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NBA games · Apr 7, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Apr 7, 2026

20 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Apr 7, 2026, led by Jordan Hawkins (season-high 25 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Apr 7
172ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
14ABOVE USUAL
6BELOW USUAL
4FEWER 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

14 players · largest change first

Jordan HawkinsNOP vs UTA · 25 PTS · 11-of-16 FG · 23:18 MIN Usual 4.2 PTS in 12.8 MIN · Game Score 26.3 against a usual 2.2 Season-high 25 points (previous high 14)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualJeremiah FearsNOP vs UTA · 40 PTS · 17-of-29 FG · 37:48 MIN Usual 13.4 PTS in 25.2 MIN · Game Score 33.2 against a usual 9.1 Season-high 40 points (previous high 28)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualPatrick WilliamsCHI @ WAS · 20 PTS · 6-of-8 FG · 31:54 MIN Usual 6.6 PTS in 19.7 MIN · Game Score 23.8 against a usual 4.3 Season-high 20 points (previous high 17)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualBez MbengUTA @ NOP · 26 PTS · 12-of-18 FG · 48:00 MIN Usual 4.6 PTS in 29.8 MIN · Game Score 23.4 against a usual 5.1▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonE.J. LiddellBKN vs MIL · 21 PTS · 7-of-9 FG · 21:06 MIN Usual 3.2 PTS in 10.6 MIN · Game Score 20.4 against a usual 2.3 Season-high 21 points (previous high 15)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualJordan PooleNOP vs UTA · 34 PTS · 12-of-23 FG · 32:00 MIN Usual 12.9 PTS in 23.6 MIN · Game Score 24.2 against a usual 7.7 Season-high 34 points (previous high 30)▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualRob DillinghamCHI @ WAS · 26 PTS · 9-of-15 FG · 27:08 MIN Usual 5.6 PTS in 14.1 MIN · Game Score 18.6 against a usual 3.2 Season-high 26 points (previous high 17)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualJohn KoncharUTA @ NOP · 12 PTS · 10 AST · 4-of-8 FG · 37:48 MIN Usual 4.2 PTS · 1.8 AST in 19.2 MIN · Game Score 20.9 against a usual 6.0 Season-high 10 assists (previous high 6)▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualBones HylandMIN @ IND · 19 PTS · 5-of-9 FG · 20:42 MIN Usual 8.3 PTS in 16.4 MIN · Game Score 20.2 against a usual 6.5 Best Game Score of 70 games this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualMarvin Bagley IIIDAL @ LAC · 21 PTS · 8-of-11 FG · 26:03 MIN Usual 10.4 PTS in 20.2 MIN · Game Score 23.1 against a usual 9.9 2nd-best Game Score of the 57 games the source holds this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualMicah PeavyNOP vs UTA · 20 PTS · 9-of-13 FG · 36:00 MIN Usual 3.8 PTS in 13.8 MIN · Game Score 15.3 against a usual 2.9 Season-high 20 points (previous high 17)▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualKevon LooneyNOP vs UTA · 7 PTS · 2-of-4 FG · 28:30 MIN Usual 2.7 PTS in 13.4 MIN · Game Score 15.5 against a usual 4.1 Best Game Score of 20 games this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew teamKillian HayesSAC @ GSW · 18 PTS · 6-of-13 FG · 31:42 MIN Usual 4.7 PTS in 16.4 MIN · Game Score 14.7 against a usual 3.7 Season-high 18 points (previous high 16)▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualLachlan OlbrichCHI @ WAS · 7 PTS · 3 BLK · 3-of-6 FG · 21:08 MIN Usual 1.9 PTS · 0.1 BLK in 7.4 MIN · Game Score 9.8 against a usual 1.9 Season-high 3 blocks (previous high 1)▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usual
02

Below their usual

6 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

4 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 22 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 15 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