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NBA games · Mar 21, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Saturday, Mar 21, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Mar 21, 2026

11 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Mar 21, 2026, led by Darius Garland (season-high 41 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Mar 21
183ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
4BELOW USUAL
7FEWER 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. 183 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

Darius GarlandLAC @ DAL · 41 PTS · 15-of-24 FG · 38:54 MIN Usual 18.2 PTS in 29.7 MIN · Game Score 36.9 against a usual 13.4 Season-high 41 points (previous high 35)▲ 99Very rare · above usualReed SheppardHOU vs MIA · 23 PTS · 8-of-12 FG · 36:36 MIN Usual 13.4 PTS in 26.0 MIN · Game Score 31.0 against a usual 9.9 Best Game Score of 70 games this season▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualDyson DanielsATL vs GSW · 28 PTS · 12-of-17 FG · 32:12 MIN Usual 11.5 PTS in 33.2 MIN · Game Score 31.0 against a usual 12.9 Season-high 28 points (previous high 27)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMouhamed GueyeATL vs GSW · 16 PTS · 6-of-6 FG · 25:42 MIN Usual 4.5 PTS in 15.3 MIN · Game Score 18.7 against a usual 4.5 2nd-best Game Score of 67 games this season▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualSimone FontecchioMIA @ HOU · 21 PTS · 8-of-12 FG · 37:48 MIN Usual 8.4 PTS in 17.0 MIN · Game Score 19.4 against a usual 6.2 2nd-best Game Score of 63 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualJarace WalkerIND @ SAS · 21 PTS · 8-of-10 FG · 34:30 MIN Usual 11.3 PTS in 25.6 MIN · Game Score 21.2 against a usual 8.0 Best Game Score of 70 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualKeldon JohnsonSAS vs IND · 24 PTS · 10-of-12 FG · 25:18 MIN Usual 12.8 PTS in 23.3 MIN · Game Score 23.2 against a usual 10.2 2nd-best Game Score of the 70 games the source holds this season▲ 96Unusual · above usual
02

Below their usual

4 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

7 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, 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