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NBA games · Jan 4, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Sunday, Jan 4, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Jan 4, 2026

14 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Jan 4, 2026, led by Daniss Jenkins (25 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Jan 4
148ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
7BELOW 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. 148 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

Daniss JenkinsDET @ CLE · 25 PTS · 7-of-10 FG · 25:30 MIN Usual 7.0 PTS in 15.2 MIN · Game Score 22.2 against a usual 5.4 2nd-best Game Score of the 28 games the source holds this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualAnthony BlackORL vs IND · 27 PTS · 8-of-16 FG · 35:30 MIN Usual 15.6 PTS in 29.7 MIN · Game Score 27.3 against a usual 11.4 2nd-best Game Score of the 35 games the source holds this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualDesmond BaneORL vs IND · 31 PTS · 12-of-17 FG · 36:36 MIN Usual 19.0 PTS in 33.7 MIN · Game Score 29.4 against a usual 13.7 3rd-best Game Score of the 35 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualJake LaRaviaLAL vs MEM · 26 PTS · 9-of-16 FG · 34:30 MIN Usual 9.1 PTS in 25.9 MIN · Game Score 23.7 against a usual 8.1 2nd-best Game Score of 33 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualNorman PowellMIA vs NOP · 34 PTS · 11-of-15 FG · 28:48 MIN Usual 24.1 PTS in 31.1 MIN · Game Score 31.3 against a usual 17.1 Best Game Score of 31 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualJaylen ClarkMIN @ WAS · 12 PTS · 4-of-6 FG · 27:42 MIN Usual 4.4 PTS in 14.0 MIN · Game Score 16.2 against a usual 3.5 Matched the season high of 12 points▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualJordan GoodwinPHX vs OKC · 26 PTS · 9-of-16 FG · 30:48 MIN Usual 8.7 PTS in 21.3 MIN · Game Score 18.2 against a usual 7.5 Season-high 26 points (previous high 16)▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usual
02

Below their usual

7 players · largest change first

Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC @ PHX · 25 PTS · 8-of-22 FG · 35:36 MIN Usual 32.2 PTS in 33.0 MIN · Game Score 12.4 against a usual 28.0 Lowest Game Score of the 34 games the source holds this season▼ 99Very rare · below usualAlex SarrWAS vs MIN · 7 PTS · 3-of-10 FG · 26:00 MIN Usual 17.5 PTS in 28.3 MIN · Game Score 3.1 against a usual 15.3 Tied for the 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 24 games the source holds this season▼ 96Unusual · below usualCam SpencerMEM @ LAL · 5 PTS · 1-of-10 FG · 34:00 MIN Usual 12.0 PTS in 22.9 MIN · Game Score 1.3 against a usual 10.9 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 34 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualAJ GreenMIL @ SAC · 1 PTS · 0-of-6 FG · 31:36 MIN Usual 10.5 PTS in 29.2 MIN · Game Score -1.4 against a usual 7.5 2nd-lowest Game Score of 33 games this season▼ 97Unusual · below usualGoga BitadzeORL vs IND · 2 PTS · 1-of-2 FG · 16:30 MIN Usual 6.2 PTS in 16.9 MIN · Game Score -0.6 against a usual 8.1 Lowest Game Score of the 31 games the source holds this season▼ 99Very rare · below usualNick Smith Jr.LAL vs MEM · 0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 15:18 MIN Usual 8.2 PTS in 16.4 MIN · Game Score -3.6 against a usual 5.0 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 95Unusual · below usualEarly seasonNew teamRoyce O'NealePHX vs OKC · 3 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 31:30 MIN Usual 10.3 PTS in 29.4 MIN · Game Score 0.0 against a usual 8.5 Tied for the 3rd-lowest Game Score of 35 games this season▼ 96Unusual · below usual
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: 3 with no last season, 1 with under 20 games last season, 3 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