Schedule strength through Week 10<\/p>\n
Toughest: 1. Sacramento, 2. Utah, 3. Orlando
\nEasiest: 1. Detroit, 2. Oklahoma City, 3. Denver
\nSchedule strength = Cumulative opponent record.<\/p>\n
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Movement in the Rankings<\/p>\n
High jumps of the week: LA Clippers (+5), Utah (+3), Brooklyn (+3)
\nFree falls of the week: Dallas (-7), New Orleans (-4), Portland (-4)<\/p>\n
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Week 11 Team to Watch<\/p>\n
Cleveland<\/a> \u2014 The Cavs have started to play better, but they haven\u2019t been able to put wins together, and they\u2019ve hit a critical juncture in their season. They\u2019re two games into a stretch where they\u2019re playing 11 of 13 against teams currently over .500, with a visit to San Antonio on Monday followed by home games against the Suns, Nuggets and Pistons.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Previously\u2026<\/p>\n OffRtg<\/a>: Points scored per 100 possessions (League Rank) The league has averaged 114.9 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: 23-8<\/p>\n OffRtg: 118.8 (5) DefRtg: 112.5 (5) NetRtg: +6.2 (6) Pace: 100.7 (18)<\/p>\n The Spurs\u2019 eight-game winning streak (in games that count toward the standings) came to an end on Saturday, when De\u2019Aaron Fox missed their game against the Jazz. But they still have more wins against the Thunder than the rest of the league, having beat the champs on a neutral court, at home and on the road.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The defense is aided by the Spurs\u2019 lack of turnovers against the Thunder. Their two wins last week were two of the seven times<\/a> that the Thunder have forced fewer than 14 turnovers per 100 possessions. Fox had a quiet night scoring (six points) on Tuesday, but he led the way with 29 points on Christmas, and he has an assist\/turnover ratio of 16\/2<\/a> over the three games. Overall, the Spurs\u2019 offense has been at its best (119.4 points scored per 100 possessions<\/a>) with Fox on the floor.<\/p>\n But the loss to Utah without Fox was more about the defense. Wembanyama was in the starting lineup for the first time since his month-long absence, but the Spurs allowed 127 points on 99 possessions, their worst defensive game<\/a> of the 19 that Wembanyama has played in.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Spurs\u2019 two losses against the Eastern Conference (one that counts in the standings, one that doesn\u2019t) have come against the Cavs and the Knicks. They\u2019ll have opportunities to avenge them both this week.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: vs. CLE, vs. NYK, @ IND, vs. POR<\/p>\n #2<\/p>\n Record: 27-5<\/p>\n OffRtg: 118.5 (6) DefRtg: 104.6 (1) NetRtg: +13.9 (1) Pace: 101.2 (13)<\/p>\n The Thunder are 27-2 against everybody else, but they\u2019re 0-3 against the Spurs, having dropped both games of their home-and-home set last week. They look a lot more mortal than they did three weeks ago and are no longer a lock to finish with the league\u2019s best record, let alone the most wins in NBA history.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Thunder have the league\u2019s fourth-biggest differential between their field goal percentage in the paint (61.3%, second best) and their effective field goal percentage on shots from outside the paint (52.8%, eighth). And they\u2019re obviously more reliant on jump shots against the Spurs than they are otherwise. Only 41% of their shots against San Antonio (compared to 49% against all other opponents) have come in the paint, and they took 21 mid-range shots, tied for the third most for any team in any game this season, in their loss in San Antonio on Tuesday.<\/p>\n The loss in San Antonio on Tuesday ended a streak of 25 straight games where the Thunder committed fewer turnovers than their opponent. Their turnover differential (5.4 fewer per game) is still more than twice as good as that of any other team. (Boston ranks second with 2.3 fewer per game than their opponents.)<\/p>\n Coming up: The second of the Thunder\u2019s two losses to San Antonio was a rest-disadvantage game, and they\u2019re now 2-3 in the second games of back-to-backs. They\u2019ll be at a disadvantage again against the Hawks on Monday, though it\u2019s a home-home back-to-back, with their win over the Sixers on Sunday having come in the afternoon.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: vs. ATL, vs. POR, @ GSW, @ PHX<\/p>\n #3<\/p>\n Record: 22-9<\/p>\n OffRtg: 124.0 (1) DefRtg: 115.8 (20) NetRtg: +8.2 (3) Pace: 100.5 (19)<\/p>\n The Nuggets got a good win over the Wolves on Christmas, blowing a 15-point lead with less than six minutes left and then coming back from a nine-point deficit in overtime. But that was sandwiched by one-point losses in Dallas and Orlando, with game-winning, buzzer-beating shots<\/a> spinning off the rim on both nights.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n With Cam Johnson suffering a right knee injury in Dallas on Tuesday and joining Christian Braun and Aaron Gordon on the shelf, the Nuggets are down to two healthy starters. The two left are Jamal Murray and Nikola Joki\u0107, but Denver has been outscored by 5.9 points per 100 possessions (allowing an amazing 129.1 per 100) in 235 minutes with Murray and Joki\u0107 on the floor without any of the other three starters.<\/p>\n The Nuggets (17-1) now have the fewest losses in games that weren\u2019t within five points in the last five minutes. But Denver is now just 5-8 in clutch games, having allowed a league-worst 138 points per 100 possessions<\/a> (178 on 129) when the score was within five in the last five minutes of regulation or overtime. There\u2019s surely some bad luck in there, because their opponents have shot 20-for-39<\/a> (51%) on clutch 3-pointers.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Nuggets\u2019 loss in Orlando on Saturday was the start of their longest road trip of the season (seven games over 12 days), and six of the seven games are against East teams with winning records. The seventh is against the team \u2013 Brooklyn \u2013 with the league\u2019s No. 1 defense<\/a> in December.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: @ MIA, @ TOR, @ CLE, @ BKN<\/p>\n #4<\/p>\n Record: 22-9<\/p>\n OffRtg: 121.1 (3) DefRtg: 114.3 (15) NetRtg: +6.8 (4) Pace: 99.5 (26)<\/p>\n The Knicks couldn\u2019t win in Minnesota without Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby on Tuesday, but they returned for Christmas and had 24 of the team\u2019s 34 clutch points<\/a> in narrow wins over the Cavs and Hawks.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The loss in Minnesota without Brunson was the Knicks\u2019 worst offensive game<\/a> of the season (104 points on 102 possessions) and they\u2019ve now scored 13.1 more points per 100 possessions<\/a> with him on the floor (124.7) than they have with him on the bench (111.6), a much bigger on-off differential than he had last season<\/a>. But they also beat the Cavs on Thursday in a game in which they were outscored by 17 points in Brunson\u2019s 39 minutes. Their depth is being tested, with Josh Hart (sprained ankle late in the Christmas win) joining Miles McBride and Landry Shamet on the shelf.<\/p>\n The wins over the Cavs and Hawks came by a total of five points. The possession game made the difference in both, with the Knicks garnering eight more shot opportunities than the opponent in both games. Karl-Anthony Towns had an incredible tip-in<\/a> to put them up four with 29 seconds left against Cleveland, and Anunoby put them ahead in Atlanta with two free throws after ripping an offensive rebound away<\/a> from Jalen Johnson. The Knicks rank second (behind Detroit) in shot-opportunity differential, having averaged 3.6 more per game than their opponents.<\/p>\n Mitchell Robinson had 18 offensive rebounds in 61 minutes last week and continues to have the highest offensive rebounding percentage (23.1%<\/a>) for any player who\u2019s averaged at least 15 minutes per game in the 30 seasons for which we have play-by-play data.<\/p>\n Coming up: Those stats don\u2019t include the Emirates NBA Cup final, when Robinson had 10 offensive boards in just 18 minutes off the bench. The Knicks will face the Spurs in a game that counts toward the regular season standings (and stats) when they play in San Antonio on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: @ NOP, @ SAS, vs. ATL, vs. PHI<\/p>\n #5<\/p>\n Record: 24-8<\/p>\n OffRtg: 116.9 (8) DefRtg: 110.9 (2) NetRtg: +6.0 (7) Pace: 101.0 (15)<\/p>\n The Pistons are 2-2 on their holiday trip out West, and their lead over the Knicks at the top of the Eastern Conference is down to just one game in the loss column.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Pistons still rank second defensively, but the last three games have been, easily, their worst stretch on that end of the floor (124.2 points allowed per 100 possessions). They were able to beat the Kings with offense on Tuesday, but didn\u2019t have enough against the Jazz or Clippers over the weekend. The Pistons rank last<\/a> in opponent free-throw rate (34.1 attempts per 100 shots from the field) and that rate is 40.8 per 100<\/a> over the four-game trip thus far. Seven Pistons<\/a> have averaged at least four fouls per 36 minutes over the four games.<\/p>\n The Pistons\u2019 loss to the Clippers on Sunday was just their second loss in a game that wasn\u2019t within five points in the last five minutes. It was also the first time this season that they never held a lead as they were down double-digits after four minutes and never really threatened the Clippers (because they couldn\u2019t stop Kawhi Leonard).<\/p>\n That was a relatively rough night for the Pistons\u2019 starting lineup, which has now eclipsed the 200-minute mark. It\u2019s outscored opponents by 8.1 points per 100 possessions, a mark that ranks fifth<\/a> among 12 lineups that have played at least 150 minutes. Jaden Ivey continues to come off the bench, though he played a season-high 29 minutes on Sunday, eight more than he\u2019d logged in any of his previous 16 games.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Pistons are now 7-3 against the Western Conference<\/a>, and their trip concludes with a game against the Lakers on Tuesday. Then they\u2019ll play three straight games within the top nine in East, and will look to avenge their first non-clutch loss of the season (Oct. 27 vs. the Cavs) when they play in Cleveland on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: @ LAL, vs. MIA, @ CLE<\/p>\n #6<\/p>\n Record: 19-10<\/p>\n OffRtg: 121.2 (2) DefRtg: 112.6 (7) NetRtg: +8.6 (2) Pace: 97.2 (28)<\/p>\n After a 1-4 stretch that concluded with their worst loss of the season (to the Clippers on Tuesday), the Rockets have seemingly righted the ship, blowing out the Lakers and Cavs late last week.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Clippers\u2019 128 points on just 90 possessions on Tuesday were the fifth most efficient game<\/a> for any team this season. LA shot 20-for-37 (54%) from 3-point range, also attempting 27 free throws and committing just 10 turnovers. The Rockets responded by allowing the Lakers and Cavs to score just 104.8 points per 100 possessions<\/a>, with only 22 total free throw attempts<\/a> and 31 turnovers. Houston is 18-2<\/a> (with 18 straight wins) when holding its opponent under 119 per 100, with the only two losses having come in October against the teams \u2013 Oklahoma City and Detroit \u2013 that rank first and second defensively.<\/p>\n The Rockets are 2-1 without Alperen Sengun, who missed their win against the Cavs on Saturday. Steven Adams started in Sengun\u2019s place and the Rockets have now outscored their opponents by an amazing 26.3 points per 100 possessions in Adams\u2019 245 minutes on the floor without Sengun.<\/p>\n Tari Eason has been back for four games, and he replaced Josh Okogie in the starting lineup for the last two. Okogie has still shot 42% from 3-point range, but Eason has been better (49%<\/a>) and has averaged 7.4 attempts per 36 minutes<\/a>, compared to Okogie\u2019s 4.5 per 36. The Rockets rank last<\/a> in 3-point rate (just 33.3% of their shots), but they\u2019ve seen the league\u2019s biggest jump in 3-point percentage, from 35.3% (21st<\/a>) last season to 40% (second<\/a>) this season.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Rockets are 9-5 against the 14 teams that currently have losing records, and they\u2019ll play seven of their next eight games against that group. One of those five losses came in Dallas, and they\u2019ll return to American Airlines Center on Saturday.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: vs. IND, @ BKN, @ DAL<\/p>\n #7<\/p>\n Record: 20-12<\/p>\n OffRtg: 116.4 (10) DefRtg: 112.7 (8) NetRtg: +3.7 (8) Pace: 100.9 (16)<\/p>\n The Wolves were tied (with the Spurs) for the league\u2019s best record<\/a> (10-2) between Thanksgiving and Christmas. But they\u2019ve suffered as many losses over the last four days, with their Christmas comeback in Denver coming up short and with an ugly second half against the Nets over the weekend.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n They benefited from the absences of Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby on Tuesday, but their five games before Christmas were the Wolves\u2019 best stretch of defense (103.7 points allowed per 100 possessions<\/a>) this season. Then they allowed the Nuggets and Nets to score 123.8 per 100, including an amazing 118 points on 81 possessions (146 per 100<\/a>) in Rudy Gobert\u2019s 36 minutes off the floor.<\/p>\n The Wolves have now allowed 11.3 fewer points per 100 possessions<\/a> with Gobert on the floor (107.4) than they have with him off the floor (118.7). That\u2019s the biggest on-off differential on defense among full-time starters who\u2019ve played at least 500 minutes and would be the biggest for Gobert in the last five seasons. Opponents have shot 52.9% in the paint with him on the floor and 59.6% in the paint with him off.<\/p>\n Anthony Edwards couldn\u2019t match Nikola Joki\u0107\u2019s output on Christmas, but he still had a remarkable performance (44 points on 14-for-25 from the field and 11-for-13 from the line) for a player dealing with shoulder pain. He\u2019s seen a jump in both points per game<\/a> and true shooting percentage<\/a> every season he\u2019s been in the league, and his 61.2% in the paint this season is easily the best mark of his career.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Wolves\u2019 loss to Brooklyn on Saturday began a stretch of eight straight games against the Eastern Conference. They\u2019re one of two teams (the Hawks are the other) with no road trips longer than four games this season, and their first of four four-game trips begins Monday in Chicago.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: @ CHI, @ ATL, @ MIA, @ WAS<\/p>\n #8<\/p>\n Record: 19-12<\/p>\n OffRtg: 120.8 (4) DefRtg: 114.2 (14) NetRtg: +6.6 (5) Pace: 96.6 (30)<\/p>\n The Celtics are still in third place in the East, and they had a couple of big comebacks against the Pacers last week. But they dropped the second game of what might be the easiest five-game road trip any team will have all season, committing six turnovers in the final four minutes of a narrow loss in Portland on Sunday.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n This is still the third straight season where the Celtics ranked in the top two<\/a> in turnover rate (12.8 per 100 possessions). But they\u2019re 27th<\/a> in clutch turnover rate (17 per 100) after their meltdown in Portland. Jaylen Brown has scored more efficiently with his higher usage this season, but his turnover ratio (11.1 per 100 possessions used) would be his highest<\/a> since his rookie season. He had three of those six in the final four minutes on Sunday.<\/p>\n The Celtics took Neemias Queta off the floor and played small for the final three minutes on Sunday. They paid the price when they needed one stop to give themselves a chance to win the game in the closing seconds. Deni Avdija missed a step-back 3, but 6-foot-6 Hugo Gonz\u00e1lez was tasked with boxing out 7-foot-2 Donovan Clingan \u2026 that didn\u2019t work out. Clingan grabbed the rebound and his put-back<\/a> gave the Blazers a four-point lead when he converted the three-point play. The Celtics have grabbed 69% of available defensive rebounds<\/a> with Queta on the floor, but just 64.9% with him off the floor.<\/p>\n The Celtics have still outscored their opponents by 17.2 points per 100 possessions with Gonz\u00e1lez on the floor. That\u2019s the fourth-best on-court mark<\/a> among 332 players who\u2019ve averaged at least 10 minutes in 15 games or more. (He\u2019s the only player in the top seven who\u2019s not on the Thunder.)<\/p>\n Coming up: The Celtics have three games left on what seemed like an easy, five-game trip, though the Jazz and Clippers each had some quality wins last week. The Celtics can avenge an early-season, two-point loss<\/a> when they play in Utah on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: @ UTA, @ SAC, @ LAC<\/p>\n #9<\/p>\n Record: 20-10<\/p>\n OffRtg: 117.6 (7) DefRtg: 117.4 (25) NetRtg: +0.2 (15) Pace: 99.6 (24)<\/p>\n The Lakers lost three straight games, and they had a negative point differential after their 23-point, Christmas-Day loss to the Rockets. But they ended the streak, got back on the plus side and climbed back into fourth place in the West with an easy win over the Kings on Sunday.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Lakers were a worse-than-average defensive team last season as they\u2019ve seen the league\u2019s sixth biggest season-to-season jump in points allowed per 100 possessions. Things were particularly rough last week, when they allowed both Phoenix and Houston<\/a> score more than 130 per 100. Over the two games, the Lakers were outscored by 36 points (100-64) in the restricted area.<\/p>\n They\u2019ve seen the biggest jump in opponent effective field goal percentage, even though they\u2019ve seen a tiny improvement in opponent shot quality, according to tracking data. So they may see some regression to the mean, with their opponents having shot 38.1% (the league\u2019s highest mark<\/a>) thus far.<\/p>\n The defense has been at its best (112.1 points allowed per 100 possessions<\/a>) with Marcus Smart on the floor, and he\u2019s now in the starting lineup with Austin Reaves (calf strain) out at least four weeks. The Lakers rank last in average pick-up distance on defense, but Smart has applied more pressure to opposing ball-handlers than Reaves.<\/p>\n Coming up: Luka Don\u010di\u0107 has averaged 36.1 points (his highest mark vs. any opponent) in eight career games against the Pistons, who the Lakers will host on Tuesday. After that, they\u2019ll play eight of their next nine against teams currently below .500. The Lakers are 13-3 against that group after beating the Kings over the weekend.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: vs. DET, vs. MEM, vs. MEM<\/p>\n #10<\/p>\n Record: 18-13<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.7 (13) DefRtg: 113.5 (10) NetRtg: +1.3 (14) Pace: 99.9 (21)<\/p>\n The Suns are hovering just outside the top six in the West, having won three straight games, including a thrashing of the Don\u010di\u0107-less Lakers on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Overall, the Suns now rank as the league\u2019s most improved defensive team, having allowed 4.2 fewer points per 100 possessions<\/a> than they did last season. A lot of that improvement is the league\u2019s biggest jump in opponent turnover rate, but they\u2019ve also seen significant drops in both opponent 3-point rate and opponent 3-point percentage.<\/p>\n The Suns haven\u2019t been as good an offensive team as they were last season, but their game against the Lakers was an opportunity for them to break out of a little offensive slump, and their 132 points on 95 possessions were their best offensive performance<\/a> of the season. It came with 25 points on 10-for-15 shooting from Dillon Brooks, who continues to register the highest true shooting percentage of his career<\/a> (56.8%) while having seen the league\u2019s biggest jump in usage rate (from 17.6% to 28%) among 316 players who\u2019ve played at least 200 minutes in each of the last two seasons.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Suns are the only team that hasn\u2019t played in an Eastern Conference arena, and they\u2019ve played just two total games<\/a> against the East thus far. They\u2019ll double that total in the next three days, finishing their four-game trip with visits to Washington and Cleveland. Their game in D.C. on Monday (for which Williams is suspended) will be their second rest-advantage game of the season.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: @ WAS, @ CLE, vs. SAC, vs. OKC<\/p>\n #11<\/p>\n Record: 18-14<\/p>\n OffRtg: 115.0 (11) DefRtg: 113.5 (12) NetRtg: +1.5 (12) Pace: 101.1 (14)<\/p>\n The Magic\u2019s weekend back-to-back produced one of their worst losses of the season (Friday vs. Charlotte) and one of their best wins: a one-point, rest-disadvantage victory over the Nuggets on Saturday night.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The win over Denver came with a career-high 38 points from Anthony Black, who also stripped Nikola Joki\u0107 and went coast to coast to put the Magic up one with a little more than a minute left. Black has started the last eight games in Franz Wagner\u2019s spot and has averaged a team-high 24.2 points<\/a> over the last six. Eighteen of those 38 points on Saturday came on corner 3s, and he\u2019s now 22-for-47<\/a> (47%) from the corners on the season.<\/p>\n While Black has been thriving, Paolo Banchero has been relatively quiet, totaling just 37 points<\/a> over the Magic\u2019s last three games. It\u2019s the first time in more than two years (since October 2023) that he\u2019s scored fewer than 15 points in three straight games, and he scored fewer than 15 just three times total<\/a> (in 46 games) last season. Banchero has a lower usage rate over this eight-game stretch without Wagner (25.7%<\/a>) than he did prior (26.6%<\/a>).<\/p>\n The Magic have won eight of their last 10 games that were within five points in the last five minutes, but their two clutch wins last week were different. In Portland on Tuesday, the Magic and Blazers combined to score just 14 points on 21 clutch possessions, with Desmond Bane blocking Donovan Clingan<\/a> with less than 15 seconds left. On Saturday, the Magic and Nuggets combined to score 28 points on 22 clutch possessions, with a big bucket from Tristan da Silva before Bane sank the game-winning free throws with 6.9 seconds left. He\u2019s 16-for-16 on clutch free throws for the season, with the 16 being the second most<\/a> among players who haven\u2019t missed.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Magic trail the fourth-place Raptors by just a half game, and the first of their three head-to-head meetings is Monday in Toronto. That\u2019s the start of a stretch where the Magic are playing five of six on the road, but after Monday, nine of their next 10 games will be against teams that currently have losing records.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: @ TOR, @ IND, @ CHI, vs. IND<\/p>\n #12<\/p>\n Record: 19-14<\/p>\n OffRtg: 113.9 (18) DefRtg: 112.6 (6) NetRtg: +1.3 (13) Pace: 99.7 (23)<\/p>\n The Raptors have seen the league\u2019s biggest drop-offs in both winning percentage and point differential per 100 possessions since (American) Thanksgiving. But they got RJ Barrett back from a 15-game absence on Sunday and then got a huge performance from Scottie Barnes as they came back from a 12-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Warriors in overtime.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Barnes started at center on Sunday and had 23 points, a career-high 25 rebounds and 10 assists in the win over the Warriors. He sent the game to overtime with a tip-in<\/a> at the end of regulation and then outrebounded the Warriors (6-0<\/a>) in the extra period. Fourteen of his 17 shots came in the paint, and he\u2019s now registering career-best marks in the paint (58.3%), from mid-range (41.2%) and from 3-point range (35.4%<\/a>).<\/p>\n Overall, the Raptors have been a little better in 275 minutes with Barnes at the five (plus-3.7 points per 100 possessions) than they\u2019ve been in 849 minutes with him on the floor alongside Jakob Poeltl, Sandro Mamukelashvili or Jonathan Mogbo (plus-2.5 per 100). The offense has been much better, but the defense has been worse with him at center.<\/p>\n Coming up: The fourth-place Raptors\u2019 win over the Warriors on Sunday afternoon was the start of a five-game homestand, which continues with a big game against the fifth-place Magic (the first of three meetings) on Monday night. Toronto is 6-5 in games played between the eight Eastern Conference teams with winning records.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: vs. ORL, vs. DEN, vs. ATL<\/p>\n #13<\/p>\n Record: 17-15<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.2 (17) DefRtg: 112.0 (4) NetRtg: +2.3 (9) Pace: 104.7 (1)<\/p>\n The Heat fell to .500 with a stretch where they lost eight of nine games<\/a>. But they won both games of a weekend back-to-back to climb back into seventh place in the East.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Heat scored just 91 points on 95 possessions in their loss to the Raptors on Tuesday, both their slowest-paced<\/a> and worst offensive game<\/a> of the season. But they picked the pace back up in their weekend back-to-back, averaging 110 offensive possessions per game and scoring 121.8 points per 100 possessions over the two wins. They\u2019re now 13-5<\/a> when they\u2019ve played at a pace of at least 103 possessions per 48 minutes and 4-10<\/a> when they\u2019ve played slower.<\/p>\n The Heat have played the slowest (103.7 possessions per 48 minutes<\/a>) with Bam Adebayo on the floor, and he missed both of the weekend wins. Pelle Larsson replaced Adebayo in the starting lineup and shot 14-for-20<\/a> over the two games, also tallying 12 assists with zero turnovers. The second-year wing has 23 more assists and almost as many points in 26 games this season (88 assists, 246 points<\/a>) as he had in 55 games last season (65 and 251).<\/p>\n The pace over the two wins was aided by the Heat\u2019s opponents committing a total of 47 turnovers, with 23 of them being live balls. Dru Smith was one of six Heat players<\/a> with four steals over the two games and leads the league<\/a> with 3.2 steals per 36 minutes. The Heat are 9-2<\/a> when their opponent has committed at least 18 turnovers.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Heat\u2019s first game against the first-place Pistons (Nov. 29) was one of their fastest-paced losses<\/a> of the season and one of those two losses where their opponent committed at least 18 turnovers. Their second meeting is their first game of 2026 (Thursday in Detroit).<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: vs. DEN, @ DET, vs. MIN, vs. NOP<\/p>\n #14<\/p>\n Record: 16-14<\/p>\n OffRtg: 113.8 (19) DefRtg: 113.7 (13) NetRtg: +0.1 (16) Pace: 100.3 (20)<\/p>\n The Sixers remain in the top six in the East, but they\u2019ve lost three straight games<\/a> for the first time, and two of those losses came to teams \u2014 Chicago and Brooklyn \u2014 with losing records.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Sixers have scored just 105.4 points per 100 possessions<\/a> over the losing streak. Tyrese Maxey shot just 12-for-38<\/a> (32%) against the Nets and Bulls and got very little help against the Thunder. The Sixers are 14-2<\/a> when they\u2019ve scored at least 113 points per 100 possessions and 2-12<\/a> when they scored fewer.<\/p>\n The Sixers had Maxey, Paul George and Joel Embiid in the lineup for their games against the Bulls and Nets last week, but are now 0-4 when all three have been available. They\u2019ve outscored their opponents by 7.0 points per 100 possessions<\/a> (with good defensive numbers) in their 81 minutes on the floor together, but have been outscored by 15 per 100 (scoring an anemic 100.4 per 100) in 121 minutes with at least one of the three on the bench over those four games.<\/p>\n Embiid still hasn\u2019t played in more than three straight games and he missed the game against Oklahoma City on Sunday (when the Sixers were down by just two points at halftime). They were down 16 entering the fourth quarter, because they lost the third by double-digits for the 11th time<\/a> this season. They\u2019ve now been outscored by 22.3 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in the third period, the worst mark for any team in any quarter.<\/p>\n Coming up: The end of the Sixers\u2019 five-game trip \u2014 Saturday in New York \u2014 is the first of three straight rest-advantage games. Philly is one of three teams with a league-high 14 rest-advantage games this season, and they\u2019re 4-0 in those games thus far, with one of those wins having come at Madison Square Garden 10 days ago.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: @ MEM, @ DAL, @ NYK<\/p>\n #15<\/p>\n Record: 16-16<\/p>\n OffRtg: 113.4 (21) DefRtg: 111.5 (3) NetRtg: +2.0 (10) Pace: 100.8 (17)<\/p>\n It was an interesting week for the Warriors, who dealt with some more Draymond-Green-related drama, climbed back over .500 with a three-game winning streak and then suffered a tough, overtime loss in Toronto on Sunday.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Warriors outscored their opponents by 50 points on second chances (74-24<\/a>) over their three-game winning streak. But they still rank 26th<\/a> in defensive rebounding percentage (67.7%) and they didn\u2019t grab a single rebound in overtime<\/a> on Sunday, even though the two teams combined to miss 10 shots in those five minutes. The Raptors finished with 18 offensive boards and a season-high 29 second-chance points<\/a>, even though they played most of the game without a center.<\/p>\n Those second chances negated a 48-39 advantage from beyond the arc. The Warriors continue to lead the league in 3-point differential, with their differential of 12.1 points per game being more than double that of any other team. They\u2019ve been outscored from 3-point range in only three of their 32 games.<\/p>\n Green remains one of the league\u2019s best defenders, and defense is what\u2019s keeping this team competitive. But this would be the first time in the last 12 seasons that the Warriors weren\u2019t better with him on the floor<\/a> than they\u2019ve been with him off the floor. His offensive value comes from his passing, but he has almost as many turnovers (24<\/a>) as assists (27) this month, with one<\/a> of the Warriors\u2019 three brutal turnovers in the final minute and a half of regulation on Sunday.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Warriors\u2019 overtime loss in Toronto was the start of their first stretch of five games in seven days, with their two rest-disadvantage games this week coming against the Nets and Jazz. In 11 games at Barclays Center, Stephen Curry has averaged 30.1 points per game, his highest career average in any arena and the highest regular-season mark for any player in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: @ BKN, @ CHA, vs. OKC, vs. UTA<\/p>\n #16<\/p>\n Record: 17-16<\/p>\n OffRtg: 116.4 (9) DefRtg: 114.7 (16) NetRtg: +1.7 (11) Pace: 102.0 (8)<\/p>\n The Cavs have shown some signs of life and got Evan Mobley back earlier than expected. But they blew a 17-point, fourth-quarter lead in New York on Christmas and got blown out in Houston over the weekend.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The three games concluding with the Christmas loss were the Cavs\u2019 best stretch of offense (129.5 points scored per 100 possessions<\/a>) since early November. Their 24 3-pointers against the Hornets on Monday are tied for the most for any team<\/a> this season, and they had another 20 as they ended the Pelicans\u2019 five-game winning streak the following night. The offense was sharp for most of the afternoon in New York, but as things got tight in the fourth quarter, there were a couple of possessions where they could have been more intentional about running their stuff and generating a good shot.<\/p>\n The last five games have also been the Cavs\u2019 worst five-game stretch of defense (122.4 points allowed per 100 possessions<\/a>) all season. Their opponents shot 47% from 3-point range over their four games last week, with the Knicks going 9-for-16 from the corners. The Cavs rank 28th<\/a> in opponent 3-point percentage (38.0%), and only the Nets<\/a> have seen their opponents shoot better from the corners.<\/p>\n The Cavs are now 2-4 when Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Mobley and Jarrett Allen have all been available, though those four guys have played just 64 total minutes<\/a> together over those six games. Mobley has come off the bench in the two games since his return and he scored just four points (on 2-for-9 shooting) in 20 minutes in Houston on Saturday.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Cavs are just two losses from matching their total from last season (64-18<\/a>), and their schedule isn\u2019t getting much easier anytime soon. They\u2019re 4-10 against the other 14 teams<\/a> that currently have winning records and just two games into a stretch where they\u2019re playing 11 of 13 against that group. These next three weeks feel pretty important.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: @ SAS, vs. PHX, vs. DEN, vs. DET<\/p>\n #17<\/p>\n Record: 15-17<\/p>\n OffRtg: 112.7 (23) DefRtg: 113.5 (11) NetRtg: -0.8 (17) Pace: 101.9 (9)<\/p>\n In the last nine days, the Grizzlies have had two chances to get back to .500 for the first time since they were 3-3. Both games were against the Wizards, but they went 0-2, coming up short in the clutch in Washington on Sunday.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Grizzlies have seen the league\u2019s third biggest drop in points scored per 100 possessions from last season. But they scored at least 125 per 100 for the fourth and fifth times last week. Three of those five efficient performances have come with Ja Morant in the lineup, and he totaled 38 points<\/a> on 14-for-27 shooting in their two games over the weekend, returning from a four-game absence. But the Grizzlies have still scored just 106.8 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in 253 minutes with Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. on the floor together, a huge drop-off from their minutes together (117.1 per 100<\/a>) last season.<\/p>\n If this were college basketball and the conference standings were determined by games only within the conference, the Grizzlies would be in fifth place<\/a> in the West at 13-9. But they\u2019re 2-8 against the East<\/a> after the loss in Washington on Sunday.<\/p>\n Even with the two losses to Washington, the Grizzlies have the league\u2019s biggest differential between their record vs. teams<\/a> currently at or below .500 (13-4) and their record vs. teams<\/a> currently above .500 (2-13). The bigger difference has been on offense, where they\u2019ve scored just 106.5 points per 100 possessions against the good teams. The Grizzlies have played 13 of their last 17 games against the below-.500 group, but will now play eight of their next nine against teams that currently have winning records.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Grizzlies and Lakers are the only two teams not playing on New Year\u2019s Eve or New Year\u2019s Day, and they\u2019ll open 2026 with a two-game series in L.A. starting Friday. The Grizzlies had a 14-point lead at halftime of the first meeting<\/a> (in Memphis on Halloween), but were outscored, 62-43, in the second half.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: vs. PHI, @ LAL, @ LAL<\/p>\n #18<\/p>\n Record: 15-18<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.6 (15) DefRtg: 115.8 (19) NetRtg: -1.2 (18) Pace: 103.0 (4)<\/p>\n A six-game losing streak<\/a> has taken the Hawks from three games above .500 to three games below. It has also put them in danger of falling out of SoFi Play-In Tournament positioning in the East.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Hawks are 1-8<\/a> in games that Trae Young has played more than 10 minutes. But as he\u2019s played in the last four games (including both games of their weekend back-to-back), they\u2019ve been much better offensively<\/a> in his 121 minutes on the floor (123.2 points scored per 100 possessions) than they\u2019ve been in his 71 minutes on the bench (104.5). They haven\u2019t fully staggered his minutes with those of Jalen Johnson so that one of the two is always on the floor, and they\u2019ve scored just 30 points on 37 offensive possessions (81 per 100) in 19 total minutes with both on the bench over the last four games.<\/p>\n The Hawks remain one of four teams<\/a> that rank in the bottom 10 in both offensive and defensive rebounding percentage, and they\u2019ve grabbed less than 50% of available rebounds in all six games<\/a> of the losing streak. Their three games last week were determined by a total of 21 points and they were outscored by 30 (58-28<\/a>) on second chances. The Knicks took the lead with 30 seconds left on Saturday after OG Anunoby took a rebound away<\/a> from Johnson.<\/p>\n The last five losses have all come at home in what was one of the Hawks\u2019 three longest homestands of the season (all five games). They\u2019re now 5-11 at State Farm Arena and 10-7 elsewhere, which would be the biggest home-road discrepancy in NBA history.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Hawks\u2019 rest-advantage game in Oklahoma City on Monday will be their 10th straight game without Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is, but he could make his return this week. The Hawks are just two games into a stretch of seven straight against teams with winning records.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: @ OKC, vs. MIN, @ NYK, @ TOR<\/p>\n #19<\/p>\n Record: 12-19<\/p>\n OffRtg: 115.0 (12) DefRtg: 121.3 (29) NetRtg: -6.3 (26) Pace: 103.0 (3)<\/p>\n After losing four straight games, the Jazz had as impressive a back-to-back as any team might this season. They beat the Pistons (who had won seven of eight) at home and then beat the Spurs (who had won eight straight in games that count toward the standings) on the road.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Jazz still rank 29th defensively, in the bottom two on that end of the floor for what would be the third straight season. But they\u2019ve seen the league\u2019s sixth biggest jump in points scored per 100 possessions, and the last three games (124.5 points scored per 100 possessions<\/a>) have been one of their best stretches of offense this season. Keyonte George has averaged 27.7 points<\/a> over the three games and Lauri Markkanen (after missing their loss to Memphis) totaled 59 points (shooting 9-for-13 from 3-point range) over the weekend back-to-back.<\/p>\n The Jazz lost a 17-point, second-half lead in San Antonio on Saturday, but never trailed after they went on a 36-12 run in the second quarter. And Markkanen had an incredible sequence \u2013 a tip dunk<\/a>, a 3-pointer<\/a> and a block<\/a> \u2013 to give them some separation with less than three minutes left. With the two weekend wins, they\u2019re 9-6<\/a> in games that were within five points in the last five minutes, and were the first team to win more clutch games than it did last season, when they were a league-worst 8-25<\/a>. (Toronto then surpassed its clutch win total from last season on Sunday.)<\/p>\n While they rank 29th defensively overall, the Jazz are one of three teams<\/a> that have allowed less than a point per possession in the clutch. And with his game-winner<\/a> against the Pistons on Friday, George is 5-for-9 on shots to tie or take the lead in the final minute of the fourth quarter or overtime. Those five buckets have him tied with Alperen Sengun (5-for-13) for the league lead.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Jazz have played a tough schedule regarding opposing offenses, with 15 of their 31 games having come against teams<\/a> that currently rank in the top 10 on that end of the floor. One of their best defensive games<\/a> of the season actually came (Nov. 3) in Boston, and they\u2019ll face the Celtics\u2019 fourth-ranked offense again on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: vs. BOS, @ LAC, @ GSW<\/p>\n #20<\/p>\n Record: 11-20<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.7 (14) DefRtg: 117.3 (24) NetRtg: -2.7 (19) Pace: 99.9 (22)<\/p>\n The Hornets are 7-6 since Thanksgiving, with four of those seven wins having come against teams \u2013 Toronto, Cleveland and Orlando \u2013 with winning records.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Hornets rank eighth<\/a> defensively (113.9 points allowed per 100 possessions) since Thanksgiving, up from 25th<\/a> (119.8 allowed per 100) prior. They\u2019ve also played a tougher schedule regarding opposing offenses (six of the 13 games against teams currently in the top 11 offensively) than they had before the holiday. Over their last two games, the Wizards and Magic combined to shoot just 46.6% in the paint<\/a> and just 30% from 3-point range<\/a>.s<\/p>\n With Ryan Kalkbrenner out, Moussa Diabat\u00e9 has started the last two games and totaled 30 rebounds over the two wins. For the second straight season, the Hornets have been an elite offensive rebounding team (offensive rebounding percentage of 39.4%<\/a>) with Diabat\u00e9 on the floor, and they\u2019ve outscored opponents by an amazing 23.3 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in his 167 minutes alongside LaMelo Ball and Kon Knueppel.<\/p>\n But the Hornets lost Knueppel to a right-ankle sprain in the second quarter of their win in Orlando on Friday. He\u2019s one of only two players<\/a> (Michael Porter Jr. is the other) who\u2019ve shot better than 40% on at least eight 3-point attempts per game. His true shooting percentage of 63.9% would be the highest in NBA history for any rookie that\u2019s averaged at least 15 points per game.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Hornets trail the ninth-place Bucks by a game and a half, having split the first two games<\/a> of the season series. The final two games will be this week, with their visit to Milwaukee on Friday being the start of the Hornets\u2019 first stretch of five games in seven days.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: vs. MIL, vs. GSW, @ MIL, @ CHI<\/p>\n #21<\/p>\n Record: 10-19<\/p>\n OffRtg: 112.4 (25) DefRtg: 115.8 (18) NetRtg: -3.4 (23) Pace: 98.0 (27)<\/p>\n The Nets are 7-3 in December and their first three-game winning streak<\/a> of the season has come against three teams \u2013 Toronto, Philadelphia and Minnesota \u2013 with winning records.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Nets\u2019 defensive turnaround remains remarkable. It bears repeating that they ranked 29th<\/a> defensively (just a hair better than the Wizards) through Nov. 30, and have had the league\u2019s No. 1 defense<\/a> (by a healthy margin) this month. They\u2019ve held nine of their 10 December opponents (including each of the last seven<\/a>) under the league average for efficiency.<\/p>\n The offense has had its moments, too. Cam Thomas returned from a 20-game absence on Saturday and scored 30 points in 19:48 off the bench, shooting 9-for-15 from the field and 9-for-9 at the line. It was just the fifth time in (at least) the last 44 seasons that a player scored at least 30 points while playing less than 20 minutes. The Nets\u2019 33-for-39 (85%) in the paint against the Wolves\u2019 top-10 defense was the best paint shooting game for any team this season.<\/p>\n The win in Minnesota was also just the second time the Nets won a game they trailed at the half. They were down one at the break, but held the Wolves to just 44 points on 49 points in the third and fourth quarters. The Nets are still tied (with Cleveland) for the league\u2019s biggest differential between their record when they\u2019ve led at the half (7-2<\/a>) and their record when they\u2019ve trailed at the half (2-17<\/a>).<\/p>\n Coming up: The Nets are playing five of their next six games at home, and it\u2019s a good time to be in Brooklyn as Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and Nikola Joki\u0107 are coming to Barclays Center in the next week. The Nets\u2019 worst defensive game<\/a> of the season (137 points allowed on 92 possessions) was in Houston in October.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: vs. GSW, vs. HOU, @ WAS, vs. DEN<\/p>\n #22<\/p>\n Record: 10-21<\/p>\n OffRtg: 114.4 (16) DefRtg: 117.7 (26) NetRtg: -3.3 (21) Pace: 96.8 (29)<\/p>\n Here come the Clippers. After winning just three of their previous 22 games, they\u2019ve won four straight, with three of those wins coming against the Lakers, Rockets and Pistons.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Before last week, Kawhi Leonard had just eight 40-point games in his *regular-season career (751 games total), and his last one was more than two years ago. But he had 41 points against the Rockets\u2019 seventh-ranked defense on Tuesday and a career-high 55 against the Pistons\u2019 second-ranked defense on Sunday. Leonard didn\u2019t score in double-digits from the free throw line in any of his 37 games<\/a> last season or in any of his first 17 games this year. But he\u2019s done so in three of his last four<\/a> and is now an incredible 123-for-126<\/a> (98%) from the line, which would be the second-best mark in NBA history for a player with at least 100 attempts.<\/p>\n * Leonard has five career 40-point playoff games.<\/p>\n The winning streak began with the Clippers holding the Lakers under a point per possession. But the last three games have been more about the offense, with their 128 points on 90 possessions against Houston being the fifth most efficient offensive game<\/a> for any team this season. When Leonard had a relatively quiet night (28 points) in Portland on Friday, Brook Lopez shot 9-for-14 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n Given the Western Conference standings, that was one of the Clippers\u2019 most important wins of the season. They\u2019re 2-15 in games they trailed by double-digits, and both wins have come against the 10th-place Blazers, who they now trail by 2 1\/2 games.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Clippers\u2019 win over Detroit on Sunday was the start of a five-game homestand, which continues with very winnable games against the Kings and Jazz. With that win in Portland last week, they\u2019re 4-5 in games played between the seven Western Conference teams with losing records.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: vs. SAC, vs. UTA, vs. BOS<\/p>\n #23<\/p>\n Record: 15-16<\/p>\n OffRtg: 113.6 (20) DefRtg: 117.2 (23) NetRtg: -3.6 (25) Pace: 103.6 (2)<\/p>\n After that brutal stretch where they lost six games to the bottom seven teams in the league, the Bulls got back to .500 with a five-game winning streak before losing to the Bucks in Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s return on Saturday.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n With their win over Philadelphia on Friday, the Bulls are 8-6 against the 15 teams<\/a> that currently have winning records. After their loss to Milwaukee the following night, Chicago is 7-10 against the 15 teams currently at or below .500. The Nuggets (9-3 vs. 13-6) are the only other team that has a better record against the top 15 than they do against the bottom 15.<\/p>\n The Bulls lead the league with nine wins (they\u2019re 9-13) in games they trailed by double-digits. They were down 13 at the end of the third quarter in Atlanta on Tuesday, but won the fourth quarter, 34-18, and escaped with a win when the Hawks committed an away-from-the-play foul with the score tied and 1.9 seconds left. Three nights later, the Bulls erased two double-digit deficits and closed the game on a 10-0 run (highlighted by Jalen Smith\u2019s dunk<\/a> on Joel Embiid) to beat the Sixers by seven. They scored 52 points on 34 clutch possessions (1.53 per) over their five-game winning streak.<\/p>\n But the Bulls are just 3-7 in games that weren\u2019t within five points in the last five minutes. Among Eastern Conference teams, only the Pacers (3-16) and Wizards (3-17) have been worse in games that weren\u2019t close.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Bulls still have four games left on their six-game homestand, though the last two will also be the start of their second (and final) stretch of five games in seven days. They\u2019ve already lost twice to the Pelicans, who will be at the United Center on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: vs. MIN, vs. NOP, vs. ORL, vs. CHA<\/p>\n #24<\/p>\n Record: 13-19<\/p>\n OffRtg: 112.9 (22) DefRtg: 116.2 (21) NetRtg: -3.3 (22) Pace: 102.6 (5)<\/p>\n The Blazers lost the first three games of a five-game homestand, but got a quality win over the Celtics on Sunday to hold onto the last SoFi Play-In Tournament spot in the West.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n Jerami Grant has missed the last five games \u2026 and the Blazers have scored less efficiently than the league average in all five<\/a>, including an anemic 87.9 points per 100 possessions<\/a> in Deni Avdija\u2019s 46 minutes on the bench over that stretch. They erased two double-digit deficits against the Magic on Tuesday and were down two with two minutes left, but then scored just one point on their final six trips down the floor.<\/p>\n The Blazers\u2019 offense wasn\u2019t great on Sunday, but the Celtics had their worst offensive performance<\/a> (108 points on 103 possessions) since Nov. 1. Their 20 turnovers were tied for the most they\u2019ve committed<\/a> this season, and four of them came in the final 68 seconds. Though they couldn\u2019t stop the Clippers on Friday, the Blazers have allowed just 111.1 points per 100 possessions<\/a> over this five-game stretch without Grant, their best five-game stretch of defense since October.<\/p>\n While the Celtics committed 20 turnovers on Sunday, the Blazers committed 21. With that, they\u2019ve committed fewer turnovers than their opponent in only one of their last 19 games. They had 19 fewer shot opportunities than the Pistons in their eight-point loss last Monday.<\/p>\n Coming up: The Blazers\u2019 win over the Celtics on Sunday was the start of their second stretch of five games in seven days, and they\u2019ll be at a rest disadvantage against the Mavs on Monday night. They\u2019re 3-2 in the second games of back-to-backs, having allowed just 107.4 points per 100 possessions over those five games.<\/p>\n Week 11<\/a>: vs. DAL, @ OKC, @ NOP, @ SAS<\/p>\n #25<\/p>\n Record: 13-19<\/p>\n OffRtg: 112.6 (24) DefRtg: 115.7 (17) NetRtg: -3.2 (20) Pace: 99.5 (25)<\/p>\n Giannis Antetokounmpo returned from an eight-game absence on Saturday and led the Bucks to a much-needed win in Chicago, scoring 29 points in less than 25 minutes. Milwaukee is 10-8 with him and 3-11 otherwise.<\/p>\n Three takeaways<\/p>\n The Bucks\u2019 112 points on 96 possessions on Saturday weren\u2019t a super-efficient performance, but it was their best offensive game<\/a> in their last six. They\u2019ve scored 18.8 more points per 100 possessions<\/a> with Antetokounmpo on the floor (124.4) than they have with him off the floor (105.6), the biggest on-off differential on offense among players who\u2019ve played at least 250 minutes. Antetokounmpo has now scored 521 points in 520 minutes of playing time, which would give him three of the top six per-minute scoring seasons in NBA history.<\/p>\n Ryan Rollins was also back in the starting lineup on Saturday after four games coming off the bench and playing less than 24 minutes in Memphis the night prior. He scored nine points in the Bucks\u2019 opening night win over the Wizards and has scored in double-figures in each of the 31 games since<\/a>. The Bucks are 4-0 when Antetokounmpo has played at least 15 minutes and Rollins has scored 20 points or more.<\/p>\n
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