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NBA games · Feb 25, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Wednesday, Feb 25, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Feb 25, 2026

9 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Feb 25, 2026, led by Jaylin Williams (30 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Feb 25
109ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
2BELOW USUAL
5FEWER MINUTES
about 5EXPECTED 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. 109 eligible games on this night, so about 5 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

Jaylin WilliamsOKC @ DET · 30 PTS · 9-of-14 FG · 35:30 MIN Usual 6.3 PTS in 19.4 MIN · Game Score 26.8 against a usual 6.0 Season-high 30 points among the games the source holds (previous high 24)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualAlperen SengunHOU vs SAC · 26 PTS · 9-of-13 FG · 32:06 MIN Usual 20.3 PTS in 33.8 MIN · Game Score 35.4 against a usual 17.7 2nd-best Game Score of 50 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualWill RichardGSW @ MEM · 21 PTS · 9-of-15 FG · 29:36 MIN Usual 6.8 PTS in 19.4 MIN · Game Score 22.2 against a usual 5.9 2nd-best Game Score of 53 games this season▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualGui SantosGSW @ MEM · 17 PTS · 6-of-7 FG · 25:36 MIN Usual 6.4 PTS in 15.8 MIN · Game Score 18.9 against a usual 5.8 Best Game Score of 48 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualGG JacksonMEM vs GSW · 24 PTS · 8-of-12 FG · 25:54 MIN Usual 9.9 PTS in 19.3 MIN · Game Score 20.0 against a usual 7.6 2nd-best Game Score of the 35 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualGary Payton IIGSW @ MEM · 19 PTS · 8-of-12 FG · 28:24 MIN Usual 5.6 PTS in 13.3 MIN · Game Score 17.3 against a usual 5.1 Matched the season high of 19 points▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualJosh OkogieHOU vs SAC · 14 PTS · 5-of-7 FG · 24:06 MIN Usual 5.2 PTS in 19.5 MIN · Game Score 14.8 against a usual 4.5 Best Game Score of 54 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usual
02

Below their usual

2 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: 2 with no last season, 3 with under 20 games last season, 3 on a new team
  • 1 player listed as playing, with no minutes recorded
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