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NBA games · Jan 14, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Wednesday, Jan 14, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Jan 14, 2026

11 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Jan 14, 2026, led by Brice Sensabaugh (season-high 43 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Jan 14
133ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
8ABOVE USUAL
3BELOW USUAL
8FEWER 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. 133 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

8 players · largest change first

Brice SensabaughUTA @ CHI · 43 PTS · 15-of-22 FG · 34:18 MIN Usual 10.1 PTS in 20.2 MIN · Game Score 36.5 against a usual 6.7 Season-high 43 points (previous high 26)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualNikola VučevićCHI vs UTA · 35 PTS · 14-of-22 FG · 30:54 MIN Usual 16.4 PTS in 30.7 MIN · Game Score 32.0 against a usual 14.5 Season-high 35 points (previous high 28)▲ 98Rare · above usualCaleb MartinDAL vs DEN · 15 PTS · 7-of-9 FG · 23:06 MIN Usual 1.8 PTS in 10.0 MIN · Game Score 17.4 against a usual 1.5 Season-high 15 points among the games the source holds (previous high 9)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualGradey DickTOR @ IND · 21 PTS · 9-of-15 FG · 30:12 MIN Usual 6.0 PTS in 15.6 MIN · Game Score 18.9 against a usual 4.1 Matched the season high of 21 points▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualPrecious AchiuwaSAC vs NYK · 20 PTS · 7-of-14 FG · 38:36 MIN Usual 7.1 PTS in 20.2 MIN · Game Score 20.8 against a usual 6.9 Season-high 20 points (previous high 17)▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualTrey Murphy IIINOP vs BKN · 34 PTS · 12-of-22 FG · 38:00 MIN Usual 21.9 PTS in 35.6 MIN · Game Score 31.5 against a usual 17.7 3rd-best Game Score of 39 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualYanic Konan NiederhäuserLAC vs WAS · 16 PTS · 7-of-7 FG · 22:54 MIN Usual 2.9 PTS in 7.7 MIN · Game Score 15.0 against a usual 2.6 Matched the season high of 16 points▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualYves MissiNOP vs BKN · 12 PTS · 12 REB · 6-of-13 FG · 34:06 MIN Usual 5.3 PTS · 5.3 REB in 17.7 MIN · Game Score 15.6 against a usual 6.4 2nd-best Game Score of 35 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usual
02

Below their usual

3 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

8 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: 4 with no last season, 1 in a new role
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