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NBA games · Mar 18, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Mar 18, 2026

11 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Mar 18, 2026, led by Josh Giddey (9 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Mar 18
171ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
4BELOW USUAL
6FEWER MINUTES
about 9EXPECTED 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. 171 eligible games on this night, so about 9 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

Brice SensabaughUTA @ MIN · 41 PTS · 17-of-31 FG · 37:18 MIN Usual 13.5 PTS in 22.5 MIN · Game Score 24.6 against a usual 8.9 2nd-best Game Score of 66 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualChristian BraunDEN @ MEM · 26 PTS · 11-of-19 FG · 40:36 MIN Usual 11.2 PTS in 31.8 MIN · Game Score 24.5 against a usual 9.7 Season-high 26 points (previous high 23)▲ 97Unusual · above usualJared McCainOKC @ BKN · 26 PTS · 9-of-16 FG · 28:30 MIN Usual 8.0 PTS in 17.2 MIN · Game Score 19.9 against a usual 5.3 Season-high 26 points among the games the source holds (previous high 21)▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualDaniel GaffordDAL vs ATL · 24 PTS · 9-of-10 FG · 22:24 MIN Usual 9.0 PTS in 21.8 MIN · Game Score 23.5 against a usual 9.4 Season-high 24 points among the games the source holds (previous high 22)▲ 97Unusual · above usualGary Payton IIGSW @ BOS · 14 PTS · 7-of-11 FG · 20:48 MIN Usual 6.6 PTS in 14.5 MIN · Game Score 18.9 against a usual 6.1 2nd-best Game Score of 62 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualAyo DosunmuMIN vs UTA · 23 PTS · 7-of-13 FG · 27:12 MIN Usual 14.3 PTS in 26.5 MIN · Game Score 24.0 against a usual 11.4 3rd-best Game Score of 61 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualJa'Kobe WalterTOR @ CHI · 18 PTS · 4-of-6 FG · 21:30 MIN Usual 6.4 PTS in 18.9 MIN · Game Score 17.6 against a usual 5.0 Best Game Score of 58 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usual
02

Below their usual

4 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

6 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 15 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 11 with no last season, 1 with under 20 games last season, 3 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