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NBA games · Nov 21, 2025
NBA · Regular season · Friday, Nov 21, 2025

Best and worst NBA performances, Nov 21, 2025

14 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Nov 21, 2025, led by Devin Booker (16 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Nov 21
156ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
7BELOW USUAL
3FEWER MINUTES
about 8EXPECTED 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. 156 eligible games on this night, so about 8 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

Cooper FlaggDAL vs NOP · 29 PTS · 12-of-19 FG · 32:24 MIN Usual 15.5 PTS in 33.7 MIN · Game Score 25.7 against a usual 11.6▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly seasonReed SheppardHOU vs DEN · 27 PTS · 9-of-13 FG · 36:48 MIN Usual 12.5 PTS in 22.9 MIN · Game Score 23.7 against a usual 10.4▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew roleDonovan ClinganPOR @ GSW · 22 PTS · 9-of-14 FG · 27:06 MIN Usual 9.0 PTS in 24.7 MIN · Game Score 24.0 against a usual 10.9 Season-high 22 points (previous high 17)▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly seasonSandro MamukelashviliTOR vs WAS · 23 PTS · 8-of-15 FG · 20:54 MIN Usual 9.2 PTS in 17.7 MIN · Game Score 20.4 against a usual 8.3▲ 98Rare · above usualEarly seasonNew roleNew teamPelle LarssonMIA @ CHI · 16 PTS · 4-of-5 FG · 26:06 MIN Usual 10.1 PTS in 22.2 MIN · Game Score 20.0 against a usual 8.0 Best Game Score of 16 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly seasonNew roleJaylin WilliamsOKC @ UTA · 15 PTS · 5-of-9 FG · 24:18 MIN Usual 5.0 PTS in 18.1 MIN · Game Score 16.3 against a usual 4.7 Season-high 15 points among the games the source holds (previous high 12)▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonMax ChristieDAL vs NOP · 23 PTS · 7-of-12 FG · 31:36 MIN Usual 11.8 PTS in 29.7 MIN · Game Score 17.8 against a usual 8.9 Season-high 23 points among the games the source holds (previous high 18)▲ 95Unusual · above usualEarly season
02

Below their usual

7 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

3 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 23 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 7 with no last season, 5 with under 20 games last season, 6 in a new role, 5 on a new team
  • 1 score withheld early in the season: a second same-side listing in a player's first 10 games
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