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NBA games · Apr 4, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Saturday, Apr 4, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Apr 4, 2026

7 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Apr 4, 2026, led by Will Riley (31 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Apr 4
62ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
6ABOVE USUAL
1BELOW USUAL
1FEWER MINUTES
about 3EXPECTED 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. 62 eligible games on this night, so about 3 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

6 players · largest change first

Will RileyWAS @ MIA · 31 PTS · 12-of-17 FG · 36:54 MIN Usual 9.8 PTS in 21.2 MIN · Game Score 30.0 against a usual 7.0 Season-high 31 points among the games the source holds (previous high 27)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualKel'el WareMIA vs WAS · 24 PTS · 10-of-15 FG · 35:48 MIN Usual 10.9 PTS in 22.1 MIN · Game Score 28.5 against a usual 11.1 2nd-best Game Score of 73 games this season▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualVictor WembanyamaSAS @ DEN · 34 PTS · 8-of-17 FG · 39:36 MIN Usual 24.8 PTS in 29.4 MIN · Game Score 38.3 against a usual 22.1 3rd-best Game Score of the 61 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualDaniss JenkinsDET @ PHI · 16 PTS · 14 AST · 4-of-11 FG · 31:30 MIN Usual 9.3 PTS · 3.6 AST in 19.9 MIN · Game Score 22.4 against a usual 7.3 Tied for the 4th-best Game Score of the 68 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualJaime Jaquez Jr.MIA vs WAS · 32 PTS · 12-of-18 FG · 32:00 MIN Usual 15.0 PTS in 28.2 MIN · Game Score 26.9 against a usual 12.1 Season-high 32 points (previous high 31)▲ 97Unusual · above usualSharife CooperWAS @ MIA · 20 PTS · 6-of-10 FG · 25:00 MIN Usual 7.3 PTS in 16.6 MIN · Game Score 17.1 against a usual 5.3 2nd-best Game Score of the 36 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usual
02

Below their usual

1 player

03

Fewer minutes than usual

1 player · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 2 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 2 with no last season
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