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NBA games · Dec 29, 2025
NBA · Regular season · Monday, Dec 29, 2025

Best and worst NBA performances, Dec 29, 2025

17 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Dec 29, 2025, led by Naz Reid (season-high 33 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Dec 29
196ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
13ABOVE USUAL
4BELOW USUAL
6FEWER MINUTES
about 10EXPECTED 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. 196 eligible games on this night, so about 10 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

13 players · largest change first

Naz ReidMIN @ CHI · 33 PTS · 11-of-18 FG · 26:54 MIN Usual 13.7 PTS in 26.8 MIN · Game Score 28.4 against a usual 10.6 Season-high 33 points (previous high 28)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMax ChristieDAL @ POR · 25 PTS · 8-of-12 FG · 28:42 MIN Usual 11.3 PTS in 28.3 MIN · Game Score 22.2 against a usual 8.5 Season-high 25 points among the games the source holds (previous high 23)▲ 98Rare · above usualCaleb LovePOR vs DAL · 24 PTS · 8-of-15 FG · 34:18 MIN Usual 8.6 PTS in 18.6 MIN · Game Score 18.4 against a usual 5.0 2nd-best Game Score of 25 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualCollin GillespiePHX @ WAS · 25 PTS · 10-of-14 FG · 28:36 MIN Usual 13.5 PTS in 28.3 MIN · Game Score 25.0 against a usual 12.0 Best Game Score of 32 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualMyles TurnerMIL @ CHA · 23 PTS · 7-of-12 FG · 30:54 MIN Usual 12.3 PTS in 28.8 MIN · Game Score 22.7 against a usual 9.8 Best Game Score of 33 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualSpencer JonesDEN @ MIA · 16 PTS · 5-of-6 FG · 33:06 MIN Usual 5.6 PTS in 19.8 MIN · Game Score 17.5 against a usual 4.9 2nd-best Game Score of 28 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualAlex CarusoOKC vs ATL · 16 PTS · 7-of-8 FG · 24:00 MIN Usual 5.7 PTS in 18.5 MIN · Game Score 18.0 against a usual 5.7 Season-high 16 points among the games the source holds (previous high 12)▲ 98Rare · above usualBrandon WilliamsDAL @ POR · 22 PTS · 8-of-12 FG · 30:24 MIN Usual 11.0 PTS in 22.1 MIN · Game Score 20.7 against a usual 8.5 Best Game Score of the 29 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualJordan PooleNOP vs NYK · 26 PTS · 7-of-14 FG · 25:48 MIN Usual 16.0 PTS in 28.1 MIN · Game Score 21.6 against a usual 9.8▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly seasonNew teamZion WilliamsonNOP vs NYK · 32 PTS · 11-of-16 FG · 28:54 MIN Usual 21.9 PTS in 28.4 MIN · Game Score 29.1 against a usual 17.4 Season-high 32 points (previous high 29)▲ 95Unusual · above usualEarly seasonTre JohnsonWAS vs PHX · 24 PTS · 9-of-12 FG · 25:06 MIN Usual 11.4 PTS in 22.9 MIN · Game Score 18.5 against a usual 7.4 Season-high 24 points among the games the source holds (previous high 19)▲ 95Unusual · above usualCason WallaceOKC vs ATL · 17 PTS · 6-of-8 FG · 33:42 MIN Usual 7.9 PTS in 27.5 MIN · Game Score 18.5 against a usual 7.6 Season-high 17 points among the games the source holds (previous high 15)▲ 95Unusual · above usualJaylen ClarkMIN @ CHI · 11 PTS · 4-of-7 FG · 18:48 MIN Usual 4.3 PTS in 14.1 MIN · Game Score 13.0 against a usual 3.3 Best Game Score of 30 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usual
02

Below their usual

4 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

6 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 15 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 6 with no last season, 3 with under 20 games last season, 1 in a new role, 5 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