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NBA games · Feb 1, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Sunday, Feb 1, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Feb 1, 2026

12 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Feb 1, 2026, led by Jarrett Allen (40 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Feb 1
184ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
4ABOVE USUAL
8BELOW USUAL
3FEWER MINUTES
about 9EXPECTED 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. 184 eligible games on this night, so about 9 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

4 players · largest change first

02

Below their usual

8 players · largest change first

Nikola JokićDEN vs OKC · 16 PTS · 6-of-9 FG · 29:24 MIN Usual 29.7 PTS in 34.3 MIN · Game Score 14.4 against a usual 31.0 2nd-lowest Game Score of 34 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualMatas BuzelisCHI @ MIA · 2 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 21:18 MIN Usual 15.1 PTS in 28.2 MIN · Game Score -1.5 against a usual 11.3 Season-low 2 points (previous low 3)▼ 98Rare · below usualWendell Carter Jr.ORL @ SAS · 2 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 19:24 MIN Usual 12.3 PTS in 30.0 MIN · Game Score -1.9 against a usual 10.6 Matched the season low of 2 points among the games the source holds▼ 99Very rare · below usualIn limited minutesJalen SuggsORL @ SAS · 5 PTS · 2-of-13 FG · 32:30 MIN Usual 14.0 PTS in 25.7 MIN · Game Score 0.4 against a usual 11.3 Lowest Game Score of the 27 games the source holds this season▼ 98Rare · below usualBrice SensabaughUTA @ TOR · 4 PTS · 1-of-6 FG · 19:06 MIN Usual 12.1 PTS in 21.3 MIN · Game Score -2.4 against a usual 8.3 Lowest Game Score of 47 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualSam HauserBOS vs MIL · 3 PTS · 1-of-9 FG · 27:18 MIN Usual 9.3 PTS in 23.7 MIN · Game Score -2.7 against a usual 7.3 2nd-lowest Game Score of 48 games this season▼ 96Unusual · below usualAce BaileyUTA @ TOR · 4 PTS · 1-of-10 FG · 26:30 MIN Usual 11.3 PTS in 25.0 MIN · Game Score -0.8 against a usual 7.6 2nd-lowest Game Score of 43 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualJarred VanderbiltLAL @ NYK · 1 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 19:48 MIN Usual 5.0 PTS in 19.4 MIN · Game Score -1.0 against a usual 5.3 Tied for the 4th-lowest Game Score of 39 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usual
03

Fewer minutes than usual

3 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: 3 with no last season, 6 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