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NBA games · Feb 22, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Sunday, Feb 22, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Feb 22, 2026

17 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Feb 22, 2026, led by LaMelo Ball (37 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Feb 22
206ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
10BELOW USUAL
4FEWER MINUTES
about 10EXPECTED 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. 206 eligible games on this night, so about 10 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

7 players · largest change first

LaMelo BallCHA @ WAS · 37 PTS · 12-of-20 FG · 27:30 MIN Usual 19.1 PTS in 27.8 MIN · Game Score 36.1 against a usual 13.9 2nd-best Game Score of 48 games this season▲ 99Very rare · above usualAl HorfordGSW vs DEN · 22 PTS · 8-of-11 FG · 27:00 MIN Usual 7.5 PTS in 20.8 MIN · Game Score 25.1 against a usual 7.5 Season-high 22 points (previous high 16)▲ 99Very rare · above usualKhris MiddletonDAL @ IND · 25 PTS · 11-of-15 FG · 29:36 MIN Usual 10.7 PTS in 24.4 MIN · Game Score 23.7 against a usual 7.8 Season-high 25 points among the games the source holds (previous high 23)▲ 99Very rare · above usualImmanuel QuickleyTOR @ MIL · 32 PTS · 11-of-19 FG · 30:54 MIN Usual 17.0 PTS in 32.4 MIN · Game Score 29.9 against a usual 14.4 2nd-best Game Score of 54 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualCason WallaceOKC vs CLE · 20 PTS · 7-of-17 FG · 33:48 MIN Usual 8.1 PTS in 26.8 MIN · Game Score 21.1 against a usual 7.6 2nd-best Game Score of the 54 games the source holds this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualGui SantosGSW vs DEN · 17 PTS · 6-of-7 FG · 27:48 MIN Usual 6.0 PTS in 15.1 MIN · Game Score 17.9 against a usual 5.3 2nd-best Game Score of 46 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualP.J. WashingtonDAL @ IND · 23 PTS · 8-of-14 FG · 36:30 MIN Usual 14.3 PTS in 30.7 MIN · Game Score 20.8 against a usual 10.6 2nd-best Game Score of the 40 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usual
02

Below their usual

10 players · largest change first

Josh GiddeyCHI vs NYK · 6 PTS · 2-of-10 FG · 23:00 MIN Usual 18.4 PTS in 31.6 MIN · Game Score 4.2 against a usual 16.8 2nd-lowest Game Score of 37 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualIn limited minutesJrue HolidayPOR @ PHX · 6 PTS · 3-of-12 FG · 28:54 MIN Usual 15.8 PTS in 28.2 MIN · Game Score 1.0 against a usual 13.4 3rd-lowest Game Score of 29 games this season▼ 96Unusual · below usualMarcus SmartLAL vs BOS · 0 PTS · 0-of-7 FG · 22:24 MIN Usual 9.8 PTS in 28.4 MIN · Game Score -3.4 against a usual 7.3 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 99Very rare · below usualRoyce O'NealePHX vs POR · 0 PTS · 0-of-5 FG · 24:48 MIN Usual 10.2 PTS in 29.6 MIN · Game Score -1.7 against a usual 8.5 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 99Very rare · below usualRJ BarrettTOR @ MIL · 7 PTS · 2-of-10 FG · 26:30 MIN Usual 18.4 PTS in 29.4 MIN · Game Score 4.1 against a usual 13.6 Season-low 7 points (previous low 9)▼ 95Unusual · below usualBub CarringtonWAS vs CHA · 6 PTS · 2-of-10 FG · 30:06 MIN Usual 10.2 PTS in 27.9 MIN · Game Score -1.7 against a usual 7.2 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 55 games the source holds this season▼ 98Rare · below usualVít KrejčíPOR @ PHX · 0 PTS · 0-of-5 FG · 17:30 MIN Usual 9.1 PTS in 22.2 MIN · Game Score -1.9 against a usual 6.8 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 96Unusual · below usualOusmane DiengMIL vs TOR · 0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 14:42 MIN Usual 4.8 PTS in 12.3 MIN · Game Score -4.7 against a usual 3.9 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 99Very rare · below usualSion JamesCHA @ WAS · 0 PTS · 0-of-3 FG · 21:00 MIN Usual 5.6 PTS in 23.9 MIN · Game Score -3.5 against a usual 5.0 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 99Very rare · below usualRyan DunnPHX vs POR · 2 PTS · 1-of-9 FG · 30:54 MIN Usual 5.9 PTS in 19.6 MIN · Game Score -0.7 against a usual 5.2 5th-lowest Game Score of 51 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usual
03

Fewer minutes than usual

4 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, 3 with under 20 games last season, 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