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NBA games · Dec 11, 2025
NBA · Regular season · Thursday, Dec 11, 2025

Best and worst NBA performances, Dec 11, 2025

12 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Dec 11, 2025, led by Bobby Portis Jr. (season-high 27 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Dec 11
71ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
5BELOW USUAL
3FEWER MINUTES
about 4EXPECTED 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. 71 eligible games on this night, so about 4 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

Bobby Portis Jr.MIL vs BOS · 27 PTS · 11-of-13 FG · 26:18 MIN Usual 11.4 PTS in 21.7 MIN · Game Score 26.3 against a usual 8.1 Season-high 27 points (previous high 22)▲ 99Very rare · above usualBryce McGowensNOP vs POR · 23 PTS · 8-of-11 FG · 29:54 MIN Usual 7.8 PTS in 17.4 MIN · Game Score 23.6 against a usual 6.3 Matched the season high of 23 points▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonIvica ZubacLAC @ HOU · 33 PTS · 13-of-14 FG · 34:30 MIN Usual 15.9 PTS in 32.7 MIN · Game Score 31.8 against a usual 15.0 Matched the season high of 33 points▲ 98Rare · above usualSidy CissokoPOR @ NOP · 20 PTS · 8-of-12 FG · 32:00 MIN Usual 4.9 PTS in 18.4 MIN · Game Score 18.1 against a usual 2.8 Season-high 20 points (previous high 15)▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew roleJordan WalshBOS @ MIL · 20 PTS · 8-of-10 FG · 32:00 MIN Usual 7.1 PTS in 21.0 MIN · Game Score 21.0 against a usual 7.5 2nd-best Game Score of 21 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualRayan RupertPOR @ NOP · 14 PTS · 6-of-11 FG · 23:42 MIN Usual 1.5 PTS in 7.8 MIN · Game Score 13.6 against a usual 0.7 Season-high 14 points (previous high 10)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonDevin CarterSAC vs DEN · 15 PTS · 5-of-10 FG · 21:06 MIN Usual 2.9 PTS in 9.3 MIN · Game Score 11.1 against a usual 2.2▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly season
02

Below their usual

5 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

3 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 7 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 2 with no last season, 1 with under 20 games last season, 3 in a new role, 1 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