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NBA games · Mar 12, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Thursday, Mar 12, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Mar 12, 2026

22 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Mar 12, 2026, led by Khris Middleton (35 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Mar 12
166ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
17ABOVE USUAL
5BELOW USUAL
4FEWER 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. 166 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. "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

17 players · largest change first

Khris MiddletonDAL @ MEM · 35 PTS · 10-of-17 FG · 24:42 MIN Usual 11.0 PTS in 24.5 MIN · Game Score 31.2 against a usual 7.9 Season-high 35 points among the games the source holds (previous high 25)▲ 99Very rare · above usualLuka DončićLAL vs CHI · 51 PTS · 17-of-31 FG · 36:42 MIN Usual 32.5 PTS in 35.5 MIN · Game Score 46.5 against a usual 25.8 Season-high 51 points (previous high 49)▲ 97Unusual · above usualPelle LarssonMIA vs MIL · 28 PTS · 9-of-14 FG · 37:48 MIN Usual 10.4 PTS in 25.1 MIN · Game Score 27.4 against a usual 8.9 Season-high 28 points (previous high 22)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualJosh MinottBKN @ ATL · 24 PTS · 6-of-9 FG · 24:18 MIN Usual 5.5 PTS in 15.4 MIN · Game Score 23.6 against a usual 5.2 Season-high 24 points (previous high 21)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualJalen GreenPHX @ IND · 36 PTS · 14-of-23 FG · 34:24 MIN Usual 15.4 PTS in 23.4 MIN · Game Score 26.6 against a usual 8.3 Season-high 36 points (previous high 29)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew teamStephon CastleSAS vs DEN · 30 PTS · 7-of-15 FG · 35:24 MIN Usual 16.2 PTS in 29.7 MIN · Game Score 30.2 against a usual 13.4 2nd-best Game Score of the 55 games the source holds this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualTristan da SilvaORL vs WAS · 26 PTS · 10-of-18 FG · 41:06 MIN Usual 9.6 PTS in 24.2 MIN · Game Score 23.5 against a usual 7.6 Season-high 26 points among the games the source holds (previous high 23)▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualSpencer JonesDEN @ SAS · 19 PTS · 8-of-13 FG · 32:48 MIN Usual 5.6 PTS in 22.6 MIN · Game Score 19.1 against a usual 4.9 2nd-best Game Score of 55 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualDevin BookerPHX @ IND · 43 PTS · 14-of-31 FG · 34:42 MIN Usual 24.9 PTS in 33.4 MIN · Game Score 31.8 against a usual 17.7 Season-high 43 points (previous high 38)▲ 96Unusual · above usualTaylor HendricksMEM vs DAL · 17 PTS · 7-of-12 FG · 24:06 MIN Usual 6.6 PTS in 17.5 MIN · Game Score 19.2 against a usual 5.3 3rd-best Game Score of the 47 games the source holds this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualJalen SuggsORL vs WAS · 28 PTS · 10-of-17 FG · 34:06 MIN Usual 13.4 PTS in 26.3 MIN · Game Score 25.1 against a usual 11.4 Season-high 28 points among the games the source holds (previous high 26)▲ 97Unusual · above usualZaccharie RisacherATL vs BKN · 19 PTS · 6-of-12 FG · 30:36 MIN Usual 10.0 PTS in 24.0 MIN · Game Score 20.0 against a usual 7.1 Best Game Score of 52 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualBilal CoulibalyWAS @ ORL · 29 PTS · 9-of-21 FG · 36:54 MIN Usual 10.4 PTS in 26.3 MIN · Game Score 20.4 against a usual 8.4 Season-high 29 points among the games the source holds (previous high 23)▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualJavonte GreenDET vs PHI · 17 PTS · 5-of-8 FG · 19:00 MIN Usual 6.8 PTS in 18.2 MIN · Game Score 17.7 against a usual 5.9 2nd-best Game Score of the 64 games the source holds this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualDaniel GaffordDAL @ MEM · 22 PTS · 9-of-12 FG · 27:18 MIN Usual 8.7 PTS in 21.6 MIN · Game Score 20.8 against a usual 9.1 Season-high 22 points among the games the source holds (previous high 21)▲ 95Unusual · above usualJustin EdwardsPHI @ DET · 12 PTS · 9 REB · 5-of-11 FG · 29:18 MIN Usual 4.8 PTS · 1.4 REB in 14.3 MIN · Game Score 15.1 against a usual 3.7 Season-high 9 rebounds (previous high 5)▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualRob DillinghamCHI @ LAL · 12 PTS · 5-of-10 FG · 29:24 MIN Usual 4.3 PTS in 11.9 MIN · Game Score 11.4 against a usual 2.4 2nd-best Game Score of 49 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usual
02

Below their usual

5 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

4 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 7 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 4 with no last season, 1 in a new role, 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