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NBA games · Feb 7, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Saturday, Feb 7, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Feb 7, 2026

14 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Feb 7, 2026, led by Stephon Castle (40 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Feb 7
178ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
10ABOVE USUAL
4BELOW USUAL
5FEWER 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. 178 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. "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

10 players · largest change first

Stephon CastleSAS vs DAL · 40 PTS · 15-of-19 FG · 31:54 MIN Usual 16.4 PTS in 30.7 MIN · Game Score 41.2 against a usual 13.2 Season-high 40 points among the games the source holds (previous high 30)▲ 99Very rare · above usualNique CliffordSAC vs CLE · 30 PTS · 12-of-19 FG · 39:48 MIN Usual 6.0 PTS in 20.2 MIN · Game Score 25.7 against a usual 4.0 Season-high 30 points (previous high 18)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualJavon SmallMEM @ POR · 22 PTS · 7-of-10 FG · 27:36 MIN Usual 5.0 PTS in 13.8 MIN · Game Score 23.9 against a usual 4.0 Season-high 22 points among the games the source holds (previous high 16)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonWill RileyWAS @ BKN · 27 PTS · 10-of-19 FG · 45:12 MIN Usual 6.7 PTS in 15.7 MIN · Game Score 21.1 against a usual 5.0 Season-high 27 points among the games the source holds (previous high 20)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualOlivier-Maxence ProsperMEM @ POR · 25 PTS · 9-of-13 FG · 25:12 MIN Usual 5.4 PTS in 13.0 MIN · Game Score 20.0 against a usual 4.3 Season-high 25 points among the games the source holds (previous high 13)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualJarrett AllenCLE @ SAC · 29 PTS · 11-of-12 FG · 32:42 MIN Usual 13.8 PTS in 27.1 MIN · Game Score 27.7 against a usual 13.5 2nd-best Game Score of the 40 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualJustin ChampagnieWAS @ BKN · 21 PTS · 5-of-8 FG · 22:06 MIN Usual 7.3 PTS in 19.0 MIN · Game Score 21.1 against a usual 7.4 Season-high 21 points among the games the source holds (previous high 20)▲ 96Unusual · above usualCason WallaceOKC vs HOU · 23 PTS · 10-of-16 FG · 34:18 MIN Usual 7.9 PTS in 26.5 MIN · Game Score 20.8 against a usual 7.4 2nd-best Game Score of the 49 games the source holds this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualDevin CarterSAC vs CLE · 18 PTS · 6-of-13 FG · 27:12 MIN Usual 4.3 PTS in 10.7 MIN · Game Score 15.2 against a usual 3.2 Season-high 18 points (previous high 15)▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonDanny WolfBKN vs WAS · 16 PTS · 7-of-11 FG · 19:36 MIN Usual 7.9 PTS in 20.0 MIN · Game Score 17.8 against a usual 6.0 Best Game Score of 37 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usual
02

Below their usual

4 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

5 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 8 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 in a new role, 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