NBA · Regular season · Monday, Dec 1, 2025

Best and worst NBA performances, Dec 1, 2025

18 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Dec 1, 2025, led by Spencer Jones (season-high 28 points).

LEAGUENBA WNBA

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Dec 1

152ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played

9ABOVE USUAL

9BELOW USUAL

8FEWER 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. 152 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

Above their usual

9 players · largest change first

Spencer JonesDEN vs DAL · 28 PTS · 11-of-15 FG · 38:54 MIN Usual 2.9 PTS in 13.2 MIN · Game Score 23.2 against a usual 2.3 Season-high 28 points (previous high 16)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew role Desmond BaneORL vs CHI · 37 PTS · 12-of-17 FG · 34:30 MIN Usual 18.3 PTS in 32.7 MIN · Game Score 33.8 against a usual 13.0 Matched the season high of 37 points among the games the source holds▲ 99Very rare · above usual Jaylon TysonCLE @ IND · 27 PTS · 10-of-13 FG · 30:48 MIN Usual 11.6 PTS in 26.6 MIN · Game Score 27.8 against a usual 9.7 Season-high 27 points among the games the source holds (previous high 19)▲ 99Very rare · above usualEarly seasonNew role Alperen SengunHOU @ UTA · 31 PTS · 12-of-19 FG · 38:06 MIN Usual 22.0 PTS in 35.7 MIN · Game Score 36.0 against a usual 18.9 Best Game Score of 18 games this season▲ 98Rare · above usualEarly season Bam AdebayoMIA vs LAC · 27 PTS · 10-of-17 FG · 31:36 MIN Usual 18.7 PTS in 31.1 MIN · Game Score 29.0 against a usual 15.2▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly season Marvin Bagley IIIWAS vs MIL · 22 PTS · 11-of-16 FG · 29:18 MIN Usual 8.1 PTS in 16.1 MIN · Game Score 19.9 against a usual 7.9▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew roleNew team Collin GillespiePHX @ LAL · 28 PTS · 10-of-19 FG · 33:48 MIN Usual 12.7 PTS in 26.4 MIN · Game Score 23.0 against a usual 11.4 Season-high 28 points (previous high 24)▲ 96Unusual · above usualDavion MitchellMIA vs LAC · 16 PTS · 6-of-6 FG · 31:00 MIN Usual 9.7 PTS in 30.1 MIN · Game Score 21.9 against a usual 10.6 Best Game Score of 21 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usual Ronald Holland IIDET vs ATL · 17 PTS · 6-of-8 FG · 17:24 MIN Usual 7.7 PTS in 21.8 MIN · Game Score 17.0 against a usual 5.8 Best Game Score of the 20 games the source holds this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly seasonNew role

Below their usual

9 players · largest change first

Miles BridgesCHA @ BKN · 8 PTS · 4-of-15 FG · 30:24 MIN Usual 22.4 PTS in 35.3 MIN · Game Score -1.7 against a usual 16.4 Season-low 8 points (previous low 14)▼ 99Very rare · below usualJames HardenLAC @ MIA · 11 PTS · 2-of-6 FG · 19:54 MIN Usual 27.6 PTS in 35.9 MIN · Game Score 4.5 against a usual 22.4 Season-low 11 points (previous low 13)▼ 97Unusual · below usualIn limited minutesEarly season LeBron JamesLAL vs PHX · 10 PTS · 3-of-10 FG · 31:12 MIN Usual 21.8 PTS in 34.1 MIN · Game Score 2.1 against a usual 18.8▼ 99Very rare · below usualEarly season Austin ReavesLAL vs PHX · 16 PTS · 6-of-12 FG · 33:24 MIN Usual 27.9 PTS in 36.6 MIN · Game Score 7.5 against a usual 23.3 2nd-lowest Game Score of 17 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualEarly season Jaime Jaquez Jr.MIA vs LAC · 4 PTS · 2-of-10 FG · 20:36 MIN Usual 16.2 PTS in 29.8 MIN · Game Score 0.0 against a usual 13.8 Season-low 4 points (previous low 6)▼ 98Rare · below usualIn limited minutesEarly seasonNew role Tobias HarrisDET vs ATL · 9 PTS · 2-of-14 FG · 26:12 MIN Usual 15.0 PTS in 30.1 MIN · Game Score 0.2 against a usual 12.0▼ 98Rare · below usualEarly season Kel'el WareMIA vs LAC · 0 PTS · 0-of-3 FG · 16:24 MIN Usual 12.4 PTS in 24.8 MIN · Game Score 1.3 against a usual 12.9 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 96Unusual · below usualIn limited minutes Tristan da SilvaORL vs CHI · 0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 20:48 MIN Usual 11.3 PTS in 23.7 MIN · Game Score -2.4 against a usual 8.9 Matched the season low of 0 points among the games the source holds▼ 98Rare · below usual Rui HachimuraLAL vs PHX · 0 PTS · 0-of-1 FG · 23:00 MIN Usual 14.7 PTS in 33.5 MIN · Game Score -0.4 against a usual 10.6 Season-low 0 points (previous low 6)▼ 98Rare · below usualIn limited minutesEarly season

Fewer minutes than usual

8 players · minutes only, no score

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

22 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 10 with no last season, 3 with under 20 games last season, 4 in a new role, 5 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