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NBA games · Nov 20, 2025
NBA · Regular season · Thursday, Nov 20, 2025

Best and worst NBA performances, Nov 20, 2025

8 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Nov 20, 2025, led by Nickeil Alexander-Walker (38 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Nov 20
62ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
1BELOW USUAL
1FEWER MINUTES
about 3EXPECTED 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. 62 eligible games on this night, so about 3 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

7 players · largest change first

Nickeil Alexander-WalkerATL @ SAS · 38 PTS · 13-of-17 FG · 33:42 MIN Usual 18.3 PTS in 30.9 MIN · Game Score 35.3 against a usual 12.7▲ 99Very rare · above usualEarly seasonNew teamTyrese MaxeyPHI @ MIL · 54 PTS · 18-of-30 FG · 46:36 MIN Usual 30.9 PTS in 39.8 MIN · Game Score 46.1 against a usual 24.1▲ 99Very rare · above usualEarly seasonRyan RollinsMIL vs PHI · 32 PTS · 13-of-26 FG · 40:30 MIN Usual 17.4 PTS in 31.0 MIN · Game Score 27.8 against a usual 14.1 Matched the season high of 32 points▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly seasonNew roleSanti AldamaMEM vs SAC · 29 PTS · 11-of-18 FG · 27:36 MIN Usual 12.5 PTS in 25.6 MIN · Game Score 24.4 against a usual 10.7 Season-high 29 points among the games the source holds (previous high 19)▲ 98Rare · above usualEarly seasonJock LandaleMEM vs SAC · 21 PTS · 8-of-9 FG · 14:48 MIN Usual 9.9 PTS in 24.0 MIN · Game Score 20.5 against a usual 8.3 Season-high 21 points among the games the source holds (previous high 17)▲ 97Unusual · above usualEarly seasonNew roleNew teamKeldon JohnsonSAS vs ATL · 25 PTS · 9-of-12 FG · 32:06 MIN Usual 11.8 PTS in 23.7 MIN · Game Score 22.3 against a usual 10.6▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonJalen SuggsORL vs LAC · 23 PTS · 8-of-15 FG · 26:18 MIN Usual 13.6 PTS in 24.6 MIN · Game Score 21.9 against a usual 10.7▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly season
02

Below their usual

1 player

03

Fewer minutes than usual

1 player · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 21 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 8 with no last season, 1 with under 20 games last season, 3 in a new role, 9 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