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NBA games · Mar 3, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Mar 3, 2026

13 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Mar 3, 2026, led by Michael Porter Jr. (9 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Mar 3
180ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
4ABOVE USUAL
9BELOW USUAL
6FEWER 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. 180 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

9 players · largest change first

Michael Porter Jr.BKN @ MIA · 9 PTS · 3-of-17 FG · 26:30 MIN Usual 24.5 PTS in 32.6 MIN · Game Score 0.5 against a usual 17.6 Matched the season low of 9 points▼ 98Rare · below usualCade CunninghamDET @ CLE · 10 PTS · 4-of-16 FG · 38:48 MIN Usual 25.6 PTS in 35.0 MIN · Game Score 6.7 against a usual 20.9 Matched the season low of 10 points among the games the source holds▼ 95Unusual · below usualNaz ReidMIN vs MEM · 3 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 22:54 MIN Usual 14.1 PTS in 26.3 MIN · Game Score 0.0 against a usual 11.3 4th-lowest Game Score of 61 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualJeremiah FearsNOP @ LAL · 5 PTS · 2-of-6 FG · 18:48 MIN Usual 13.4 PTS in 25.7 MIN · Game Score -1.8 against a usual 9.1 4th-lowest Game Score of 63 games this season▼ 98Rare · below usualIn limited minutesIsaac OkoroCHI vs OKC · 4 PTS · 1-of-9 FG · 31:48 MIN Usual 9.2 PTS in 26.7 MIN · Game Score -3.4 against a usual 7.1 2nd-lowest Game Score of 53 games this season▼ 99Very rare · below usualQuentin GrimesPHI vs SAS · 2 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 21:48 MIN Usual 12.6 PTS in 29.5 MIN · Game Score -0.6 against a usual 9.8 Matched the season low of 2 points▼ 97Unusual · below usualIn limited minutesTre JohnsonWAS @ ORL · 9 PTS · 3-of-12 FG · 23:54 MIN Usual 12.3 PTS in 24.2 MIN · Game Score -1.4 against a usual 8.0 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 47 games the source holds this season▼ 98Rare · below usualRui HachimuraLAL vs NOP · 2 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 18:36 MIN Usual 11.7 PTS in 29.4 MIN · Game Score -0.6 against a usual 8.3 3rd-lowest Game Score of 49 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualIn limited minutesBilal CoulibalyWAS @ ORL · 6 PTS · 3-of-12 FG · 24:12 MIN Usual 10.5 PTS in 26.1 MIN · Game Score 0.5 against a usual 8.7 3rd-lowest Game Score of the 41 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usual
03

Fewer minutes than usual

6 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 9 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 4 with no last season, 2 with under 20 games last season, 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