Run it Back! NBA Week in Review - 2025-26 - Week #5

Untitled project from SquadCast === thepeachbasket_1_11-23-2025_174402: [00:00:00] Week five of the 2025-26 NBA season is over, which means it's time to run it back. This is run it back NBA week in review. I'm Jose Salviati, Editor at thePeachBasket.net, and this is the show where we recap the week that was in the NBA and then highlight the marquee matchup for the week to come. Now, this season, we're starting a little bit later than in seasons past, and that's by design. The first few weeks in every NBA season, you see a lot of movement in the rankings. So much so that it almost renders them pointless. This season, we decided to wait until just before Thanksgiving, the time of year that Phil Jackson once said is right about when he starts to know what type of team he has. There will no doubt be some surprises. Teams are settling into the team that they are. Making this the right time to start ranking them. So we start with the only objective overall, top 10 NBA power rankings anywhere. You can read more about how we get to these rankings and see the entire [00:01:00] list@thepeachbasket.net. Let's take a look at the top 10 at the conclusion of week number five. There was a lot of perfection in the top 10 this week. Six of the 10 teams did not lose at all this past week. Starting us off at number 10 are the Cleveland Cavaliers. They went two and won in week number five, so they're not one of the teams that did not lose, but still come in at the top 10. Number nine are the surprising Chicago bulls. Now, they didn't do as good in week number five as they had been doing, but they were still three and two, which is enough to bring them into the top 10 at number nine. San Antonio Spurs were perfect in week number five at three and oh, which was a good enough to get them into the number eight spot. The retooled Denver Nuggets have a lot of depth and are playing great basketball. They had a rough week, number five, only going two and two, but that was good enough to land them at the number seven spot. The Los Angeles [00:02:00] Lakers have got LeBron James back and are led by the NBA's leading score in Luca Doni. They went one and oh in week number five and are the number six best team. You can never count out a well-coached, well-run franchise. They just don't stay down for long. And the Miami Heat are a perfect example. Without their leading score from last season, they're off to a great start. There were three and oh and week number five, which lands them at the number five spot, and we'll talk a little bit more about the heat a little later today. In what's probably the biggest shocker of all the Toronto Raptors are playing great basketball. They were three and oh in week number five and 11 and five overall, which is good enough for the number four spot. The new look. Houston Rockets were two in one in week number five and claim the number three spot in what might be a shocker to some the dominant 16 and one Oklahoma City Thunder, the [00:03:00] defending champions. They were three and oh in week number five, but they only come in at number two, which means that the number one team after week number five and then 20 25, 26 NBA season, hail out of Detroit. The Detroit Pistons have gotten even better after a huge jump last season and are just percentage points above OKC in our ranking. That's good enough to claim the number one spot. Congratulations to the Detroit Pistons. That's the objective top 10 list for week number five. If you wanna see where all 30 teams land this week, please visit the peach basket.net. Now let's shift our focus to the players. These are the best to do it by average and week number five of 20 25, 26 NBA season. These are the best by average in shooting rebounds, assists blocks, steals points, and game score. There's a new best player on the Philadelphia 76 ERs, and his name is [00:04:00] Tyree Maxey. He led the entire NBA in week number five, averaging 39 points per game. The ageless and spectacular Stephan Curry averaged the most three point shots made coming in at 5.7 while Tyrese. Maxey led everyone in most field goals made averaging 13, the top rebounder pulling down 14.7 rebounds on average was Kelle ware of the Miami Heat. Donovan Klingon pulled down the most offensive rebounds of 7.3 over his four games played. Kelle Ware averaged the most defensive rebounds at 10 over his three games. Played playing in his 23rd NBA seasons in the spectacular. LeBron James averaged the most assist in week number five at 12 over his one game. Played. Isaiah Stewart of the number one Detroit Pistons was the top rim protector. He sent back 2.7 shots on average over his three games. Played. The top thief was Ryan Dunn of the Phoenix Suns. He took [00:05:00] away three possessions from the other team over his three games. Played to lead the entire NBA. The top game score, which denotes the best overall game over his three games played was Tyrese Maxey with a very good game score of 32.4. Now looking ahead to week number six, the number one Detroit Pistons head to Miami to take on the very good Miami heat. They should be a good test to find out exactly. How good Miami actually is. Now we'll end with a segment we call full court press, where I ask AI for its thoughts on viral trending NBA news as we head into week number six, and this is what it came up with. Aaron Gordon Sideline, sidelined, rather, four to six weeks, the heat surge behind Norman Powell and the Wizard Skid and Lakers front office shakeup all very interesting topics. Of course, we hate to talk about injuries, but that is par for the course in any and every [00:06:00] NBA season. I'd like to focus though on Norman Powell and the Miami Heat. Now the general rule of thumb. Is you wanna trade a player too early instead of too late Using that criteria, the Clippers trading away. Norman Powell may make a little bit of sense. It makes more sense when you see that they're essentially trading Powell for John Collins. Collins was great in Utah last season. He averaged 19 points per game. He made just a tick under, and just a tick, a percentage point under 40% of his three point shots and pulled down over eight rebounds. He was the type of power forward the Clippers haven't had in a while and absolutely needed, but while the season is still young, it's very clear that Norman Powell is excelling in Miami. While Collins is struggling in la, at least from a numbers perspective, while playing less minutes in Miami, Powell is averaging more points better free throw percentage, higher percentage from three, and even more rebounds.[00:07:00] He's been absolutely spectacular for the very good Miami heat. Collins on the other hand, is taking a downturn. He is playing less minutes, but he's everdeen a lot less points. His shooting percentage from deep is just barely above 30% and his rebounds are down. Unfortunately, for the Clippers, he has not been spectacular. While I don't think Collins is the sole reason the Clippers are struggling to start this season, I can say pretty confidently that Powell is a big reason that the heater surging. That's a long season and trades are usually better evaluated after they're your years rather after they're complete. But as of right now, there's a clear winner and you all know who that is. That's it. Week number 5 of the 2025-26 NBA season is in the books. Join us again next week after ~the final.~ ~Join us again next week after~ week number six, when we once again run it back.