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NBA games · Nov 19, 2025
NBA · Regular season · Wednesday, Nov 19, 2025

Best and worst NBA performances, Nov 19, 2025

16 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Nov 19, 2025, led by Peyton Watson (32 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Nov 19
139ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
11ABOVE USUAL
5BELOW USUAL
2FEWER MINUTES
about 7EXPECTED BY DESIGNPer list, above and below, on an ordinary night
How to read this

The Above and Below lists hold games further from the player's usual than at least 95 in 100 comparable games, so an ordinary night still fills both lists. 139 eligible games on this night, so about 7 would land in each list even on an ordinary night. Fewer minutes than usual shows minutes only, never a score. Each list runs from the largest Game Score change down. "Early season" marks a usual line built from fewer than 20 of the player's games this season. How the score works

01

Above their usual

11 players · largest change first

Peyton WatsonDEN @ NOP · 32 PTS · 13-of-19 FG · 34:24 MIN Usual 6.7 PTS in 23.3 MIN · Game Score 26.2 against a usual 6.3▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonDerik QueenNOP vs DEN · 30 PTS · 12-of-18 FG · 30:24 MIN Usual 10.4 PTS in 22.6 MIN · Game Score 25.9 against a usual 8.3▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonDonovan ClinganPOR vs CHI · 17 PTS · 21 REB · 7-of-13 FG · 33:30 MIN Usual 8.5 PTS · 9.0 REB in 24.1 MIN · Game Score 24.6 against a usual 10.0▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonJerami GrantPOR vs CHI · 33 PTS · 10-of-18 FG · 36:54 MIN Usual 17.5 PTS in 28.8 MIN · Game Score 26.5 against a usual 12.3▲ 98Rare · above usualEarly seasonJay HuffIND vs CHA · 20 PTS · 7-of-13 FG · 27:06 MIN Usual 5.4 PTS in 14.4 MIN · Game Score 17.5 against a usual 4.2▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew teamD'Angelo RussellDAL vs NYK · 23 PTS · 9-of-15 FG · 24:42 MIN Usual 10.6 PTS in 21.4 MIN · Game Score 19.3 against a usual 6.7▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly seasonNew teamNaz ReidMIN vs WAS · 28 PTS · 11-of-21 FG · 27:18 MIN Usual 12.6 PTS in 24.7 MIN · Game Score 22.0 against a usual 9.7▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly seasonDeni AvdijaPOR vs CHI · 32 PTS · 11 AST · 11-of-22 FG · 37:30 MIN Usual 24.0 PTS · 4.6 AST in 33.1 MIN · Game Score 29.3 against a usual 17.6▲ 95Unusual · above usualEarly seasonBen SheppardIND vs CHA · 15 PTS · 5-of-10 FG · 31:18 MIN Usual 6.2 PTS in 24.3 MIN · Game Score 15.4 against a usual 4.0▲ 95Unusual · above usualEarly seasonT.J. McConnellIND vs CHA · 14 PTS · 6-of-6 FG · 14:06 MIN Usual 8.2 PTS in 16.7 MIN · Game Score 18.2 against a usual 6.9▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly seasonJabari WalkerPHI vs TOR · 9 PTS · 4-of-6 FG · 23:12 MIN Usual 2.9 PTS in 12.2 MIN · Game Score 11.4 against a usual 2.2▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew team
02

Below their usual

5 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

2 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 24 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 5 with no last season, 2 with under 20 games last season, 11 in a new role, 6 on a new team
METHOD

Game Score against each player's own usual line. How rare a gap is comes from NBA regular-season games of 2023-24 and 2024-25, checked on 2025-26. How the score works