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NBA games · Dec 27, 2025
NBA · Regular season · Saturday, Dec 27, 2025

Best and worst NBA performances, Dec 27, 2025

13 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Dec 27, 2025, led by Anthony Black (38 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Dec 27
157ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
6BELOW USUAL
5FEWER MINUTES
about 8EXPECTED 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. 157 eligible games on this night, so about 8 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. How the score works

01

Above their usual

7 players · largest change first

Anthony BlackORL vs DEN · 38 PTS · 14-of-24 FG · 30:06 MIN Usual 14.4 PTS in 29.4 MIN · Game Score 31.5 against a usual 10.5 Season-high 38 points among the games the source holds (previous high 31)▲ 99Very rare · above usualAndrew WigginsMIA vs IND · 28 PTS · 12-of-16 FG · 30:36 MIN Usual 15.9 PTS in 32.6 MIN · Game Score 28.0 against a usual 12.1 2nd-best Game Score of 28 games this season▲ 98Rare · above usualWalter Clayton Jr.UTA @ SAS · 17 PTS · 6-of-6 FG · 22:18 MIN Usual 6.0 PTS in 15.8 MIN · Game Score 20.3 against a usual 4.9 Best Game Score of 27 games this season▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualOnyeka OkongwuATL vs NYK · 31 PTS · 10-of-16 FG · 36:24 MIN Usual 15.6 PTS in 31.6 MIN · Game Score 27.7 against a usual 12.8 Best Game Score of 32 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualKeon EllisSAC vs DAL · 21 PTS · 8-of-15 FG · 32:18 MIN Usual 4.9 PTS in 16.5 MIN · Game Score 17.0 against a usual 3.8 Season-high 21 points (previous high 20)▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualJaime Jaquez Jr.MIA vs IND · 28 PTS · 11-of-15 FG · 28:36 MIN Usual 15.9 PTS in 29.8 MIN · Game Score 25.6 against a usual 12.6 Best Game Score of 31 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualKeldon JohnsonSAS vs UTA · 27 PTS · 10-of-15 FG · 24:36 MIN Usual 13.2 PTS in 23.3 MIN · Game Score 24.6 against a usual 11.7 Season-high 27 points among the games the source holds (previous high 25)▲ 98Rare · above usual
02

Below their usual

6 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

5 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: 6 with no last season, 2 with under 20 games last season, 1 in a new role, 4 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