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NBA games · Nov 29, 2025
NBA · Regular season · Saturday, Nov 29, 2025

Best and worst NBA performances, Nov 29, 2025

18 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Nov 29, 2025, led by Andrew Wiggins (season-high 31 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Nov 29
136ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
11ABOVE USUAL
7BELOW USUAL
3FEWER 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. 136 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

Andrew WigginsMIA vs DET · 31 PTS · 10-of-15 FG · 36:54 MIN Usual 16.5 PTS in 32.7 MIN · Game Score 30.7 against a usual 12.0 Season-high 31 points (previous high 24)▲ 99Very rare · above usualEarly seasonJaylen BrownBOS @ MIN · 41 PTS · 17-of-32 FG · 39:24 MIN Usual 27.9 PTS in 32.6 MIN · Game Score 32.6 against a usual 18.3 Matched the season high of 41 points▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly seasonGary Payton IIGSW vs NOP · 19 PTS · 9-of-14 FG · 25:06 MIN Usual 3.2 PTS in 11.1 MIN · Game Score 17.2 against a usual 3.6 Season-high 19 points (previous high 9)▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonSpencer JonesDEN @ PHX · 16 PTS · 6-of-10 FG · 27:18 MIN Usual 2.0 PTS in 12.2 MIN · Game Score 14.5 against a usual 1.4▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew roleDwight PowellDAL @ LAC · 9 PTS · 6 STL · 3-of-4 FG · 33:36 MIN Usual 1.7 PTS · 0.3 STL in 8.3 MIN · Game Score 14.7 against a usual 2.0▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonJohn CollinsLAC vs DAL · 21 PTS · 9-of-10 FG · 36:06 MIN Usual 11.5 PTS in 26.4 MIN · Game Score 19.8 against a usual 7.7 Season-high 21 points (previous high 19)▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew teamScottie BarnesTOR @ CHA · 30 PTS · 11-of-16 FG · 39:18 MIN Usual 19.5 PTS in 33.1 MIN · Game Score 29.6 against a usual 17.7 Best Game Score of 20 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualEarly seasonKlay ThompsonDAL @ LAC · 23 PTS · 8-of-13 FG · 25:54 MIN Usual 10.4 PTS in 21.9 MIN · Game Score 17.5 against a usual 5.6 Season-high 23 points among the games the source holds (previous high 22)▲ 97Unusual · above usualEarly seasonNeemias QuetaBOS @ MIN · 19 PTS · 7-of-8 FG · 28:48 MIN Usual 9.3 PTS in 23.7 MIN · Game Score 21.4 against a usual 10.4 Season-high 19 points (previous high 17)▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly seasonNew roleJay HuffIND vs CHI · 14 PTS · 5-of-9 FG · 25:18 MIN Usual 7.1 PTS in 17.0 MIN · Game Score 16.7 against a usual 5.8 2nd-best Game Score of 20 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew roleNew teamJalen WilsonBKN @ MIL · 13 PTS · 4-of-8 FG · 16:06 MIN Usual 5.1 PTS in 14.9 MIN · Game Score 11.5 against a usual 2.2 Season-high 13 points (previous high 9)▲ 95Unusual · above usualEarly seasonNew role
02

Below their usual

7 players · largest change first

Derik QueenNOP @ GSW · 2 PTS · 1-of-3 FG · 15:54 MIN Usual 12.3 PTS in 23.7 MIN · Game Score -1.6 against a usual 10.5 Season-low 2 points (previous low 3)▼ 97Unusual · below usualIn limited minutesEarly seasonMax ChristieDAL @ LAC · 3 PTS · 1-of-9 FG · 20:00 MIN Usual 12.7 PTS in 29.6 MIN · Game Score -1.6 against a usual 9.5 Lowest Game Score of the 20 games the source holds this season▼ 99Very rare · below usualIn limited minutesEarly seasonTerance MannBKN @ MIL · 4 PTS · 2-of-8 FG · 21:06 MIN Usual 8.9 PTS in 27.1 MIN · Game Score -0.2 against a usual 8.0 Lowest Game Score of 19 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualEarly seasonNew teamPatrick WilliamsCHI @ IND · 2 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 17:00 MIN Usual 7.6 PTS in 21.2 MIN · Game Score -1.9 against a usual 5.5 Season-low 2 points (previous low 3)▼ 99Very rare · below usualEarly seasonNicolas BatumLAC vs DAL · 0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 28:18 MIN Usual 4.5 PTS in 18.3 MIN · Game Score -3.4 against a usual 3.9 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 99Very rare · below usualEarly seasonJordan WalshBOS @ MIN · 0 PTS · 0-of-2 FG · 19:48 MIN Usual 5.1 PTS in 18.6 MIN · Game Score -1.0 against a usual 5.4▼ 95Unusual · below usualEarly seasonNew roleJaylen ClarkMIN vs BOS · 0 PTS · 0-of-3 FG · 11:48 MIN Usual 4.2 PTS in 15.0 MIN · Game Score -1.8 against a usual 3.5 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 97Unusual · below usualEarly season
03

Fewer minutes than usual

3 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 22 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 9 with no last season, 5 with under 20 games last season, 6 in a new role, 2 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