NBA Fast Break · Historic | October 27, 2026

Run 1, Day 8. Historic lineup. Games on the slate: 4.

Day 8 of Historic narrows the pool to 40 legends from 8 teams on a four-game slate, and the optimal no-discount lineup uses 349 of 350 RP, led by DeMarcus Cousins. Anyone can set a lineup, and a collection can open more room under the budget to move up the daily board.

New to the mode? How Fast Break Historic Works explains the 350 RP budget and how owning a legend's Moment lowers his cost, and How Fast Break Works in 2026-27 covers the season, including Run 1 and the Fast Break Finals.

Considerations

  • This is Day 8 of Run 1, with 4 games on the slate, so the pool covers 40 legends, five from each team in action

  • Through the end of Run 1 on November 1, the Lakers have the most games remaining with four including tonight.

  • Phoenix has the fewest with one. Nineteen teams have three each and nine teams have two each

  • Historic daily rewards (Top Shot credit): 1st $40; 2nd $30; 3rd $20; 4th $15; 5th $10; 6th–10th $5 each; 11th–20th $3 each; 21st–40th $1 each

  • Historic run rewards (Top Shot credit): 1st $100; 2nd $75; 3rd $60; 4th $50; 5th $30; 6th–10th $20 each; 11th–25th $15 each; 26th–50th $10 each; 51st–100th $5 each

Optimal No-Discount Lineup

RP is each player's cost at full price. Blend is the Fast Break scoring measure shown on the dashboard.

Player

Team

RP

Blend

DeMarcus Cousins

SAC

81

53.8

Clyde Drexler

POR

87

48.3

Arvydas Sabonis

POR

55

43.7

Robert Parish

BOS

62

42.1

Vlade Divac

LAL

64

42.0

Total

349

229.9

Larry Bird (BOS, 104 RP, 53.5 Blend) and David Robinson (SAS, 95 RP, 52.7 Blend) rank second and third in the pool by Blend, but neither is in the lineup. It draws two players from Portland and leaves 1 RP unspent.

Yesterday's Lineup

Yesterday's free no-discount lineup projected 235.7 Blend at 350 RP.

Player

Team

RP

Blend

Hakeem Olajuwon

HOU

99

56.8

Artis Gilmore

CHI

72

47.5

Mark Jackson

IND

63

45.2

Rik Smits

IND

54

44.2

Robert Parish

BOS

62

41.9

Total

350

235.7

The full pool of 40 historic players, ranked by Blend in one sortable table, is in Tome Intel ($4.99/mo). The lineup optimizer (easy button) is on the Fast Break dashboard in Tome Edge.

Statistical approach

Historic players are ranked by Blend and back-tested based on previous Fast Break runs. RP is each player's cost at full price, with no discount applied. Sources: nbatopshot.com and tomecollective.com, 2026.

Fast Break is a game on NBA Top Shot. This article describes the day's lineup data. It is informational and is not a recommendation to purchase, sell, or hold any moments.