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NBA games · Jan 6, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Jan 6, 2026

11 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Jan 6, 2026, led by Jordan Poole (0 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Jan 6
108ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
4ABOVE USUAL
7BELOW USUAL
2FEWER MINUTES
about 5EXPECTED 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. 108 eligible games on this night, so about 5 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

4 players · largest change first

02

Below their usual

7 players · largest change first

Jordan PooleNOP vs LAL · 0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 18:18 MIN Usual 16.7 PTS in 27.7 MIN · Game Score -4.9 against a usual 10.6 Season-low 0 points (previous low 1)▼ 99Very rare · below usualIn limited minutesEarly seasonNew teamDe'Aaron FoxSAS @ MEM · 9 PTS · 4-of-18 FG · 29:54 MIN Usual 21.7 PTS in 32.2 MIN · Game Score 3.8 against a usual 16.8 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 26 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualAnthony BlackORL @ WAS · 6 PTS · 3-of-10 FG · 20:30 MIN Usual 15.9 PTS in 29.8 MIN · Game Score 0.0 against a usual 11.8 Tied for the 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 36 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualIn limited minutesWendell Carter Jr.ORL @ WAS · 2 PTS · 1-of-6 FG · 19:36 MIN Usual 12.4 PTS in 30.2 MIN · Game Score 0.6 against a usual 11.0 Season-low 2 points among the games the source holds (previous low 5)▼ 97Unusual · below usualIn limited minutesHerbert JonesNOP vs LAL · 3 PTS · 1-of-9 FG · 34:54 MIN Usual 9.8 PTS in 28.0 MIN · Game Score -2.0 against a usual 7.4 3rd-lowest Game Score of 23 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualKlay ThompsonDAL @ SAC · 6 PTS · 2-of-12 FG · 27:18 MIN Usual 11.1 PTS in 21.8 MIN · Game Score -2.0 against a usual 6.3 Lowest Game Score of the 33 games the source holds this season▼ 98Rare · below usualWill RileyWAS vs ORL · 4 PTS · 2-of-5 FG · 12:24 MIN Usual 5.0 PTS in 12.7 MIN · Game Score -0.3 against a usual 3.9 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 28 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usual
03

Fewer minutes than usual

2 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 5 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 1 with no last season, 1 with under 20 games last season, 1 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