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NBA games · Mar 29, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Sunday, Mar 29, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Mar 29, 2026

12 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Mar 29, 2026, led by Alperen Sengun (36 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Mar 29
172ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
5BELOW USUAL
8FEWER 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. 172 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. "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

7 players · largest change first

Alperen SengunHOU @ NOP · 36 PTS · 12-of-23 FG · 31:48 MIN Usual 20.4 PTS in 33.6 MIN · Game Score 40.2 against a usual 17.6 Best Game Score of 65 games this season▲ 99Very rare · above usualGary Trent Jr.MIL vs LAC · 36 PTS · 12-of-21 FG · 37:18 MIN Usual 7.8 PTS in 21.2 MIN · Game Score 24.5 against a usual 4.6 Season-high 36 points (previous high 20)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualKobe BrownIND vs MIA · 18 PTS · 7-of-11 FG · 33:24 MIN Usual 4.9 PTS in 14.0 MIN · Game Score 19.1 against a usual 4.0 Season-high 18 points (previous high 15)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualJamal SheadTOR vs ORL · 12 PTS · 4-of-5 FG · 23:24 MIN Usual 6.5 PTS in 22.2 MIN · Game Score 20.3 against a usual 6.2 Best Game Score of 74 games this season▲ 98Rare · above usualDevin CarterSAC @ BKN · 20 PTS · 6-of-12 FG · 29:00 MIN Usual 7.5 PTS in 15.8 MIN · Game Score 19.3 against a usual 5.5 2nd-best Game Score of 32 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualTaurean PrinceMIL vs LAC · 18 PTS · 7-of-12 FG · 38:12 MIN Usual 6.5 PTS in 21.0 MIN · Game Score 17.1 against a usual 4.1 Season-high 18 points (previous high 13)▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonDrake PowellBKN vs SAC · 16 PTS · 6-of-8 FG · 28:18 MIN Usual 6.1 PTS in 20.0 MIN · Game Score 15.4 against a usual 4.0 Matched the season high of 16 points▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usual
02

Below their usual

5 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

8 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

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