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NBA games · Mar 15, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Sunday, Mar 15, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Mar 15, 2026

19 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Mar 15, 2026, led by Cody Williams (season-high 34 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Mar 15
124ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
12ABOVE USUAL
7BELOW USUAL
2FEWER MINUTES
about 6EXPECTED 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. 124 eligible games on this night, so about 6 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

12 players · largest change first

Cody WilliamsUTA @ SAC · 34 PTS · 12-of-20 FG · 38:24 MIN Usual 6.5 PTS in 21.8 MIN · Game Score 28.9 against a usual 5.0 Season-high 34 points (previous high 19)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualDeMar DeRozanSAC vs UTA · 41 PTS · 11-of-21 FG · 38:06 MIN Usual 18.5 PTS in 31.8 MIN · Game Score 36.8 against a usual 14.8 Season-high 41 points (previous high 39)▲ 99Very rare · above usualJakob PoeltlTOR vs DET · 21 PTS · 9-of-12 FG · 36:24 MIN Usual 9.7 PTS in 25.4 MIN · Game Score 27.4 against a usual 10.2 Best Game Score of 32 games this season▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualAaron NesmithIND @ MIL · 32 PTS · 10-of-14 FG · 28:48 MIN Usual 13.1 PTS in 29.7 MIN · Game Score 25.2 against a usual 8.5 Season-high 32 points (previous high 31)▲ 97Unusual · above usualBobby Portis Jr.MIL vs IND · 29 PTS · 11-of-21 FG · 26:36 MIN Usual 13.4 PTS in 24.1 MIN · Game Score 25.6 against a usual 10.3 Season-high 29 points (previous high 27)▲ 98Rare · above usualGary Payton IIGSW @ NYK · 19 PTS · 8-of-13 FG · 27:42 MIN Usual 6.3 PTS in 14.2 MIN · Game Score 20.0 against a usual 5.8 Matched the season high of 19 points▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualQuentin GrimesPHI vs POR · 31 PTS · 11-of-22 FG · 39:30 MIN Usual 13.2 PTS in 29.9 MIN · Game Score 24.2 against a usual 10.1 Season-high 31 points (previous high 28)▲ 97Unusual · above usualMax StrusCLE vs DAL · 24 PTS · 7-of-9 FG · 22:54 MIN Usual 9.4 PTS in 25.5 MIN · Game Score 21.8 against a usual 8.2▲ 98Rare · above usualEarly seasonKillian HayesSAC vs UTA · 16 PTS · 5-of-9 FG · 38:18 MIN Usual 3.8 PTS in 15.3 MIN · Game Score 16.4 against a usual 2.8▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonP.J. WashingtonDAL @ CLE · 20 PTS · 8-of-16 FG · 33:24 MIN Usual 14.0 PTS in 30.7 MIN · Game Score 23.2 against a usual 10.4 Best Game Score of the 48 games the source holds this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualJustin EdwardsPHI vs POR · 21 PTS · 9-of-14 FG · 25:00 MIN Usual 5.2 PTS in 14.9 MIN · Game Score 16.0 against a usual 4.2 3rd-best Game Score of 51 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualAlex CarusoOKC vs MIN · 17 PTS · 6-of-10 FG · 21:48 MIN Usual 6.3 PTS in 18.4 MIN · Game Score 17.1 against a usual 5.9 Matched the season high of 17 points among the games the source holds▲ 96Unusual · above usual
02

Below their usual

7 players · largest change first

Anthony EdwardsMIN @ OKC · 19 PTS · 6-of-17 FG · 37:18 MIN Usual 29.7 PTS in 35.5 MIN · Game Score 6.9 against a usual 21.6 4th-lowest Game Score of 58 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualJaden McDanielsMIN @ OKC · 2 PTS · 1-of-3 FG · 16:06 MIN Usual 14.7 PTS in 31.9 MIN · Game Score -2.3 against a usual 11.4 3rd-lowest Game Score of 66 games this season▼ 97Unusual · below usualIn limited minutesJames HardenCLE vs DAL · 13 PTS · 4-of-12 FG · 37:36 MIN Usual 24.2 PTS in 34.9 MIN · Game Score 6.4 against a usual 19.5 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 58 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualRudy GobertMIN @ OKC · 2 PTS · 1-of-4 FG · 28:30 MIN Usual 10.9 PTS in 31.5 MIN · Game Score 0.1 against a usual 13.2 Matched the season low of 2 points▼ 98Rare · below usualJrue HolidayPOR @ PHI · 5 PTS · 2-of-9 FG · 24:18 MIN Usual 16.7 PTS in 29.0 MIN · Game Score 1.2 against a usual 13.8 Tied for the 4th-lowest Game Score of 39 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualDuncan RobinsonDET @ TOR · 1 PTS · 0-of-2 FG · 24:18 MIN Usual 12.0 PTS in 27.5 MIN · Game Score -0.8 against a usual 8.7 5th-lowest Game Score of the 64 games the source holds this season▼ 98Rare · below usualAusar ThompsonDET @ TOR · 4 PTS · 2-of-8 FG · 24:06 MIN Usual 10.1 PTS in 25.6 MIN · Game Score 1.1 against a usual 10.3 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 57 games the source holds this season▼ 97Unusual · below usual
03

Fewer minutes than usual

2 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 11 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 8 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