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NBA games · Apr 3, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Friday, Apr 3, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Apr 3, 2026

14 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Apr 3, 2026, led by Cooper Flagg (51 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Apr 3
162ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
11ABOVE USUAL
3BELOW USUAL
6FEWER 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. 162 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

11 players · largest change first

Cooper FlaggDAL vs ORL · 51 PTS · 19-of-30 FG · 33:33 MIN Usual 20.3 PTS in 33.8 MIN · Game Score 44.2 against a usual 15.8 Season-high 51 points among the games the source holds (previous high 49)▲ 99Very rare · above usualCody WilliamsUTA @ HOU · 27 PTS · 10-of-16 FG · 38:18 MIN Usual 8.2 PTS in 23.4 MIN · Game Score 23.9 against a usual 6.1 2nd-best Game Score of 63 games this season▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualMaxime RaynaudSAC vs NOP · 28 PTS · 11-of-14 FG · 29:00 MIN Usual 11.9 PTS in 26.1 MIN · Game Score 26.7 against a usual 10.1 Best Game Score of 70 games this season▲ 98Rare · above usualJeremiah FearsNOP @ SAC · 28 PTS · 10-of-19 FG · 37:00 MIN Usual 13.1 PTS in 24.9 MIN · Game Score 23.9 against a usual 8.9 Matched the season high of 28 points▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualMitchell RobinsonNYK vs CHI · 17 PTS · 7-of-7 FG · 22:54 MIN Usual 5.4 PTS in 19.6 MIN · Game Score 21.7 against a usual 8.6 2nd-best Game Score of the 57 games the source holds this season▲ 98Rare · above usualCJ McCollumATL @ BKN · 25 PTS · 8-of-12 FG · 25:24 MIN Usual 18.5 PTS in 29.9 MIN · Game Score 25.9 against a usual 12.9 4th-best Game Score of 72 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualTaurean PrinceMIL vs BOS · 18 PTS · 7-of-8 FG · 24:48 MIN Usual 7.0 PTS in 21.6 MIN · Game Score 17.3 against a usual 4.4 Matched the season high of 18 points▲ 96Unusual · above usualNique CliffordSAC vs NOP · 23 PTS · 9-of-16 FG · 38:42 MIN Usual 7.8 PTS in 24.2 MIN · Game Score 17.7 against a usual 5.5 3rd-best Game Score of 71 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualGG JacksonMEM vs TOR · 30 PTS · 10-of-16 FG · 30:12 MIN Usual 12.2 PTS in 21.4 MIN · Game Score 20.9 against a usual 8.9 Season-high 30 points among the games the source holds (previous high 28)▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualNeemias QuetaBOS @ MIL · 19 PTS · 8-of-11 FG · 28:54 MIN Usual 10.0 PTS in 25.4 MIN · Game Score 22.1 against a usual 11.2 3rd-best Game Score of 72 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualWendell Carter Jr.ORL @ DAL · 28 PTS · 8-of-16 FG · 35:51 MIN Usual 11.7 PTS in 29.4 MIN · Game Score 21.1 against a usual 10.4 Season-high 28 points among the games the source holds (previous high 26)▲ 95Unusual · above usual
02

Below their usual

3 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

6 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 13 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 9 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