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Dru Smith vs bottom-10 defenses

MIA · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season

Dru Smith has averaged 5.5 points and 3.1 assists per game in 22 games against bottom-10 defenses, vs 5.0 points and 1.9 assists in 35 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs bottom-10 defenses
5.5
points per game · 22 games
Vs everyone else
5.0
points per game · 35 games
Difference
+0.5
per game, bottom 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Dru Smith per game averages against bottom-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerBottom 10225.52.83.10.51.80.417.641.7%88.5%52.9%47.6%+0.5
Everyone else355.02.11.90.41.10.314.139.9%81.3%53.0%44.9%
2026-27Bottom 1010.00.01.00.00.00.04.1––––−3.8
Everyone else43.81.51.80.80.80.011.250.0%66.7%70.5%68.8%
2025-26Bottom 10215.82.93.20.61.90.418.241.7%88.5%52.9%47.6%+0.6
Everyone else315.22.11.90.41.10.314.539.2%82.8%51.8%43.5%

Every game against bottom-10 defenses

  1. Oct 30, 2026vs IND · No. 25 defense (prior season's final)0 pts, 0 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 4 min
  2. Apr 4, 2026vs WAS · No. 29 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 0 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 12 min
  3. Mar 19, 2026vs LAL · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 2 reb, 4 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 16 min
  4. Mar 12, 2026vs MIL · No. 25 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 21 min
  5. Mar 10, 2026vs WAS · No. 29 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 3 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 4 stl, 0 blk · 23 min
  6. Mar 5, 2026vs BKN · No. 27 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 21 min
  7. Feb 24, 2026at MIL · No. 23 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 0 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 6 min
  8. Feb 11, 2026at NOP · No. 27 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  9. Feb 9, 2026vs UTA · No. 30 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast · 0 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
  10. Feb 8, 2026at WAS · No. 29 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 1 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 6 min
  11. Feb 1, 2026vs CHI · No. 22 defense (that season, games so far)10 pts, 4 reb, 6 ast · 1 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 21 min
  12. Jan 31, 2026vs CHI · No. 24 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 3 reb, 6 ast · 1 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 20 min
  13. Jan 29, 2026at CHI · No. 24 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast · 2 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 22 min
  14. Jan 24, 2026at UTA · No. 30 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 10 reb, 5 ast · 0 3PM · 5 stl, 1 blk · 25 min
  15. Jan 10, 2026at IND · No. 23 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 1 reb, 4 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 12 min
  16. Jan 4, 2026vs NOP · No. 28 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 19 min
  17. Dec 29, 2025vs DEN · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 21 min
  18. Dec 27, 2025vs IND · No. 22 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 23 min
  19. Dec 18, 2025at BKN · No. 25 defense (that season, games so far)3 pts, 3 reb, 6 ast · 0 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 24 min
  20. Dec 6, 2025vs SAC · No. 26 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 1 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 19 min
  21. Dec 1, 2025vs LAC · No. 25 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 0 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 16 min
  22. Nov 26, 2025vs MIL · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 3 stl, 1 blk · 19 min

What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (5 games here, 52 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 18 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.