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NBA games · Apr 5, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Sunday, Apr 5, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Apr 5, 2026

23 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Apr 5, 2026, led by Rayan Rupert (33 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Apr 5
190ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
17ABOVE USUAL
6BELOW USUAL
6FEWER MINUTES
about 10EXPECTED 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. 190 eligible games on this night, so about 10 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

17 players · largest change first

Rayan RupertMEM @ MIL · 33 PTS · 9-of-19 FG · 39:00 MIN Usual 4.3 PTS in 15.6 MIN · Game Score 33.6 against a usual 2.9 Season-high 33 points among the games the source holds (previous high 20)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualCooper FlaggDAL vs LAL · 45 PTS · 14-of-27 FG · 38:31 MIN Usual 20.8 PTS in 33.8 MIN · Game Score 39.5 against a usual 16.2 3rd-best Game Score of the 65 games the source holds this season▲ 98Rare · above usualBrice SensabaughUTA @ OKC · 34 PTS · 11-of-19 FG · 43:12 MIN Usual 14.6 PTS in 23.3 MIN · Game Score 28.0 against a usual 9.6 2nd-best Game Score of 73 games this season▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualJalen WilsonBKN vs WAS · 19 PTS · 6-of-9 FG · 25:42 MIN Usual 5.8 PTS in 14.6 MIN · Game Score 17.8 against a usual 3.4 Season-high 19 points (previous high 15)▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualWill RileyWAS @ BKN · 30 PTS · 9-of-16 FG · 35:06 MIN Usual 10.1 PTS in 21.4 MIN · Game Score 21.4 against a usual 7.4 2nd-best Game Score of the 69 games the source holds this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualMicah PotterIND @ CLE · 21 PTS · 6-of-10 FG · 30:24 MIN Usual 9.0 PTS in 18.4 MIN · Game Score 21.8 against a usual 8.0 3rd-best Game Score of 43 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualMiles BridgesCHA @ MIN · 25 PTS · 10-of-12 FG · 33:48 MIN Usual 17.2 PTS in 31.2 MIN · Game Score 26.3 against a usual 13.0 4th-best Game Score of 74 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualYves MissiNOP vs ORL · 18 PTS · 8-of-9 FG · 39:48 MIN Usual 5.5 PTS in 19.4 MIN · Game Score 19.9 against a usual 6.7 Season-high 18 points (previous high 14)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualBones HylandMIN vs CHA · 18 PTS · 5-of-11 FG · 28:42 MIN Usual 8.2 PTS in 16.3 MIN · Game Score 19.0 against a usual 6.3 Tied for the 3rd-best Game Score of 69 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualAnthony GillWAS @ BKN · 17 PTS · 8-of-10 FG · 41:00 MIN Usual 5.2 PTS in 16.1 MIN · Game Score 17.5 against a usual 5.2 2nd-best Game Score of the 50 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualObi ToppinIND @ CLE · 21 PTS · 4-of-10 FG · 23:30 MIN Usual 10.0 PTS in 17.0 MIN · Game Score 20.4 against a usual 8.1 Season-high 21 points (previous high 20)▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonKobe SandersLAC @ SAC · 17 PTS · 5-of-8 FG · 20:18 MIN Usual 6.9 PTS in 19.9 MIN · Game Score 16.5 against a usual 4.6 3rd-best Game Score of 64 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualRui HachimuraLAL @ DAL · 21 PTS · 9-of-13 FG · 39:02 MIN Usual 11.1 PTS in 28.1 MIN · Game Score 19.7 against a usual 7.9 3rd-best Game Score of 64 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualE.J. LiddellBKN vs WAS · 15 PTS · 5-of-7 FG · 29:42 MIN Usual 2.6 PTS in 9.7 MIN · Game Score 12.2 against a usual 1.8 Season-high 15 points (previous high 10)▲ 96Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualJaxson HayesLAL @ DAL · 23 PTS · 8-of-10 FG · 27:12 MIN Usual 7.3 PTS in 18.1 MIN · Game Score 18.0 against a usual 7.7 Season-high 23 points (previous high 21)▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualThomas BryantCLE vs IND · 14 PTS · 6-of-9 FG · 26:12 MIN Usual 6.1 PTS in 12.1 MIN · Game Score 15.2 against a usual 5.2 2nd-best Game Score of the 59 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualDylan CardwellSAC vs LAC · 15 PTS · 7-of-8 FG · 27:12 MIN Usual 5.1 PTS in 20.2 MIN · Game Score 16.6 against a usual 6.9 Season-high 15 points (previous high 14)▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usual
02

Below their usual

6 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

6 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 20 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 13 with no last season, 2 with under 20 games last season, 5 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