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NBA games · Mar 5, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Thursday, Mar 5, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Mar 5, 2026

17 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Mar 5, 2026, led by Precious Achiuwa (29 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Mar 5
161ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
12ABOVE USUAL
5BELOW USUAL
7FEWER MINUTES
about 8EXPECTED 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. 161 eligible games on this night, so about 8 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

12 players · largest change first

Precious AchiuwaSAC vs NOP · 29 PTS · 12-of-16 FG · 40:54 MIN Usual 8.3 PTS in 21.6 MIN · Game Score 30.9 against a usual 8.1 Matched the season high of 29 points▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualAce BaileyUTA @ WAS · 32 PTS · 12-of-19 FG · 32:36 MIN Usual 12.1 PTS in 26.8 MIN · Game Score 25.6 against a usual 8.0 Season-high 32 points (previous high 25)▲ 99Very rare · above usualCollin SextonCHI @ PHX · 30 PTS · 11-of-19 FG · 37:36 MIN Usual 14.1 PTS in 22.7 MIN · Game Score 25.7 against a usual 10.0 Season-high 30 points (previous high 22)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualTristan da SilvaORL vs DAL · 19 PTS · 7-of-7 FG · 24:48 MIN Usual 9.2 PTS in 23.8 MIN · Game Score 22.3 against a usual 7.1 Best Game Score of the 53 games the source holds this season▲ 98Rare · above usualKel'el WareMIA vs BKN · 16 PTS · 7 BLK · 7-of-9 FG · 31:42 MIN Usual 11.3 PTS · 0.9 BLK in 22.2 MIN · Game Score 25.8 against a usual 11.5 Season-high 7 blocks (previous high 4)▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualIsaiah CollierUTA @ WAS · 27 PTS · 11-of-18 FG · 29:06 MIN Usual 11.1 PTS in 25.7 MIN · Game Score 23.6 against a usual 10.5 Season-high 27 points (previous high 25)▲ 96Unusual · above usualKyle FilipowskiUTA @ WAS · 20 PTS · 9-of-14 FG · 30:54 MIN Usual 10.1 PTS in 22.4 MIN · Game Score 21.5 against a usual 8.8 2nd-best Game Score of 62 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualKlay ThompsonDAL @ ORL · 24 PTS · 7-of-12 FG · 25:42 MIN Usual 11.5 PTS in 22.0 MIN · Game Score 19.1 against a usual 6.8 3rd-best Game Score of the 54 games the source holds this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualRudy GobertMIN vs TOR · 18 PTS · 7-of-8 FG · 35:24 MIN Usual 10.8 PTS in 31.5 MIN · Game Score 25.0 against a usual 13.1 4th-best Game Score of 60 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualDrew EubanksSAC vs NOP · 15 PTS · 7-of-9 FG · 21:36 MIN Usual 5.0 PTS in 13.0 MIN · Game Score 15.6 against a usual 4.1 Best Game Score of 39 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualCody WilliamsUTA @ WAS · 13 PTS · 5-of-6 FG · 36:00 MIN Usual 5.8 PTS in 20.1 MIN · Game Score 15.8 against a usual 4.3 2nd-best Game Score of 49 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualJaxson HayesLAL @ DEN · 19 PTS · 8-of-10 FG · 27:30 MIN Usual 6.7 PTS in 17.3 MIN · Game Score 17.7 against a usual 7.1 Season-high 19 points (previous high 16)▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usual
02

Below their usual

5 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

7 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 14 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 6 with no last season, 4 with under 20 games last season, 4 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