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Nikola Vucevic vs bottom-10 defenses

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

Nikola Vucevic has averaged 16.4 points and 7.8 rebounds per game in 20 games against bottom-10 defenses, vs 11.2 points and 7.1 rebounds in 35 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs bottom-10 defenses
16.4
points per game · 20 games
Vs everyone else
11.2
points per game · 35 games
Difference
+5.2
per game, bottom 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Nikola Vucevic per game averages against bottom-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerBottom 102016.47.83.61.70.50.927.655.0%79.5%63.8%61.9%+5.2
Everyone else3511.27.12.71.10.60.624.145.1%89.3%51.8%50.1%
2026-27Bottom 1017.06.01.01.00.01.013.650.0%–58.3%58.3%+4.5
Everyone else62.52.51.30.30.00.78.940.0%50.0%47.2%46.7%
2025-26Bottom 101916.97.93.71.70.50.828.355.1%79.5%63.9%62.0%+3.9
Everyone else2913.08.03.01.20.70.627.345.3%92.3%52.0%50.3%

Every game against bottom-10 defenses

  1. Nov 2, 2026vs WAS · No. 30 defense (prior season's final)7 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 14 min
  2. Apr 10, 2026vs NOP · No. 24 defense (that season, games so far)14 pts, 4 reb, 5 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 19 min
  3. Mar 2, 2026at MIL · No. 24 defense (that season, games so far)10 pts, 5 reb, 7 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 26 min
  4. Feb 27, 2026vs BKN · No. 26 defense (that season, games so far)28 pts, 11 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 25 min
  5. Feb 25, 2026at DEN · No. 22 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 8 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 23 min
  6. Feb 22, 2026at LAL · No. 24 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 8 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 21 min
  7. Feb 11, 2026vs CHI · No. 26 defense (that season, games so far)19 pts, 11 reb, 3 ast · 4 3PM · 1 stl, 2 blk · 26 min
  8. Jan 28, 2026at IND · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)25 pts, 9 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 2 blk · 29 min
  9. Jan 26, 2026vs LAL · No. 25 defense (that season, games so far)18 pts, 11 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 36 min
  10. Jan 20, 2026vs LAC · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)19 pts, 8 reb, 4 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 2 blk · 32 min
  11. Jan 16, 2026at BKN · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)19 pts, 6 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 33 min
  12. Jan 14, 2026vs UTA · No. 30 defense (that season, games so far)35 pts, 7 reb, 5 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 31 min
  13. Jan 3, 2026vs CHA · No. 26 defense (that season, games so far)28 pts, 7 reb, 8 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 34 min
  14. Dec 31, 2025vs NOP · No. 28 defense (that season, games so far)17 pts, 8 reb, 5 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 34 min
  15. Dec 27, 2025vs MIL · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 26 min
  16. Dec 14, 2025vs NOP · No. 29 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 8 reb, 4 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
  17. Dec 12, 2025at CHA · No. 23 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 22 min
  18. Dec 5, 2025vs IND · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 26 min
  19. Dec 3, 2025vs BKN · No. 28 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 11 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 33 min
  20. Nov 28, 2025at CHA · No. 25 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 14 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 31 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 (7 games here, 48 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 16 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.