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AJ Green

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Milwaukee Bucks

Regular season · Apr 10, 2026 · BKN 108 @ MIL 125 · Final

AJ Green: season-high 35 points vs Nets (Apr 10, 2026)

ANSWER

35 PTS · 11-of-18 FG · 11-of-16 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 41:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.9 PTS · 7.7 FGA · 28.9 MIN, from 76 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 77 games this season: 33.5 against a usual 6.8 (+26.7)

Season-high 35 points (previous high 20, reached in 4 earlier games)

SURPRISE SCORE
99Very rare
above usual

No more than 1 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 less than once a season.

How the score works

Why did AJ Green score 35 points?

In 41:06 against the Nets on Apr 10, 2026, AJ Green scored 35 points: 11-of-18 from the field (61.1%), 11-of-16 from three (68.8%), 2-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Green had averaged 9.9 points on 7.7 shots in 28.9 minutes, from 76 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 20 points. This game had the best Game Score of 77 games this season. The shot count was 18, against a usual 7.7. The 61.1% from the field compares with a usual 41.8%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 33 (8.5), free throws 2 (0.7). Green played 41:06 against a usual 28.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 29.3, against a usual 8.4. The Bucks won 125-108 at home against the Nets. 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

Green in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (76 games)Change
Minutes41:0628.9+12.2
Points359.9+25.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%18 · 61.1%7.7 · 41.8%+10.3 · +19.3
3PA · 3P%16 · 68.8%6.9 · 41.2%+9.1 · +27.6
FTA · FT%2-of-20.8 · 85.0%+1.2
Rebounds52.7+2.3
Assists41.9+2.1
Turnovers00.9-0.9
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 76 games21.013.8+7.2
Game Score per 36 minutes29.38.4+20.9
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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 (76 games)Change
Threes33 (11-of-16)8.5 (2.8-of-6.9)+24.5
Twos0 (0-of-2)0.7 (0.4-of-0.8)-0.7
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.7 (0.7-of-0.8)+1.3
Total359.9+25.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

33.5 against a usual 6.8 (+26.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+21.0
Rebounds+1.4
Assists+1.4
Steals and blocks+1.4
Turnovers and fouls+1.5
Total+26.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 77 games, oldest first, this game last: 8.8, 6.2, 13.1, 5.3, 5.3, 11.2, 8.4, 6.8, 4.8, 1.8, 10.2, 2.1, 11.2, 9.9, 10.1, 6.7, 9.8, 1.6, 17.3, 13.4, 15.1, 12.6, 15.2, -2.8, 2.8, -0.9, 0.3, 15.6, 3.4, 4.5, 6.6, 4.6, -1.4, 6.6, 10.7, 12.1, 4.9, 3.1, 10.8, 8.8, 7.7, -1, 0.8, 14.8, 14.6, 5.7, 12.5, 5.3, 13.3, -1.2, -0.2, 8.3, 9.1, 2.4, 6.7, -0.5, -0.9, 1.2, -3.1, 3.9, 2, 4.2, 9, 3.4, -1.9, 5.7, 12.8, 4.5, 7.6, 13.6, 12.8, 7.5, 12.5, -1.2, 16.2, 9.7, 33.5

Best Game Score of 77 games this season.

Previous best: 17.3, set on Nov 26, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bucks won 125-108 at home against the Nets.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 8, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Nets this season: 15 points (Nov 29, 2025), 20 points (Apr 7, 2026).
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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.