Weekly Digest

STATE OF THE LEAGUE

The NBA week of February 23 through March 1, 2026 — top performers, biggest movers, and the single best impact games of the week.

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TOP PERFORMERS

Highest average Net Impact this week (minimum 2 games played).

1
DET DET
Jalen Duren
4 GP
+32.9
2
OKC OKC
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
2 GP
+30.1
3
DEN DEN
Nikola Jokić
3 GP
+27.8
4
PHI PHI
Tyrese Maxey
3 GP
+25.2
5
CLE CLE
Jarrett Allen
4 GP
+24.9
6
HOU HOU
Kevin Durant
4 GP
+22.4
7
DEN DEN
Jamal Murray
2 GP
+22.2
8
LAL LAL
Luka Dončić
4 GP
+22.1
9
MIA MIA
Bam Adebayo
3 GP
+20.6
10
NOP NOP
Zion Williamson
2 GP
+20.1

BIGGEST IMPROVERS

Week-over-week impact delta.

MIN
Jaden McDaniels
-6.8 → 13.7
+20.6
CHI
Matas Buzelis
-7.5 → 11.9
+19.3
NYK
Mikal Bridges
-0.4 → 18.6
+19.0
CHA
Brandon Miller
-2.3 → 16.4
+18.8
SAC
Nique Clifford
-7.6 → 9.9
+17.5

BIGGEST DECLINERS

Sharpest week-over-week drop.

LAC
Bennedict Mathurin
17.4 → -4.8
-22.2
BOS
Payton Pritchard
18.0 → -1.7
-19.7
MIL
Ryan Rollins
17.9 → -0.8
-18.8
DAL
Khris Middleton
14.5 → -3.4
-17.9
DET
Cade Cunningham
27.3 → 9.8
-17.5

BEST SINGLE-GAME IMPACTS

The five biggest individual performances by Net Impact this week.

1
DET DET
Jalen Duren
33 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST · Feb 27
+47.9
2
NOP NOP
Saddiq Bey
42 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST · Feb 26
+38.8
3
LAL LAL
Luka Dončić
41 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST · Feb 26
+38.5
4
HOU HOU
Kevin Durant
40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST · Feb 26
+38.2
5
SAC SAC
Precious Achiuwa
29 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST · Feb 26
+37.7