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NBA games · Mar 16, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Monday, Mar 16, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Mar 16, 2026

13 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Mar 16, 2026, led by Nickeil Alexander-Walker (season-high 41 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Mar 16
146ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
8ABOVE USUAL
5BELOW USUAL
6FEWER MINUTES
about 7EXPECTED 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. 146 eligible games on this night, so about 7 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

8 players · largest change first

Nickeil Alexander-WalkerATL vs ORL · 41 PTS · 12-of-21 FG · 36:48 MIN Usual 20.0 PTS in 33.3 MIN · Game Score 36.1 against a usual 14.2 Season-high 41 points (previous high 38)▲ 99Very rare · above usualKristaps PorziņģisGSW @ WAS · 30 PTS · 8-of-13 FG · 25:42 MIN Usual 16.6 PTS in 23.6 MIN · Game Score 28.7 against a usual 13.0 Matched the season high of 30 points▲ 98Rare · above usualJaylen BrownBOS vs PHX · 41 PTS · 10-of-20 FG · 39:30 MIN Usual 28.2 PTS in 34.0 MIN · Game Score 34.6 against a usual 19.4 2nd-best Game Score of 61 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualJordan MillerLAC vs SAS · 22 PTS · 10-of-13 FG · 26:18 MIN Usual 9.4 PTS in 21.2 MIN · Game Score 22.9 against a usual 8.0 Matched the season high of 22 points▲ 97Unusual · above usualDe'Anthony MeltonGSW @ WAS · 27 PTS · 12-of-17 FG · 30:24 MIN Usual 13.0 PTS in 22.6 MIN · Game Score 23.6 against a usual 9.0 Best Game Score of 37 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualNaji MarshallDAL @ NOP · 32 PTS · 12-of-24 FG · 32:54 MIN Usual 15.2 PTS in 29.5 MIN · Game Score 26.5 against a usual 12.4 4th-best Game Score of the 65 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualKarlo MatkovićNOP vs DAL · 13 PTS · 5-of-7 FG · 19:48 MIN Usual 5.5 PTS in 14.1 MIN · Game Score 14.8 against a usual 5.7 Best Game Score of 55 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualTyson EtienneBKN vs POR · 15 PTS · 3-of-7 FG · 23:12 MIN Usual 3.3 PTS in 8.1 MIN · Game Score 10.2 against a usual 1.4▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly season
02

Below their usual

5 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

6 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 13 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 8 with no last season, 5 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