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Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs are surging in the East.<\/p>\n
A year ago at this time, the Golden State Warriors were 8-2, with the league\u2019s fourth-ranked offense<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Warriors\u2019 overall success wasn\u2019t unsustainable, but they ultimately finished 16th in offensive efficiency. The Brooklyn Nets had a top-10 offense<\/a> through six weeks last season and the league\u2019s No. 1 defense for four weeks later in the year.<\/p>\n We certainly shouldn\u2019t put too much into where teams rank on either end of the floor after Week 3. With teams having played an average of 9.8 games, we\u2019re halfway to the point where we can really figure out which teams are good and which aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n However, there\u2019s still some signal in the data accumulated thus far, and here are the league\u2019s five most improved teams on offense, as of Sunday \u2026<\/p>\n Biggest jump, points scored per 100 possessions<\/p>\n Team Philadelphia Charlotte Houston Toronto Orlando Being most improved is as much about where you were last season as it is about where you are now.<\/p>\n Plus-Minus Players of the Week<\/p>\n Teams of the Week<\/p>\n Make It Last Forever: Detroit (4-0) \u2014 The Pistons are banged up \u2026 and in first place in the East. * * *<\/p>\n East vs. West<\/p>\n The West is 24-16<\/a> (.600) against the East in interconference games after going 8-6<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Movement in the Rankings<\/p>\n High jumps of the week: Phoenix (+6), Detroit, Miami, Toronto (+4) * * *<\/p>\n Week 4 Team to Watch<\/p>\n Miami<\/a> \u2014 The Heat have played just one game against the other six Eastern Conference teams that currently have winning records, beating the Knicks at home in Week 1. They\u2019ll playing eight of their next 10 games against that group, hosting the Cavs for a two-game series before traveling to New York for an Emirates NBA Cup game on Friday.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Previously\u2026<\/p>\n OffRtg<\/a>: Points scored per 100 possessions (League Rank) The league has averaged 114.4 points scored per 100 possessions and 101.4 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: 10-1<\/p>\n OffRtg: 118.0 (7) DefRtg: 104.5 (1) NetRtg: +13.5 (1) Pace: 100.2 (22)<\/p>\n The Thunder will not go 82-0, having blown a 22-point lead in Portland on Wednesday, when they were playing with a rest disadvantage and without Lu Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Alex Caruso (as well as Jalen Williams).<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Thunder have held their opponent to no better than 50% shooting in the paint in each of their last nine games. The league average in the paint is 57.7% and there are four teams \u2013 the Pacers, Lakers, Kings and Jazz \u2013 who haven\u2019t held an opponent to 50% or below at all this season. The 47.9% that their opponents have shot in the paint over their 11 games total would be the lowest opponent mark in the last 12 years.<\/p>\n The Thunder themselves shot just 20-for-43 (47%) in the paint in Portland on Wednesday, when they also allowed the Blazers to shoot 7-for-12 from the corners. This would be the fifth straight season where they rank in the bottom five in corner 3-pointers allowed per game<\/a> (4.5). Three of the league\u2019s top five defenses<\/a> \u2013 those of the Thunder, Pistons and Heat \u2013 are three of the four teams that rank in the bottom 10 in both the (lowest) percentage of their opponents\u2019 shots that have come from 3-point range and the percentage of their opponents\u2019 3-point attempts that have come from the corners.<\/p>\n One of the surest signs that a team is championship-worthy is its ability to come back from big deficits. Last season, the Thunder became the 12th team in 29 seasons of play-by-play data with a winning regular-season record in games it trailed by double-digits, and then became the eighth of those 12 teams to win the championship. With their road wins over the Clippers and Grizzlies last week, the Thunder improved to 4-0 in games they trailed by double-digits.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Thunder are back home for a pretty big back-to-back, with the Warriors and Lakers at Paycom Center on Tuesday and Wednesday. The visit from L.A. will be another rest-disadvantage game.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: vs. GSW, vs. LAL, @ CHA<\/p>\n #2<\/p>\n Record: 7-2<\/p>\n OffRtg: 121.1 (3) DefRtg: 108.1 (2) NetRtg: +13.0 (2) Pace: 101.4 (15)<\/p>\n The Nuggets have two losses by a total of eight points and seven wins by an average of 18.1<\/a>. Nikola Joki\u0107 continues to average a triple-double, while shooting 64%.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Nuggets have the league\u2019s third-ranked offense overall, but Cam Johnson has yet to really join the party. He\u2019s averaged just 8 points on an effective field-goal percentage of just 43.5%, a mark which ranks 197th<\/a> among 215 players with at least 50 field goal attempts. Johnson has taken just 69 shots over his nine games, having seen the biggest drop in usage rate (from 22.4% to 13.7%<\/a>) among 241 players who played at least 500 minutes last season and have played at least 100 minutes this season.<\/p>\n The Nuggets\u2019 defense has seen the league\u2019s biggest drop in points allowed per 100 possessions, but the jury is still out in regard to how good they\u2019ve been on that end of the floor. They\u2019ve played just one game against a team that currently ranks higher than 13th offensively, and that was their win in Minnesota two weeks ago, when the fourth-ranked Wolves were without Anthony Edwards and playing the second game of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Nuggets will return to Target Center on Saturday, when they will again have a rest advantage against the Wolves. That\u2019s the third game on a stretch where Denver is playing 10 of 14 on the road.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: @ SAC, @ LAC, @ MIN<\/p>\n #3<\/p>\n Record: 6-3<\/p>\n OffRtg: 121.7 (1) DefRtg: 112.1 (8) NetRtg: +9.6 (3) Pace: 98.6 (28)<\/p>\n The Rockets lost their NBA Cup opener on Friday, turning the ball over 24 times in San Antonio. But they\u2019ve won six of their last seven, with an impressive fourth-quarter comeback in Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Rockets played nine guys in Milwaukee, and four of the nine grabbed at least four offensive rebounds, with Clint Capela getting his four in less than seven minutes of playing time. In total, it was the best offensive rebounding game<\/a> for any team this season and took their season-long offensive rebounding percentage to 41.4%<\/a>, easily the highest mark in the 30 seasons for which we have play-by-play data.<\/p>\n The Rockets did get a taste of their own medicine on Friday, when the Spurs registered 33 second-chance points, more than Houston has scored<\/a> in any game this season. That included five second-chance 3-pointers, and the Rockets had seen the league\u2019s second biggest jump in opponent 3-point rate (44.8%, seventh highest) from last season (39.1%, third lowest).<\/p>\n Reed Sheppard had a rough start to the season, getting attacked relentlessly by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder on opening night. But he\u2019s shot 21-for-41<\/a> (51%) from 3-point range in the eight games since then, his minutes have been good for the Rockets<\/a> over this 6-1 stretch, and he had two big buckets, three steals and a block in the fourth quarter on Sunday. He\u2019s already played more than twice as many clutch minutes (11.1<\/a>) as he did all of last season (4.9<\/a>)<\/p>\n Coming up: The Rockets are the only team that hasn\u2019t had a back-to-back, and their first isn\u2019t for another few weeks. They have just five games total over the next 14 days, with four of those five (including an intriguing matchup with the Blazers on Friday) at home.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: vs. WAS, vs. POR*, vs. ORL<\/p>\n #4<\/p>\n Record: 6-3<\/p>\n OffRtg: 121.6 (2) DefRtg: 112.5 (10) NetRtg: +9.1 (4) Pace: 99.3 (25)<\/p>\n The Knicks remain unbeaten (6-0) at Madison Square Garden, having won the first four games<\/a> of their seven-game homestand by an average of 22 points.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n There have been four games<\/a> where a team has scored more than 140 points per 100 possessions this season, and two of the four were the Knicks\u2019 last two wins: Wednesday against the Wolves (137 on 97) and Sunday against the Nets (134 on 95). The shooting was good, but they also retained an amazing 47.3% of available offensive rebounds over the two games, with Mitchell Robinson grabbing 12 offensive boards<\/a> in less than 33 total minutes.<\/p>\n Robinson has played in just four of the Knicks\u2019 nine games and averaged just 16.4 minutes. The Knicks have also started three other guys in the five games he\u2019s missed, so their most-used lineup (with Josh Hart as the fifth guy) has played just 37 minutes total<\/a>. Their four full-time starters are all averaging at least 2.1 fewer minutes than they did last season, and the Knicks have outscored their opponents by 16.7 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in 149 total minutes with all four on the floor.<\/p>\n Hart is averaging almost 14 fewer minutes than he did last season, and he\u2019s starting to make some shots. After shooting 2-for-14 from 3-point range in his first five games, he was 7-for-11 from beyond the arc<\/a> in the Knicks\u2019 three wins last week.<\/p>\n Coming up: Three games remain on the Knicks\u2019 homestand, and the highlight should be a visit from the Heat for an NBA Cup game on Friday. Their loss in Miami in Week 1 was, easily, the Knicks\u2019 worst offensive game of the season (107 points on 104 possessions), despite an efficient 37 points from Jalen Brunson.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: vs. MEM, vs. ORL, vs. MIA*<\/p>\n #5<\/p>\n Record: 7-3<\/p>\n OffRtg: 117.2 (9) DefRtg: 112.2 (9) NetRtg: +4.9 (8) Pace: 103.0 (7)<\/p>\n Darius Garland made his season debut last week and the Cavs\u2019 four-game winning streak<\/a> includes wins over two of the other six Eastern Conference teams that have winning records.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Cavs\u2019 offense seems to be back. After scoring just 111.3 points per 100 possessions (26th in the league<\/a>) through their first seven games, they\u2019ve scored 130.8 per 100<\/a> over their last three. They\u2019ve shot better, but have also seen a big reduction in turnovers, committing just 19 total<\/a> over their weekend back-to-back. Their 148 points on 105 possessions in Washington on Friday were the fourth most efficient performance<\/a> for any team this season.<\/p>\n The Cavs trailed the Bulls by as many as 19 points and they were down six with less than two minutes left on Saturday. But they closed the game on a 12-0 run, handing Chicago its first clutch loss of the season. Donovan Mitchell scored the first eight of those last 12 points and has averaged 34<\/a> (on 52\/48\/100 shooting splits) over the winning streak.<\/p>\n Garland shot just 10-for-27 (37%) in his first two games back (he sat out the win over Chicago on Saturday), but the Cavs outscored the Sixers and Wizards by an amazing 33 points<\/a> in 28 minutes with him, Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen on the floor together.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Cavs are two games into their first stretch of five games in seven days, but they\u2019re one of three teams with a league-low six rest-disadvantage games this season. Their first \u2013 Thursday vs. the Raptors \u2013 is also the start of their longest homestand (six games over 11 days).<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: @ MIA, @ MIA, vs. TOR, vs. MEM<\/p>\n #6<\/p>\n Record: 7-3<\/p>\n OffRtg: 116.3 (12) DefRtg: 116.1 (21) NetRtg: +0.2 (17) Pace: 101.1 (17)<\/p>\n LeBron James remains out (though progressing<\/a>) and the Lakers have been without Austin Reaves for the last three games. But they ran their winning streak to five games with impressive wins over the Blazers and Spurs, before beginning a five-game trip with a flat performance (and a 20-point loss) in Atlanta.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Lakers were also without Luka Don\u010di\u0107 in Portland last Monday, when Deandre Ayton led the way with 29 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. This isn\u2019t the highest-scoring season<\/a> of Ayton\u2019s career, but it\u2019s been his most efficient (true shooting percentage of 67.5%<\/a>). He\u2019s taken 92% of his shots<\/a> in the paint, by far the highest rate of his career and up from 74% over the last three seasons.<\/p>\n The Lakers weren\u2019t much of a comeback team last season, going 7-27 (.206, 20th) in games they trailed by double-digits. But with comebacks against the Blazers and Spurs last week, they\u2019ve already got four wins (4-3 after the loss in Atlanta) after trailing by at least 10 points. They haven\u2019t been very good (minus-7.2 points per 100 possessions<\/a>) in first quarters and have trailed after 12 minutes in seven of their 10 games<\/a>, but have been at their best (plus-11.0 per 100) in the fourth.<\/p>\n This is the third straight season where the Lakers are overachieving in regard to their point differential. They\u2019re the only team<\/a> (5-0) that\u2019s undefeated in the clutch and their seven wins have come by a total of 51 points<\/a>, with their opponents having scored just 14 points on 18 clutch possessions (78 per 100). Their three losses have come by a total of 44 points (none have been within five in the last five minutes), so they have the point differential of a team that\u2019s just a little better than 5-5. Over the last two seasons, they had nine more wins than their point differential would indicate.<\/p>\n Coming up: The rest of the Lakers\u2019 five-game trip includes two big matchups against Kia MVP candidates<\/a>, sandwiching an opportunity (in New Orleans) to go 2-0 in the NBA Cup. They split a two-game series<\/a> in Oklahoma City (all the stars played both games) in April, scoring an efficient 126.8 points per 100 possessions<\/a> against the league\u2019s No. 1 defense, but getting torched on the other end of the floor in the loss.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: @ CHA, @ OKC, @ NOP*, @ MIL<\/p>\n #7<\/p>\n Record: 7-2<\/p>\n OffRtg: 118.1 (6) DefRtg: 110.8 (4) NetRtg: +7.3 (5) Pace: 99.2 (26)<\/p>\n Victor Wembanyama has cooled off a bit, but the Spurs got a big win over the Rockets on Friday and De\u2019Aaron Fox scored 24 points in his season debut the following night.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Fox replaced Julian Champagnie in the Spurs\u2019 starting lineup and played more than 30 minutes in his return. The time of possession was split pretty evenly<\/a> between him and Stephon Castle, who tied his career high with 14 assists in the win over the Pelicans. The Spurs lost almost all of a 19-point lead, but never trailed and scored 126 points on 100 possessions, their most efficient offensive performance<\/a> of the season.<\/p>\n The Spurs have actually seen the league\u2019s biggest drop in the percentage of their baskets that have been assisted, from 68.5% (third<\/a>) last season to 60.0% (25th<\/a>) this season. The percentage of Wembanyama\u2019s buckets that have been assisted has dropped from 76% to 61%<\/a>.<\/p>\n It seemingly defies logic, but with Wembanyama being defended by some forwards<\/a> (Royce O\u2019Neale, Rui Hachimura, Saddiq Bey) of late, he\u2019s been more of a jump shooter over the last four games (44% of his shots coming in the paint) than he was prior (61%). He didn\u2019t attempt a single free throw<\/a> in the Spurs\u2019 loss in Phoenix eight days ago or against the Pelicans on Saturday. The Spurs\u2019 offense has been much better<\/a> with Wembanyama off the floor, though the on-off differential on defense has been almost twice as big.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Spurs will visit Chicago before returning to San Antonio for five straight games. The first game of the homestand (Wednesday vs. the Warriors) is also their first rest-advantage game of the season.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: @ CHI, vs. GSW, vs. GSW*, vs. SAC<\/p>\n #8<\/p>\n Record: 8-2<\/p>\n OffRtg: 115.1 (16) DefRtg: 109.5 (3) NetRtg: +5.6 (6) Pace: 100.9 (19)<\/p>\n With a six-game winning streak<\/a>, the Pistons are all alone in first place<\/a> in the Eastern Conference. And with wins over Memphis and Utah last week, they\u2019re 4-0 against the West.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Interior defense continues to be the Pistons\u2019 calling card, with their opponents having shot just 49.8% in the paint. Only the Thunder have a lower opponent mark in the paint, and Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart rank third and fourth<\/a> in rim protection among 53 players who\u2019ve defended at least 35 shots at the rim. Stewart was lost to an ankle injury in Brooklyn on Friday, but the Pistons still held the Sixers to just 50% in the paint two nights later.<\/p>\n Tobias Harris and Jaden Ivey remain out, and Duncan Robinson fouled out in that comeback win in Philadelphia. So the Pistons had Javonte Green and Ron Holland on the floor down the stretch, though it was still Cade Cunningham making the biggest plays. The Pistons are 5-1 in games that were within five points in the last five minutes, with top-five marks in both clutch offense<\/a> (64 points scored on 48 possessions) and clutch defense<\/a> (40 allowed on 46).<\/p>\n The Pistons have trailed after the first period in eight of their 10 games<\/a>, but lead the league with five wins (they\u2019re 5-2) after trailing by double-digits. They rank 23rd defensively<\/a> (having allowed 121.1 points per 100 possessions) in the first quarter, but have allowed just 105.5 per 100 thereafter.<\/p>\n Coming up: Having played four of their last five games on the road, the Pistons are home for the next four. Wednesday brings a big game against the Bulls, who beat Detroit in a fast-paced affair on opening night.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: vs. WAS, vs. CHI, vs. PHI*<\/p>\n #9<\/p>\n Record: 6-4<\/p>\n OffRtg: 117.5 (8) DefRtg: 116.1 (22) NetRtg: +1.5 (15) Pace: 102.1 (12)<\/p>\n Giannis Antetokounmpo beat the Pacers at the buzzer last Monday, but after a 4-1 start, the Bucks have lost three of their last five games, struggling to get stops consistently.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Bucks did have their best defensive game<\/a> of the season on Friday, holding the Bulls to 110 points on 106 possessions. Two days later, they were on their way to a great win over the Rockets, leading by eight with less than five minutes to go. But they then allowed Houston to score 22 points on its final 10 possessions, with Giannis Antetokounmpo contributing some offensive struggles (1-4 from the line and a turnover) in the final two minutes.<\/p>\n If you subtracted second-chance points and calculated initial offensive efficiency, the Bucks (106.2 points per 100 possessions) would rank first on that end of the floor. But they rank 27th<\/a> in offensive rebounding percentage, 30th<\/a> in second-chance points per 100 possessions and eighth (instead of first) in overall efficiency. Giannis Antetokounmpo is registering the highest offensive rebounding percentage<\/a> (12.9%) of his career by a wide margin, but nobody else on the Bucks is crashing the glass on that end of the floor.<\/p>\n Their game in Toronto on Tuesday was the second half of the Bucks\u2019 first back-to-back and easily their worst game of the season, especially on offense, where they scored less than a point per possession<\/a>. It was also the only game in which they\u2019ve been outscored from 3-point range.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Bucks\u2019 loss to the Rockets on Sunday afternoon was the start of their first stretch of five games in seven days, and they\u2019ll need to be better without rest when they visit the Mavs and host the Lakers in the second halves of the two back-to-backs.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: @ DAL, @ CHA, vs. CHA*, vs. LAL<\/p>\n #10<\/p>\n Record: 6-4<\/p>\n OffRtg: 120.3 (4) DefRtg: 115.5 (20) NetRtg: +4.8 (9) Pace: 100.6 (21)<\/p>\n The Wolves went 2-2 over Anthony Edwards\u2019 absence, taking care of business in Charlotte and Brooklyn. They lost in New York in their star\u2019s return, but then won a pair of weekend games<\/a> by a total of 67 points.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Edwards came back shooting more 3s. In his three games prior to his hamstring injury, he took 19 (37%) of his 52 shots from beyond the arc. In his three games back, he\u2019s taken 30 (60%) of his 50 shots<\/a> from deep. That puts his season-long rate (48%) just a tad below<\/a> his rate from last season (50%).<\/p>\n The Wolves, as a team, have taken more than 40% of their shots from 3-point range in each of their last five games<\/a>, having done so in just one of their first five. They\u2019ve scored 126.6 points per 100 possessions<\/a> over the last five, just a tick below their best five-game stretch of offense all of last season (126.9 per 100). Julius Randle (career-bet true shooting percentage of 66.7%) and Jaden McDaniels (74.7% over the last seven games<\/a>) continue to be remarkably efficient.<\/p>\n Rudy Gobert has had some big on-off differentials in regard to how well his team defends in the past, but nothing like the one he\u2019s got this season. The Wolves have allowed an amazing 22.1 fewer points per 100 possessions<\/a> with the four-time Defensive Player of the Year on the floor (106.8) than they have with him on the bench (128.9).<\/p>\n Coming up: The Wolves complete their road back-to-back with a visit to Utah, followed by three days off. They\u2019ll then begin a four-game homestand with another back-to-back, and Saturday brings their second home, rest-disadvantage game against the Nuggets in less than three weeks. The first<\/a> came without Edwards and with the Wolves getting outscored by 21 points (70-49) in the second half.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: @ UTA, vs. SAC*, vs. DEN<\/p>\n #11<\/p>\n Record: 6-5<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.0 (19) DefRtg: 111.4 (7) NetRtg: +2.6 (11) Pace: 100.9 (20)<\/p>\n The Warriors have been without Stephen Curry (illness) for the last three games and had lost four of five before getting some schedule relief with a visit from the Pacers on Sunday.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Before they played the Pacers, the Warriors had lost their last eight games without Curry, a streak that dated back to March and included Games 2-5 of their conference semifinals loss to Minnesota. This season, they\u2019ve scored 120.5 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in 123 minutes with Curry, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green all on the floor, but have scored just 98.5 per 100 in 93 minutes with Butler and Green on the floor without Curry.<\/p>\n Last season, the Warriors were, statistically, better on the road (plus-4.2 per 100 possessions<\/a>) than they were at home (plus-2.2 per 100). They won in L.A. on opening night, but have since lost five straight road games<\/a>, scoring less than 110 points per 100 possessions in all five. Al Horford and Moses Moody have combined for an effective field goal percentage of 70.3% at Chase Center, but just 36.1% on the road.<\/p>\n The Warriors almost won in Sacramento on Wednesday without Curry, Butler or Green, because rookie Will Richard scored almost as many points (30) as he did over the team\u2019s first eight games combined (34<\/a>). Richard (the 56th pick in the Draft) didn\u2019t play in the two games before Curry\u2019s absence, but may continue to have a rotation spot (at the expense of Gary Payton II) when the star returns.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Warriors have two six-game road trips this season, with the first tipping off in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, when Curry should make his return. Their only game in OKC last season (exactly one year ago) was one of their best wins and one of the Thunder\u2019s worst defensive games<\/a> of the year (127 points on 99 possessions).<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: @ OKC, @ SAS, @ SAS*, @ NOP<\/p>\n #12<\/p>\n Record: 6-4<\/p>\n OffRtg: 115.9 (13) DefRtg: 110.5 (5) NetRtg: +5.4 (7) Pace: 107.0 (1)<\/p>\n The Heat have been without Bam Adebayo (toe sprain) for the last two games, but they won them both, with all nine rotation players<\/a> averaging at least nine points over the two wins.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Heat\u2019s starting lineup was outscored by seven points<\/a> in its 26 minutes over the weekend, but bench minutes continue to be terrific. Jaime Jaquez Jr. had a big game (18 points, eight rebounds and nine assists) off the bench on Friday and Nikola Jovi\u0107 scored a career-high 29 points (adding nine boards and six assists) as a reserve the following night. The Heat have now been almost 36 points per 100 possessions<\/a> better with Jaquez on the floor (plus-18.6) than they\u2019ve been with him on the bench (minus-17.1).<\/p>\n The Heat\u2019s 53 first-quarter points against Charlotte on Friday were the second-highest first-quarter total in NBA history, but it was just the third-most efficient first quarter<\/a> in the league this season. The Heat continue to play at a fast pace, averaging 9.9 more possessions per 48 minutes<\/a> than they did last season (97.1, 27th<\/a>). That would be the biggest season-to-season pace jump in the 30 years for which we have play-by-play data.<\/p>\n Norman Powell returned from a three-game absence last week and has now scored more than 20 points in six of his seven games<\/a> with the Heat. Though his effective field goal percentage (55.2%) is down from last season<\/a> (57.8%), his true shooting percentage of 64.2% would be the highest mark of his career. He\u2019s averaged 48 free throw attempts per 100 shots from the field, easily a career-high mark and up from 28 per 100 last season. And he\u2019s converting those free throws at 94%<\/a>.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Heat have played just one game against the other six Eastern Conference teams with winning records, but they\u2019ll play eight of their next 10 against that group (with the next four coming against the Cavs and the Knicks). In getting swept by Cleveland in the first round of the playoffs in April, the Heat were outscored by 122 points, the biggest point differential in NBA playoff history.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: vs. CLE, vs. CLE, @ NYK*<\/p>\n #13<\/p>\n Record: 6-3<\/p>\n OffRtg: 115.8 (14) DefRtg: 114.7 (17) NetRtg: +1.2 (16) Pace: 103.1 (6)<\/p>\n The Bulls played five straight games<\/a> against four of the other six Eastern Conference teams that currently have winning records, and they went 2-3, blowing a six-point lead with less than two minutes left in Cleveland on Saturday.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The difference between the Bulls\u2019 first four games (106.2 points allowed per 100 possessions) and these last five (121.7 allowed per 100<\/a>) has been on defense, and it\u2019s mostly been about how well their opponents have shot from 3-point range. There was bound to be some regression to the mean after their opponents shot just 26% from beyond the arc over their first four. The Bulls still have the league\u2019s fourth-lowest opponent 3-point rate (36.9% of their opponents\u2019 shots), but they were outscored by 30 points from beyond the arc over their weekend back-to-back losses in Milwaukee and Cleveland.<\/p>\n The Bulls themselves have seen the league\u2019s biggest drop in 3-point rate, from 45.7% of their shots (fifth<\/a>) last season to just 38.5% (21st<\/a>) this season. They\u2019re missing the guy (Coby White) who attempted 263 more 3-pointers<\/a> than anybody else on the team last season, when they also had Zach LaVine (7.3 attempts per game<\/a>) for half the year.<\/p>\n White also ranked second in the league<\/a> with 7.1 transition points per game last season. But the Bulls haven\u2019t missed him in that regard, averaging 37.1 transition points per game<\/a>, which would be the highest rate (by a wide margin) in the 22 seasons of Synergy tracking. Josh Giddey and Matas Buzelis are two of the 10 players<\/a> who\u2019ve averaged more than 6.5 per game this year.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Bulls have a brief stop at home (where they\u2019re 5-0) before heading out on the road (1-3). A four-game trip begins Wednesday in Detroit, with the Bulls having edged the first-place Pistons on opening night.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: vs. SAS, @ DET, @ UTA<\/p>\n #14<\/p>\n Record: 5-4<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.9 (17) DefRtg: 112.5 (11) NetRtg: +2.4 (13) Pace: 106.1 (2)<\/p>\n The Blazers handed the (shorthanded) Thunder their first loss of the season on Wednesday, when they came back from 22 points down early in the second quarter. But the Blazers are just 1-2 on their stretch of four straight rest-advantage games, having blown early leads of their own against the Lakers and Heat.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Blazers erased two double-digit deficits in Miami on Saturday, but couldn\u2019t get the stops they needed down the stretch. Each of their last five games has been within five points in the last five minutes, and they\u2019ve allowed 48 points on 41 clutch possessions over that stretch.<\/p>\n They continue to close games with Jerami Grant, and have now allowed 17.5 more points per 100 possessions<\/a> with him on the floor (118.0) than they have with him on the bench (100.5). It\u2019s obviously not a huge sample size, but the differential isn\u2019t about 3-point shooting, with the opponents having shot worse from beyond the arc in Grant\u2019s minutes (34.8%<\/a>) than they have otherwise (37.1%).<\/p>\n Deni Avdija averaged 30.7 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.3 assists<\/a> over the three games last week, shooting 31-for-34 (91%) from the line. He\u2019s seen jumps in free-throw rate in each of the last five seasons, from just 14 attempts per 100 shots from the field as a rookie in 2020-21 to 49 per 100 this season.<\/p>\n Coming up: The last of the Blazers\u2019 four straight rest-advantage games is in Orlando on Monday, the second game on a stretch where they\u2019re playing 12 of 16 on the road. Their second NBA Cup game in the stacked West Group C is four nights later in Houston.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: @ ORL, @ NOP, @ HOU*, @ DAL<\/p>\n #15<\/p>\n Record: 6-4<\/p>\n OffRtg: 120.1 (5) DefRtg: 116.1 (22) NetRtg: +4.1 (10) Pace: 101.0 (18)<\/p>\n Last week brought the Sixers\u2019 first three games against other Eastern Conference teams that are currently above .500. They went 0-3, with their offense returning to Earth a bit.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Sixers (winners of three games they trailed by double-digits in the fourth quarter) got a taste of their own medicine in Chicago on Tuesday, leading by as many as 24 points and by 13 early in the fourth, only to be outscored, 25-10 over the final 10 minutes. They\u2019ve generally been good at preventing corner 3s this season, but they allowed the Bulls to shoot 8-for-14 from the corners, with Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107 draining the weak-side game-winner<\/a> over Quentin Grimes.<\/p>\n Before the weekend, the Sixers were the only team that had shot the league average (35.8%) or better from 3-point range in every game<\/a>. They lost that distinction on Saturday, shooting just 10-for-35 (29%) from beyond the arc against Toronto. But they clobbered the Raptors in the paint (64-38<\/a>) , with four Sixers<\/a> registering double-digit paint points. One of those was Trendon Watford, who got his first start with Philly and recorded his first career triple-double (20, 17 and 10).<\/p>\n Jared McCain made his season debut on Tuesday, but played just 24 total minutes (and shot 0-for-7) over the Sixers\u2019 two back-to-backs last week. VJ Edgecombe also stumbled a bit, shooting just 15-for-50<\/a> (30%) over the four games. We did get six minutes of the two young guards on the floor with Tyrese Maxey, and the Sixers outscored their opponents by eight points<\/a> (scoring 19 on 12 offensive possessions) in that time.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Sixers are just two games into a stretch where they\u2019re playing 10 of 13 at home, and they\u2019ll have two more two-day breaks this week. Tuesday brings their third meeting with the Celtics, with the road team having won the first two games by a single point.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: vs. BOS, @ DET*<\/p>\n #16<\/p>\n Record: 5-5<\/p>\n OffRtg: 116.4 (10) DefRtg: 114.2 (15) NetRtg: +2.1 (14) Pace: 102.5 (10)<\/p>\n The Raptors are in a great position to reach the Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinals, currently 2-0 in East Group A<\/a> with games against Washington and Indiana remaining. But their four-game winning streak<\/a> came to an end in Philadelphia on Saturday.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n It\u2019s all about defense for the Raptors, who\u2019ve allowed just 102.2 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in their five wins and 126.2 per 100 in their five losses. That\u2019s the biggest win-loss differential on either end of the floor among the 26 teams with at least two wins and two losses.<\/p>\n They\u2019ve actually forced more turnovers<\/a> in the losses, but Toronto\u2019s opponents have shot much better (both in and outside the paint), gone to the free throw line a lot more and rebounded a much higher percentage of their misses. The Sixers\u2019 56 points in the restricted area on Saturday (when the Raptors were without Jakob Poeltl and started Scottie Barnes at center) were 12 more than Philly has scored in any other game this season.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Raptors have three games remaining on their five-game trip, and they\u2019ll have a rest advantage when they return to Cleveland on Thursday. They won their Cup game<\/a> there on Halloween, when the Cavs were without Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: @ BKN, @ CLE, @ IND<\/p>\n #17<\/p>\n Record: 5-5<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.9 (18) DefRtg: 115.4 (19) NetRtg: -0.5 (20) Pace: 100.2 (23)<\/p>\n This season\u2019s Suns may be the exact opposite of last season\u2019s Suns. Low expectations, pleasantly surprising results. They swept their home-and-home set with the Clippers and have won four of their last five games overall.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Jalen Green had a terrific season debut, scoring 29 points (going 6-for-13 from 3-point range) on Thursday, when the Suns outscored the Clippers by 22 points<\/a> in less than 15 minutes with him and Devin Booker on the floor together. But two nights later, Green reaggravated his hamstring injury<\/a> in the first quarter, a setback that will likely put him back on the shelf for a while. He had played in 193 straight games (including playoffs) before this season.<\/p>\n The Suns are one of two teams that rank in the top 10 in both 3-point percentage (37.9%, 10th<\/a>) and the percentage of their shots that have come from 3-point range (47.4%, fifth<\/a>). Booker, Royce O\u2019Neale and Grayson Allen are three of the 12 players<\/a> who\u2019ve shot better than 40% on at least 60 3-point attempts.<\/p>\n The difference between the Suns\u2019 first five games (1-4, minus-9.8 points per 100 possessions) and their last five (4-1, plus-9.4) has been about even on both ends of the floor. With the struggles of the team (the Clippers) that they\u2019ve played three times, it\u2019s been a pretty soft schedule overall, as six of their 10 games have come against teams<\/a> that rank in the bottom 10 on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Suns have a great opportunity to climb above .500, with their next three games coming against New Orleans, Dallas and Indiana. They\u2019re the only Western Conference team that hasn\u2019t played a game against the East, and after they host the Pacers and Hawks this week, they won\u2019t have another game against the East until after Christmas.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: vs. NOP, @ DAL, vs. IND, vs. ATL<\/p>\n #18<\/p>\n Record: 5-6<\/p>\n OffRtg: 116.3 (11) DefRtg: 113.8 (13) NetRtg: +2.5 (12) Pace: 97.0 (29)<\/p>\n Unsurprisingly, the Celtics have been inconsistent. Last week, they split a pair of games against the Jazz and Wizards, and then split a pair of games in Orlando.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Celtics\u2019 bench hasn\u2019t been nearly as good as it was the last few seasons, but it came up huge in Orlando on Sunday, when (in a four-point win) they outscored the Magic by 21 points in Jaylen Brown\u2019s 14:24 off the floor. Anfernee Simons and Luka Garza combined to score 41 points on 15-for-23 shooting, rookie Hugo Gonzalez had an impressive drive-and-dish assist<\/a> early in the fourth quarter, and Jordan Walsh sealed the win with a corner 3-pointer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brown is one of five players<\/a> with a clutch usage rate above 40%, but he gave up the ball on the two biggest possessions on Sunday, generating open 3-pointers for Derrick White (by drawing a double team<\/a>) and Walsh (by driving and kicking<\/a>). The Celtics rank in the middle of the pack in both ball and player movement after ranking in the bottom 10 in both last season.<\/p>\n That was a critical paint attack on the Walsh 3, but the Celtics have taken just 36.8% of their shots in the paint (which would be the lowest rate for any team in the last nine seasons). They rank fourth<\/a> in the percentage of their shots (48.1%) that have come from 3-point range and third in the percentage (15%) that have come from mid-range. Brown ranks second<\/a> in mid-range attempts (seriously challenging the king for his crown), and his 33-for-65 (50.8%) ranks third<\/a> among 18 players with at least 25 attempts.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Celtics shot 14-for-28 from mid-range in their win in Philadelphia 10 days ago, avenging their opening night loss at home. They\u2019re back in Philly on Tuesday, the first of five straight games against teams that currently rank in the bottom half of the league defensively.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: @ PHI, vs. MEM, vs. LAC<\/p>\n #19<\/p>\n Record: 5-5<\/p>\n OffRtg: 112.9 (22) DefRtg: 112.7 (12) NetRtg: +0.2 (18) Pace: 102.0 (13)<\/p>\n Counting the game he got hurt in the first quarter, the Hawks are 4-2 without Trae Young, with the most impressive win coming against the Lakers on Saturday, when they were also without Jalen Johnson, Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is, Nickeil-Alexander Walker and Luke Kennard.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Hawks\u2019 offense has been remarkably inconsistent in the five (full) games without Young. As they\u2019ve alternated wins and losses (in true Hawks fashion), they\u2019ve scored 125.7 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in the three wins and just 99.0 per 100 in the two losses. That inconsistency has been about turnovers (13.7 vs. 20.2 per 100 possessions<\/a>) and shooting, both in and outside the paint.<\/p>\n The bench combination of Mo Gueye and Onyeka Okongwu had a rough night (3-for-18 shooting) against the Raptors on Friday. But they were the starting frontline 24 hours later, when they combined for 15 rebounds, 11 assists, five steals and three blocks in the win over the Lakers. Gueye scored a career-high 21 points, shooting 4-for-5 from 3-point range, while Okongwu helped the Hawks dominate the paint. Atlanta has the league\u2019s sixth-ranked bench<\/a> (up from 20th<\/a> last season) and has outscored opponents by 10.9 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in 137 minutes with Gueye and Okongwu on the floor together.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Hawks\u2019 weekend back-to-back was the start of their first stretch of five games in seven days, with the next three games the start of a stretch where they\u2019re playing nine of 12 on the road. Their first rest-advantage game of the season is in Sacramento on Wednesday, but they\u2019ll be at a disadvantage the following night in Utah.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: @ LAC, @ SAC, @ UTA, @ PHX<\/p>\n #20<\/p>\n Record: 4-6<\/p>\n OffRtg: 113.9 (20) DefRtg: 114.1 (14) NetRtg: -0.2 (19) Pace: 101.8 (14)<\/p>\n The Magic remain in the bottom five in the Eastern Conference, lacking consistency on both ends of the floor. They had a chance to sweep a two-game series with the Celtics, but couldn\u2019t get stops in the final two minutes.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Magic have the league\u2019s second-lowest opponent 3-point rate and were able to limit the Celtics\u2019 attempts from beyond the arc (70 total<\/a>) in their two-game series. They actually outscored Boston, 51-39, from 3-point range in their NBA Cup win on Friday. But while the Celtics made the same number of 3s two nights later, the Magic shot just 7-for-30 (23%) from deep in the four-point loss. Franz Wagner has improved, but Desmond Bane and Paolo Banchero are a combined 21-for-82<\/a> (26%) from deep on the season.<\/p>\n Bane ranks just fifth<\/a> on the team in time of possession (2.8 minutes per game), but he has helped reduce the time that both Banchero and Wagner are handling the ball. And Bane was running the offense for the majority of the fourth quarter in the Magic\u2019s win on Friday<\/a>, when they scored 39 points on 25 possessions in the final period. Some good things are happening on that end of the floor \u2026 just not often enough.<\/p>\n The Magic also aren\u2019t the defensive team that they were last season. They\u2019ve seen the league\u2019s third-biggest jump in points allowed per 100 possessions, with much of that increase happening in the paint<\/a>.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Magic are two games into a stretch where they\u2019re playing seven of nine at home, and their visit to New York on Wednesday will be their first rest-advantage game of the season. They scored just 101 points per 100 possessions (their worst mark vs. any Eastern Conference opponent<\/a>) as they went 1-3 against the Knicks<\/a> last season.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: vs. POR, @ NYK, vs. BKN*, @ HOU<\/p>\n #21<\/p>\n Record: 3-6<\/p>\n OffRtg: 113.6 (21) DefRtg: 119.0. (26) NetRtg: -5.4 (23) Pace: 96.6 (30)<\/p>\n Kawhi Leonard (ankle sprain) has missed the last three games and the Clippers have lost four straight<\/a>, with the three Leonard-less losses all coming by double-digits. They had a 3-6 start two years ago (when they finished in fourth place in the West), but this is their worst nine-game start regarding point differential (minus-5.3 per game) in the last 15 years.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Clippers had the league\u2019s third-ranked defense<\/a> last season, and the key rotation guy that they lost in the Summer (Norman Powell) wasn\u2019t one of their best defenders. But through three weeks, they rank 26th on that end of the floor, with only the Nets having seen a bigger jump in points allowed per 100 possessions.<\/p>\n The defensive drop-off is about two things. The first is opponent 3-point percentage, which has gone from 35% (fifth<\/a>) last season to 39.6% (28th<\/a>) this season. There could be some bad luck in that, but 54% of their opponents\u2019 3-point attempts have been wide open, compared to just 46% last season. The Suns were 21-for-47<\/a> (45%) on wide-open 3s in their home-and-home set last week, outscoring the Clippers by 45 points from beyond the arc over the two games.<\/p>\n The Clippers have also seen the league\u2019s fourth-biggest drop in defensive rebounding percentage, from 73.4% (first<\/a>) last season to 67.6% (21st<\/a>) this season. The defensive rebounding continues to be much better with Ivica Zubac on the floor (70.9%<\/a>) than not (62.8%), though the on-floor mark is still a big drop-off from last season (75.4%<\/a>).<\/p>\n Coming up: After hosting the Hawks and Nuggets this week, the Clippers will play 11 of their next 13 games on the road, a stretch that includes two games each against two other Western Conference teams \u2013 the Mavs and Grizzlies \u2013 that are off to disappointing starts.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: vs. ATL, vs. DEN, @ DAL*, @ BOS<\/p>\n #22<\/p>\n Record: 4-7<\/p>\n OffRtg: 110.6 (25) DefRtg: 115.4 (18) NetRtg: -4.8 (22) Pace: 102.8 (9)<\/p>\n The Grizzlies have established themselves as the best of the three disappointing teams in the Southwest Division, beating the Mavs on Friday (and having beat the Pelicans on opening night). But they\u2019ve lost five of their last six games and Ja Morant continues to really struggle offensively.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Prior to Sunday, the Grizzlies were undefeated when they had shot the league average (35.8%) or better from 3-point range, but had done so in only three<\/a> of their 10 games. They were 17-for-44 (39%) from deep on Sunday, outscoring the Thunder by 21 points from beyond the arc. But they got clobbered inside, shooting just 16-for-38 (42%) in the paint. Morant was 1-for-9 inside and over his last five games, he has an effective field goal percentage of just 29.3%, the worst five-game stretch of his career.<\/p>\n The Grizzlies were also having some first-quarter issues until the weekend, when they outscored the Mavs and Thunder, 67-49<\/a>, in the opening 12 minutes. Morant totaled 16 points<\/a> (on 5-for-9 shooting) and 10 assists over those 24 minutes total, and the Grizzlies\u2019 19-point lead in the second quarter on Sunday was the biggest deficit the Thunder have faced this season. But it was gone by the end of the third and Memphis became the first team to have lost multiple games it led by 15 or more.<\/p>\n Cedric Coward remains a bright spot, and you have to wonder when the rookie will move into the starting lineup. The Grizzlies have been outscored by 11.7 points per 100 possessions in 126 minutes with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Jaylen Wells on the floor together without Coward, but are a plus-1.5 per 100 (with the bigger difference on defense) in 184 minutes with Coward on the floor with one or both of the starting wings.<\/p>\n Coming up: Having played eight of their first 11 games at home, the Grizzlies will now play nine of their next 11 on the road. They were 11-4 in Eastern Conference arenas<\/a> last season, with two of those four losses coming in two cities \u2013 New York and Cleveland \u2013 they\u2019ll visit this week.<\/p>\n Week 4<\/a>: @ NYK, @ BOS, @ CLE<\/p>\n #23<\/p>\n Record: 3-7<\/p>\n OffRtg: 103.7 (29) DefRtg: 109.9 (4) NetRtg: -6.2 (24) Pace: 102.9 (8)<\/p>\n Anthony Davis has missed the last five games and the Mavs\u2019 offense continues to struggle. But they have climbed out of the basement on that end of the floor and won the battle of last-place teams on Saturday night in Washington, edging the Wizards with a big fourth quarter.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Mavs finally put a point guard in their starting lineup, with D\u2019Angelo Russell starting the last three games. But he\u2019s averaged just 18.1 minutes<\/a> over those three games, and the Mavs have been outscored by 57 points<\/a> in those 54 minutes total. All three games were within five points in the last five minutes and Russell was on the floor for clutch time in only one of the three<\/a> (not the win).<\/p>\n The game in Washington on Saturday was a matchup of the teams that ranked 29th and 30th in shooting-opportunity differential, and the Mavs won the possession game for just the second time this season, committing five fewer turnovers and grabbing four more offensive rebounds than the Wizards. They still rank in the bottom 10 in both turnover differential (22nd) and total rebounding percentage (23rd<\/a>).<\/p>\n
\n2024-25
\nRank
\n2025-26
\nRank
\nDiff.<\/p>\n
\n111.0
\n23
\n120.1
\n5
\n+9.1<\/p>\n
\n106.7
\n29
\n115.5
\n15
\n+8.9<\/p>\n
\n114.9
\n12
\n121.7
\n1
\n+6.8<\/p>\n
\n109.6
\n26
\n116.4
\n10
\n+6.8<\/p>\n
\n108.9
\n27
\n113.9
\n20
\n+5.0<\/p>\n
\nSomething Just Ain\u2019t Right: LA Clippers (0-4) \u2014 Are the Clippers this year\u2019s Suns?<\/p>\n
\nFree falls of the week: LA Clippers (-10), Golden State (-5)<\/p>\n
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