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NBA games · Dec 14, 2025
NBA · Regular season · Sunday, Dec 14, 2025

Best and worst NBA performances, Dec 14, 2025

12 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Dec 14, 2025, led by Stephen Curry (48 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Dec 14
143ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
5BELOW USUAL
3FEWER MINUTES
about 7EXPECTED 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. 143 eligible games on this night, so about 7 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

Stephen CurryGSW @ POR · 48 PTS · 16-of-26 FG · 35:24 MIN Usual 28.2 PTS in 31.2 MIN · Game Score 39.2 against a usual 19.9 Best Game Score of 18 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualEarly seasonShaedon SharpePOR vs GSW · 35 PTS · 12-of-18 FG · 32:42 MIN Usual 21.1 PTS in 28.3 MIN · Game Score 31.9 against a usual 12.8 Best Game Score of 22 games this season▲ 98Rare · above usualPaul GeorgePHI @ ATL · 35 PTS · 11-of-21 FG · 33:24 MIN Usual 15.5 PTS in 28.1 MIN · Game Score 26.3 against a usual 12.1▲ 98Rare · above usualEarly seasonDyson DanielsATL vs PHI · 27 PTS · 13-of-19 FG · 38:42 MIN Usual 11.0 PTS in 33.9 MIN · Game Score 24.5 against a usual 11.5 Season-high 27 points (previous high 22)▲ 96Unusual · above usualMarvin Bagley IIIWAS @ IND · 23 PTS · 9-of-14 FG · 32:00 MIN Usual 9.2 PTS in 19.1 MIN · Game Score 21.4 against a usual 8.9 Season-high 23 points among the games the source holds (previous high 22)▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew roleNew teamBones HylandMIN vs SAC · 18 PTS · 6-of-10 FG · 35:42 MIN Usual 4.5 PTS in 8.9 MIN · Game Score 14.5 against a usual 3.4 Season-high 18 points (previous high 14)▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonPrecious AchiuwaSAC @ MIN · 17 PTS · 7-of-7 FG · 26:30 MIN Usual 7.4 PTS in 20.0 MIN · Game Score 16.2 against a usual 7.1 Season-high 17 points (previous high 15)▲ 95Unusual · above usualEarly seasonNew team
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

  • 13 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 3 with no last season, 3 with under 20 games last season, 5 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