NightlyHoops
NBA games · Dec 7, 2025
NBA · Regular season · Sunday, Dec 7, 2025

Best and worst NBA performances, Dec 7, 2025

19 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Dec 7, 2025, led by Austin Reaves (11 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Dec 7
124ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
10ABOVE USUAL
9BELOW USUAL
2FEWER MINUTES
about 6EXPECTED 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. 124 eligible games on this night, so about 6 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

10 players · largest change first

Taylor HendricksUTA vs OKC · 20 PTS · 6-of-10 FG · 24:42 MIN Usual 3.8 PTS in 13.6 MIN · Game Score 18.3 against a usual 3.4▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonWalter Clayton Jr.UTA vs OKC · 20 PTS · 8-of-12 FG · 29:18 MIN Usual 6.1 PTS in 16.5 MIN · Game Score 18.5 against a usual 5.0 Season-high 20 points (previous high 13)▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonKyle FilipowskiUTA vs OKC · 21 PTS · 10-of-14 FG · 36:12 MIN Usual 9.1 PTS in 22.0 MIN · Game Score 20.4 against a usual 7.9 Season-high 21 points (previous high 18)▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualBrandin PodziemskiGSW @ CHI · 21 PTS · 7-of-13 FG · 28:54 MIN Usual 12.2 PTS in 27.7 MIN · Game Score 21.0 against a usual 9.5 2nd-best Game Score of 25 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualLiam McNeeleyCHA vs DEN · 13 PTS · 4-of-5 FG · 19:30 MIN Usual 4.5 PTS in 13.8 MIN · Game Score 13.9 against a usual 2.9 Season-high 13 points (previous high 10)▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonKentavious Caldwell-PopeMEM vs POR · 16 PTS · 5-of-8 FG · 23:18 MIN Usual 7.3 PTS in 21.8 MIN · Game Score 16.5 against a usual 5.8 Season-high 16 points among the games the source holds (previous high 15)▲ 97Unusual · above usualOusmane DiengOKC @ UTA · 14 PTS · 5-of-7 FG · 25:54 MIN Usual 3.3 PTS in 11.6 MIN · Game Score 13.0 against a usual 2.4 Season-high 14 points among the games the source holds (previous high 10)▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonAriel HukportiNYK vs ORL · 6 PTS · 1-of-2 FG · 22:42 MIN Usual 1.2 PTS in 8.0 MIN · Game Score 10.2 against a usual 1.2▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonKJ SimpsonCHA vs DEN · 16 PTS · 6-of-14 FG · 29:18 MIN Usual 4.8 PTS in 13.6 MIN · Game Score 11.4 against a usual 3.1▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew roleOchai AgbajiTOR vs BOS · 11 PTS · 4-of-7 FG · 22:12 MIN Usual 3.0 PTS in 13.5 MIN · Game Score 9.6 against a usual 1.8 Season-high 11 points (previous high 6)▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew role
02

Below their usual

9 players · largest change first

Austin ReavesLAL @ PHI · 11 PTS · 3-of-16 FG · 39:06 MIN Usual 29.1 PTS in 36.6 MIN · Game Score 4.3 against a usual 23.9 Season-low 11 points (previous low 13)▼ 98Rare · below usualEarly seasonKeyonte GeorgeUTA vs OKC · 8 PTS · 3-of-12 FG · 27:48 MIN Usual 22.9 PTS in 33.7 MIN · Game Score -1.7 against a usual 17.0 2nd-lowest Game Score of 23 games this season▼ 98Rare · below usualCoby WhiteCHI vs GSW · 12 PTS · 3-of-10 FG · 24:36 MIN Usual 22.0 PTS in 31.7 MIN · Game Score 1.6 against a usual 15.7▼ 98Rare · below usualEarly seasonJordan ClarksonNYK vs ORL · 0 PTS · 0-of-5 FG · 17:00 MIN Usual 10.3 PTS in 20.0 MIN · Game Score -5.3 against a usual 6.4 Season-low 0 points among the games the source holds (previous low 4)▼ 99Very rare · below usualTristan da SilvaORL @ NYK · 0 PTS · 0-of-7 FG · 17:48 MIN Usual 10.5 PTS in 23.7 MIN · Game Score -2.7 against a usual 8.1 Matched the season low of 0 points among the games the source holds▼ 98Rare · below usualBruce BrownDEN @ CHA · 0 PTS · 0-of-3 FG · 19:54 MIN Usual 7.0 PTS in 23.6 MIN · Game Score -2.9 against a usual 5.7 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 98Rare · below usualVince Williams Jr.MEM vs POR · 5 PTS · 0 AST · 2-of-6 FG · 16:12 MIN Usual 7.9 PTS · 5.5 AST in 22.4 MIN · Game Score -1.3 against a usual 7.2 Matched the season low of 0 assists among the games the source holds▼ 96Unusual · below usualIn limited minutesEarly seasonMiles McBrideNYK vs ORL · 4 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 21:18 MIN Usual 11.9 PTS in 27.2 MIN · Game Score 0.9 against a usual 9.2 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 20 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualEarly seasonKevin LoveUTA vs OKC · 0 PTS · 0-of-3 FG · 16:00 MIN Usual 5.9 PTS in 14.5 MIN · Game Score -1.1 against a usual 5.8▼ 97Unusual · below usualEarly seasonNew team
03

Fewer minutes than usual

2 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 13 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 5 with no last season, 4 with under 20 games last season, 1 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