @ CLE, vs. PHX, vs. PHX<\/p>\n #24<\/p>\n Record: 8-19<\/p>\n OffRtg: 111.6 (26) DefRtg: 116.3 (20) NetRtg: -4.7 (24) Pace: 98.0 (27)<\/p>\n The Nets are 5-3 in December<\/a>, with all five wins having come by double-digits. They were the last team to get a rest-advantage game, and they made the most of their first one, beating the Raptors on Sunday with a 21-4 run in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Nets ranked 29th<\/a> defensively (just a hair better than the Wizards) through November 30, but have already managed to climb out of the bottom 10 on that end of the floor. Their last two wins (vs. the Bucks and Raptors) have been the second and third-best defensive games<\/a> for any team this season. Rebounding is one big area of improvement, and Toronto had just one second-chance point (fewest for any team this season<\/a>) on Sunday.<\/p>\n Nic Claxton isn\u2019t known for his passing, but he leads the Nets<\/a> with 4.4 assists per game, including 5.8 per game<\/a> in December. He\u2019s one of six players<\/a> who\u2019ve played at least 500 minutes and averaged at least 15 points, nine rebounds and five assists per 36.<\/p>\n
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