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NBA games · Apr 8, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Wednesday, Apr 8, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Apr 8, 2026

11 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Apr 8, 2026, led by Terrence Shannon Jr (season-high 33 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Apr 8
131ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
7ABOVE USUAL
4BELOW USUAL
6FEWER MINUTES
about 7EXPECTED 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. 131 eligible games on this night, so about 7 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

Terrence Shannon JrMIN @ ORL · 33 PTS · 11-of-14 FG · 31:12 MIN Usual 4.0 PTS in 11.1 MIN · Game Score 28.9 against a usual 2.5 Season-high 33 points (previous high 18)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualChet HolmgrenOKC @ LAC · 30 PTS · 10-of-13 FG · 31:12 MIN Usual 16.9 PTS in 28.9 MIN · Game Score 34.2 against a usual 15.2 Best Game Score of the 68 games the source holds this season▲ 99Very rare · above usualCarter BryantSAS vs POR · 17 PTS · 6-of-9 FG · 24:42 MIN Usual 3.8 PTS in 10.8 MIN · Game Score 17.4 against a usual 2.6 Season-high 17 points among the games the source holds (previous high 16)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMore minutes than usualJohn PoulakidasDAL @ PHX · 23 PTS · 8-of-12 FG · 29:20 MIN Usual 5.2 PTS in 15.8 MIN · Game Score 17.9 against a usual 3.3▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonGoga BitadzeORL vs MIN · 14 PTS · 15 REB · 6-of-11 FG · 21:42 MIN Usual 5.6 PTS · 4.7 REB in 15.1 MIN · Game Score 19.8 against a usual 6.8 Season-high 15 rebounds among the games the source holds (previous high 13)▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualJericho SimsMIL @ DET · 11 PTS · 10 AST · 3-of-6 FG · 38:30 MIN Usual 4.7 PTS · 1.4 AST in 19.3 MIN · Game Score 17.9 against a usual 5.4 Season-high 10 assists (previous high 6)▲ 97Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualCedric CowardMEM @ DEN · 27 PTS · 10-of-17 FG · 21:54 MIN Usual 13.3 PTS in 25.9 MIN · Game Score 22.5 against a usual 10.6 Tied for the 3rd-best Game Score of the 60 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usual
02

Below their usual

4 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

6 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 12 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 7 with no 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