NBA · Regular season · Friday, Dec 5, 2025
Best and worst NBA performances, Dec 5, 2025
24 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Dec 5, 2025, led by Desmond Bane (5 points).
Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Dec 5
210ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
17BELOW USUAL
3FEWER MINUTES
about 11EXPECTED 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. 210 eligible games on this night, so about 11 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
Jaden HardyDAL @ OKC · 23 PTS · 8-of-13 FG · 20:24 MIN
Usual 5.3 PTS in 10.2 MIN · Game Score 17.7 against a usual 2.6
Season-high 23 points among the games the source holds (previous high 17)▲ 98Rare · above usualJay HuffIND @ CHI · 11 PTS · 4-of-5 FG · 28:30 MIN
Usual 7.5 PTS in 17.8 MIN · Game Score 19.7 against a usual 6.4
Best Game Score of 23 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualJabari WalkerPHI @ MIL · 18 PTS · 5-of-10 FG · 18:18 MIN
Usual 4.0 PTS in 13.3 MIN · Game Score 14.5 against a usual 3.2
Season-high 18 points (previous high 12)▲ 95Unusual · above usualDean WadeCLE vs SAS · 12 PTS · 4-of-6 FG · 29:12 MIN
Usual 5.1 PTS in 22.0 MIN · Game Score 15.9 against a usual 4.9
Season-high 12 points among the games the source holds (previous high 11)▲ 97Unusual · above usualGabe VincentLAL @ BOS · 18 PTS · 5-of-10 FG · 29:36 MIN
Usual 4.8 PTS in 21.6 MIN · Game Score 13.2 against a usual 3.0▲ 95Unusual · above usualMiles McBrideNYK vs UTA · 22 PTS · 7-of-11 FG · 21:42 MIN
Usual 11.3 PTS in 27.4 MIN · Game Score 18.9 against a usual 8.7
Best Game Score of the 19 games the source holds this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualKobe BrownLAC @ MEM · 13 PTS · 3-of-7 FG · 21:12 MIN
Usual 3.2 PTS in 11.4 MIN · Game Score 12.8 against a usual 2.8
Season-high 13 points (previous high 9)▲ 97Unusual · above usual
02
Below their usual
17 players · largest change first
Desmond BaneORL vs MIA · 5 PTS · 2-of-16 FG · 33:00 MIN
Usual 19.0 PTS in 33.0 MIN · Game Score -5.0 against a usual 13.8
Matched the season low of 5 points among the games the source holds▼ 99Very rare · below usualAnthony DavisDAL @ OKC · 2 PTS · 1-of-9 FG · 24:18 MIN
Usual 22.4 PTS in 31.4 MIN · Game Score 1.8 against a usual 20.1▼ 98Rare · below usualBrandon IngramTOR vs CHA · 7 PTS · 3-of-13 FG · 28:36 MIN
Usual 21.4 PTS in 34.1 MIN · Game Score -2.4 against a usual 14.5
Season-low 7 points (previous low 11)▼ 99Very rare · below usualTyrese MaxeyPHI @ MIL · 12 PTS · 5-of-14 FG · 36:48 MIN
Usual 32.6 PTS in 40.0 MIN · Game Score 10.9 against a usual 25.5
Season-low 12 points (previous low 20)▼ 96Unusual · below usualJosh GiddeyCHI vs IND · 9 PTS · 2-of-9 FG · 33:00 MIN
Usual 20.8 PTS in 34.1 MIN · Game Score 5.4 against a usual 19.6
Matched the season low of 9 points▼ 98Rare · below usualGrayson AllenPHX @ HOU · 9 PTS · 3-of-12 FG · 26:12 MIN
Usual 16.6 PTS in 30.3 MIN · Game Score -0.8 against a usual 13.2▼ 97Unusual · below usualDylan HarperSAS @ CLE · 3 PTS · 1-of-11 FG · 23:18 MIN
Usual 13.6 PTS in 21.3 MIN · Game Score -2.5 against a usual 10.7▼ 99Very rare · below usualScottie BarnesTOR vs CHA · 13 PTS · 6-of-15 FG · 31:24 MIN
Usual 20.4 PTS in 33.7 MIN · Game Score 6.2 against a usual 18.6
2nd-lowest Game Score of 24 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualAJ GreenMIL vs PHI · 0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 15:12 MIN
Usual 11.7 PTS in 29.6 MIN · Game Score -2.8 against a usual 9.0
Season-low 0 points (previous low 3)▼ 99Very rare · below usualRoyce O'NealePHX @ HOU · 0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 19:18 MIN
Usual 11.3 PTS in 30.2 MIN · Game Score -1.2 against a usual 9.4
Season-low 0 points (previous low 3)▼ 99Very rare · below usualPelle LarssonMIA @ ORL · 0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 18:48 MIN
Usual 9.4 PTS in 22.5 MIN · Game Score -2.6 against a usual 7.7
Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 98Rare · below usualSvi MykhailiukUTA @ NYK · 3 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 18:36 MIN
Usual 9.4 PTS in 26.1 MIN · Game Score -2.7 against a usual 7.5
2nd-lowest Game Score of 22 games this season▼ 97Unusual · below usualToumani CamaraPOR @ DET · 1 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 24:24 MIN
Usual 12.9 PTS in 34.1 MIN · Game Score -0.2 against a usual 9.4
Season-low 1 point (previous low 4)▼ 96Unusual · below usualVince Williams Jr.MEM vs LAC · 3 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 19:12 MIN
Usual 8.2 PTS in 22.4 MIN · Game Score -0.5 against a usual 7.6
3rd-lowest Game Score of the 18 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualJusuf NurkićUTA @ NYK · 4 PTS · 2-of-5 FG · 19:30 MIN
Usual 8.5 PTS in 24.5 MIN · Game Score 1.3 against a usual 8.7
Lowest Game Score of 21 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualKris MurrayPOR @ DET · 0 PTS · 0-of-2 FG · 27:42 MIN
Usual 5.9 PTS in 24.7 MIN · Game Score -1.1 against a usual 5.4
Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 96Unusual · below usualGary HarrisMIL vs PHI · 0 PTS · 2 TOV · 0-of-1 FG · 20:54 MIN
Usual 2.4 PTS · 0.4 TOV in 12.8 MIN · Game Score -2.3 against a usual 3.0▼ 98Rare · below usual
03
Fewer minutes than usual
3 players · minutes only, no score
04
Not scored
Played, with no score shown
- 29 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 6 with no last season, 6 with under 20 games last season, 10 in a new role, 7 on a new team
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