Andrew Schlecht

And while they didn't have the big mid-season trade like the 24 Mavs did, this Lakers team has certainly been a different team post-All-Star break, which was also the case with that 24 Mavs team.

And one thing they have going for them is how good they are in isolation, which tends to matter in the clutch.

Yeah, it does.

The Lakers tied with the Nuggets for isolation points per possession.

And when you look at players who use at least two ISOs per game, the Lakers have two of the top 11 players in the league as far as points per possession with Luka and Austin Reeves.

Before I move on, just a few more notes.

Most of these teams were very good on this list, these 31 teams.

Average wins was 55 games, but they weren't all good.

The worst team to make this list of 31 very good clutch teams was the 2021 Charlotte Hornets,

who went 33-39, missed the playoffs, but were a plus 21.9 in the clutch.

And another fun one, which I actually remember this one, is the 2024 Bulls, who won 39 games, also missed the playoffs, but they had that insane clutch season from DeRozan, remember?

Yeah.

They had a plus 23.5 net rating in the clutch.

Finally, Andrew, trivia question, because there are three OKC teams that made this list.

One is this year's team, 2026 team.

Who would be the other two teams?

So this is OKC team with a clutch time net rating above plus 20.

Who would you guess?

Chris Paul team?

Yes, Chris Paul team, 2026.