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NBA games · Jan 23, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Friday, Jan 23, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Jan 23, 2026

10 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Jan 23, 2026, led by Saddiq Bey (season-high 36 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Jan 23
141ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
8ABOVE USUAL
2BELOW 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. 141 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. How the score works

01

Above their usual

8 players · largest change first

Saddiq BeyNOP @ MEM · 36 PTS · 13-of-20 FG · 31:42 MIN Usual 15.2 PTS in 29.8 MIN · Game Score 32.6 against a usual 12.4 Season-high 36 points (previous high 29)▲ 99Very rare · above usualJulian StrawtherDEN @ MIL · 20 PTS · 6-of-13 FG · 26:42 MIN Usual 3.8 PTS in 9.7 MIN · Game Score 17.1 against a usual 2.1 Season-high 20 points (previous high 15)▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEvan MobleyCLE vs SAC · 29 PTS · 13-of-24 FG · 34:48 MIN Usual 17.7 PTS in 33.4 MIN · Game Score 29.4 against a usual 16.0 Matched the season high of 29 points among the games the source holds▲ 96Unusual · above usualNolan TraoreBKN vs BOS · 21 PTS · 7-of-13 FG · 36:48 MIN Usual 5.1 PTS in 17.8 MIN · Game Score 16.1 against a usual 2.9 Season-high 21 points (previous high 16)▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualCam SpencerMEM vs NOP · 21 PTS · 7-of-9 FG · 28:00 MIN Usual 11.9 PTS in 23.8 MIN · Game Score 23.4 against a usual 11.1 2nd-best Game Score of the 40 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualJarace WalkerIND @ OKC · 26 PTS · 8-of-15 FG · 30:36 MIN Usual 9.2 PTS in 23.2 MIN · Game Score 18.4 against a usual 6.1 Season-high 26 points (previous high 21)▲ 96Unusual · above usualJock LandaleMEM vs NOP · 24 PTS · 11-of-18 FG · 32:00 MIN Usual 11.2 PTS in 22.7 MIN · Game Score 21.8 against a usual 9.9 Best Game Score of the 39 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualHugo GonzálezBOS @ BKN · 10 PTS · 4-of-4 FG · 18:36 MIN Usual 3.9 PTS in 14.9 MIN · Game Score 12.9 against a usual 3.4 Best Game Score of 39 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usual
02

Below their usual

2 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

3 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: 3 with no last season, 1 with under 20 games last season, 1 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