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NBA games · Mar 17, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Mar 17, 2026

11 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Mar 17, 2026, led by Josh Hart (33 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Mar 17
156ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
4BELOW USUAL
3FEWER 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. 156 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

7 players · largest change first

Josh HartNYK vs IND · 33 PTS · 12-of-13 FG · 26:00 MIN Usual 11.7 PTS in 30.0 MIN · Game Score 33.9 against a usual 11.8 Season-high 33 points among the games the source holds (previous high 22)▲ 99Very rare · above usualBub CarringtonWAS vs DET · 30 PTS · 12-of-16 FG · 37:12 MIN Usual 9.7 PTS in 27.3 MIN · Game Score 25.0 against a usual 7.1 Season-high 30 points among the games the source holds (previous high 27)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualJalen DurenDET @ WAS · 36 PTS · 13-of-17 FG · 30:54 MIN Usual 18.5 PTS in 27.7 MIN · Game Score 34.4 against a usual 17.3 Season-high 36 points among the games the source holds (previous high 33)▲ 97Unusual · above usualChristian BraunDEN vs PHI · 22 PTS · 7-of-9 FG · 27:12 MIN Usual 10.9 PTS in 31.9 MIN · Game Score 23.1 against a usual 9.3 Best Game Score of 33 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualJose AlvaradoNYK vs IND · 16 PTS · 5-of-10 FG · 26:42 MIN Usual 7.2 PTS in 20.3 MIN · Game Score 19.6 against a usual 6.1 2nd-best Game Score of the 59 games the source holds this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualMaxime RaynaudSAC vs SAS · 32 PTS · 13-of-25 FG · 41:36 MIN Usual 11.1 PTS in 25.1 MIN · Game Score 22.0 against a usual 9.5 Season-high 32 points (previous high 29)▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualKeshad JohnsonMIA @ CHA · 15 PTS · 6-of-12 FG · 20:12 MIN Usual 3.4 PTS in 7.6 MIN · Game Score 12.5 against a usual 2.4 Season-high 15 points (previous high 14)▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usual
02

Below their usual

4 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

3 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

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