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NBA games · Oct 23, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Friday, Oct 23, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Oct 23, 2026

8 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Oct 23, 2026, led by Desmond Bane (5 points).

LEAGUENBAWNBA
Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Oct 23
102ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
1ABOVE USUAL
7BELOW USUAL
0FEWER MINUTES
about 5EXPECTED 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. 102 eligible games on this night, so about 5 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

1 player

02

Below their usual

7 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

0 players · minutes only, no score

None on this night.

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

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