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NBA games · Mar 19, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Thursday, Mar 19, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Mar 19, 2026

15 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Mar 19, 2026, led by Luka Dončić (season-high 60 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Mar 19
142ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
8ABOVE USUAL
7BELOW USUAL
2FEWER 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. 142 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. How the score works

01

Above their usual

8 players · largest change first

Luka DončićLAL @ MIA · 60 PTS · 18-of-30 FG · 37:36 MIN Usual 33.0 PTS in 35.8 MIN · Game Score 51.8 against a usual 26.1 Season-high 60 points (previous high 51)▲ 99Very rare · above usualVJ EdgecombePHI @ SAC · 38 PTS · 16-of-28 FG · 38:54 MIN Usual 15.3 PTS in 34.8 MIN · Game Score 36.4 against a usual 11.8 Season-high 38 points (previous high 34)▲ 99Very rare · above usualJustin EdwardsPHI @ SAC · 32 PTS · 11-of-18 FG · 33:18 MIN Usual 5.7 PTS in 15.3 MIN · Game Score 28.6 against a usual 4.5 Season-high 32 points (previous high 22)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualElijah HarklessUTA vs MIL · 23 PTS · 7-of-14 FG · 34:30 MIN Usual 5.3 PTS in 17.3 MIN · Game Score 21.8 against a usual 4.0 Season-high 23 points (previous high 16)▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualAce BaileyUTA vs MIL · 33 PTS · 13-of-27 FG · 34:12 MIN Usual 12.5 PTS in 26.7 MIN · Game Score 24.3 against a usual 8.3 Season-high 33 points (previous high 32)▲ 98Rare · above usualMaxime RaynaudSAC vs PHI · 30 PTS · 11-of-17 FG · 35:42 MIN Usual 11.4 PTS in 25.4 MIN · Game Score 25.4 against a usual 9.7 Best Game Score of 63 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualCody WilliamsUTA vs MIL · 23 PTS · 10-of-16 FG · 27:06 MIN Usual 7.0 PTS in 22.1 MIN · Game Score 19.4 against a usual 5.5 2nd-best Game Score of 56 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualOso IghodaroPHX @ SAS · 15 PTS · 7-of-10 FG · 34:00 MIN Usual 6.1 PTS in 21.4 MIN · Game Score 17.6 against a usual 6.6 3rd-best Game Score of 70 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usual
02

Below their usual

7 players · largest change first

Alex SarrWAS vs DET · 2 PTS · 1-of-12 FG · 21:24 MIN Usual 16.8 PTS in 27.5 MIN · Game Score -5.9 against a usual 14.2 Matched the season low of 2 points among the games the source holds▼ 99Very rare · below usualMyles TurnerMIL @ UTA · 3 PTS · 1-of-3 FG · 18:24 MIN Usual 12.2 PTS in 27.5 MIN · Game Score -1.3 against a usual 9.8 2nd-lowest Game Score of 64 games this season▼ 98Rare · below usualIn limited minutesGrant WilliamsCHA vs ORL · 0 PTS · 0-of-1 FG · 17:30 MIN Usual 7.4 PTS in 19.6 MIN · Game Score -4.0 against a usual 6.7 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 99Very rare · below usualMoussa DiabatéCHA vs ORL · 3 PTS · 1-of-3 FG · 24:30 MIN Usual 8.1 PTS in 25.9 MIN · Game Score 0.8 against a usual 10.4 2nd-lowest Game Score of 62 games this season▼ 96Unusual · below usualLuke KornetSAS vs PHX · 1 PTS · 0-of-2 FG · 15:24 MIN Usual 6.8 PTS in 21.1 MIN · Game Score 0.8 against a usual 9.1 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 58 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualIn limited minutesBrook LopezLAC @ NOP · 6 PTS · 2-of-9 FG · 28:48 MIN Usual 7.7 PTS in 20.5 MIN · Game Score -2.3 against a usual 5.8 4th-lowest Game Score of 63 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualKarlo MatkovićNOP vs LAC · 3 PTS · 0-of-6 FG · 23:06 MIN Usual 5.7 PTS in 14.4 MIN · Game Score -0.2 against a usual 5.9 Tied for the 3rd-lowest Game Score of 57 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usual
03

Fewer minutes than usual

2 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 8 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 5 with no last season, 1 with under 20 games 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