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Aaron Wiggins

G · 6′5″ · Current team: Atlanta Hawks

Regular season · Feb 4, 2026 · OKC 106 @ SAS 116 · Final

Aaron Wiggins 20 points vs Spurs (Feb 4, 2026): 2nd-best of 36 games

ANSWER

20 PTS · 7-of-14 FG · 4-of-7 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 37:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.8 PTS · 8.8 FGA · 24.0 MIN, from 35 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of the 36 games the source holds this season: 20.0 against a usual 8.2 (+11.8)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

No more than 4 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far above the usual comes about 2 to 4 times a season.

How the score works

Why did Aaron Wiggins score 20 points?

In 37:42 against the Spurs on Feb 4, 2026, Aaron Wiggins scored 20 points: 7-of-14 from the field (50.0%), 4-of-7 from three (57.1%), 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Wiggins averaged 10.8 points on 8.8 shots in 24.0 minutes across 35 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of the 36 games the source holds this season. Wiggins took 14 shots, 5.2 more than usual. The rate from the field was 50.0%, against a usual 45.6%. By shot type: threes 12 points (usual 5.7); two-pointers 6 points (usual 4.2); free throws 2 points (usual 0.9). Minutes: 37:42, against a usual 24.0; Game Score per 36 minutes: 19.1, against a usual 12.3. Wiggins had 5 steals and 0 blocks, against a usual 0.9 and 0.7. The Thunder lost 116-106 at the Spurs. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

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What changed

Wiggins in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (35 games)Change
Minutes37:4224.0+13.7
Points2010.8+9.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 50.0%8.8 · 45.6%+5.2 · +4.4
3PA · 3P%7 · 57.1%4.8 · 39.6%+2.2 · +17.5
FTA · FT%2-of-21.2 · 74.4%+0.8
Rebounds43.5+0.5
Assists61.8+4.2
Turnovers31.3+1.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 35 games20.119.3+0.8
Game Score per 36 minutes19.112.3+6.8
02

Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (35 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-7)5.7 (1.9-of-4.8)+6.3
Twos6 (3-of-7)4.2 (2.1-of-4.0)+1.8
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.9 (0.9-of-1.2)+1.1
Total2010.8+9.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

20.0 against a usual 8.2 (+11.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+6.8
Rebounds-0.1
Assists+3.0
Steals and blocks+3.6
Turnovers and fouls-1.5
Total+11.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 36 games, oldest first, this game last: 5.6, 16.8, 5.2, 5.8, 17.6, 3.4, 10.6, 8.2, 20.7, 4.9, 7.2, 10.5, 13.5, 1.9, 2.8, 2.4, 0.3, 15.4, -0.1, 0.1, 9.1, 5.2, 10.2, 7.2, 13.2, 9.2, 6.3, 1.7, 16.3, 14.7, 6.1, 7.5, 9.3, 12, 6.5, 20

2nd-best Game Score of the 36 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Thunder lost 116-106 at the Spurs.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 3, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Spurs this season: 3 points (Dec 23, 2025), 5 points (Dec 25, 2025), 5 points (Jan 13, 2026).
  • The source holds fewer Thunder games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the 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.