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NBA games · Dec 2, 2025
NBA · Regular season · Tuesday, Dec 2, 2025

Best and worst NBA performances, Dec 2, 2025

12 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Dec 2, 2025, led by Mikal Bridges (35 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Dec 2
109ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
5BELOW USUAL
2FEWER MINUTES
about 5EXPECTED 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. 109 eligible games on this night, so about 5 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

Mikal BridgesNYK @ BOS · 35 PTS · 12-of-17 FG · 33:36 MIN Usual 16.1 PTS in 35.1 MIN · Game Score 33.4 against a usual 16.0 Season-high 35 points among the games the source holds (previous high 24)▲ 99Very rare · above usualEarly seasonRudy GobertMIN @ NOP · 26 PTS · 9-of-10 FG · 38:06 MIN Usual 10.4 PTS in 31.8 MIN · Game Score 28.4 against a usual 11.6 Season-high 26 points (previous high 19)▲ 99Very rare · above usualHarrison BarnesSAS vs MEM · 31 PTS · 10-of-20 FG · 35:48 MIN Usual 12.4 PTS in 30.6 MIN · Game Score 26.0 against a usual 10.0 Season-high 31 points among the games the source holds (previous high 24)▲ 98Rare · above usualEarly seasonCam SpencerMEM @ SAS · 21 PTS · 6-of-8 FG · 21:54 MIN Usual 10.3 PTS in 20.3 MIN · Game Score 21.5 against a usual 8.7 Season-high 21 points among the games the source holds (previous high 19)▲ 98Rare · above usualPat SpencerGSW vs OKC · 17 PTS · 8-of-14 FG · 21:12 MIN Usual 4.8 PTS in 12.8 MIN · Game Score 15.3 against a usual 4.4▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew roleWill RileyWAS @ PHI · 13 PTS · 5-of-6 FG · 26:12 MIN Usual 2.3 PTS in 6.5 MIN · Game Score 12.3 against a usual 2.1▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonJohn KoncharMEM @ SAS · 13 PTS · 5-of-5 FG · 17:54 MIN Usual 2.5 PTS in 12.4 MIN · Game Score 13.4 against a usual 3.6 Season-high 13 points among the games the source holds (previous high 9)▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly season
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

  • 10 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 5 with no last season, 2 in a new role, 3 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