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NBA games · Dec 12, 2025
NBA · Regular season · Friday, Dec 12, 2025

Best and worst NBA performances, Dec 12, 2025

11 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Dec 12, 2025, led by Keyonte George (season-high 39 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Dec 12
120ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
4BELOW 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. 120 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

7 players · largest change first

Keyonte GeorgeUTA @ MEM · 39 PTS · 12-of-20 FG · 33:48 MIN Usual 22.2 PTS in 33.4 MIN · Game Score 34.6 against a usual 16.2 Season-high 39 points (previous high 34)▲ 96Unusual · above usualBub CarringtonWAS vs CLE · 27 PTS · 10-of-20 FG · 41:30 MIN Usual 7.0 PTS in 25.6 MIN · Game Score 20.8 against a usual 4.5 Season-high 27 points among the games the source holds (previous high 14)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualKon KnueppelCHA vs CHI · 33 PTS · 12-of-21 FG · 36:06 MIN Usual 18.0 PTS in 33.5 MIN · Game Score 28.5 against a usual 12.8 Season-high 33 points (previous high 32)▲ 95Unusual · above usualRudy GobertMIN @ GSW · 24 PTS · 11-of-13 FG · 35:12 MIN Usual 11.1 PTS in 31.4 MIN · Game Score 26.5 against a usual 12.4 2nd-best Game Score of 25 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualJusuf NurkićUTA @ MEM · 13 PTS · 6-of-9 FG · 27:30 MIN Usual 8.2 PTS in 24.1 MIN · Game Score 20.2 against a usual 8.2 Best Game Score of 23 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualKevin LoveUTA @ MEM · 20 PTS · 8-of-15 FG · 20:24 MIN Usual 5.5 PTS in 14.6 MIN · Game Score 16.8 against a usual 5.3▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew roleNew teamPatrick WilliamsCHI @ CHA · 16 PTS · 6-of-8 FG · 26:12 MIN Usual 7.2 PTS in 20.9 MIN · Game Score 15.1 against a usual 4.9 Season-high 16 points (previous high 12)▲ 96Unusual · above usual
02

Below their usual

4 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

2 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 12 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 4 with no last season, 2 with under 20 games last season, 4 in a new role, 2 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