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Alperen Sengun

C · 6′11″ · Current team: Houston Rockets

Regular season · Mar 29, 2026 · HOU 134 @ NOP 102 · Final

Alperen Sengun 36 points vs Pelicans (Mar 29, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

36 PTS · 12-of-23 FG · 5-of-7 3P · 7-of-8 FT · 31:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 20.4 PTS · 15.8 FGA · 33.6 MIN, from 64 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 65 games this season: 40.2 against a usual 17.6 (+22.6)

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 Alperen Sengun score 36 points?

Alperen Sengun scored 36 points against the Pelicans on Mar 29, 2026 in 31:48: 12-of-23 from the field (52.2%), 5-of-7 from three (71.4%), 7-of-8 on free throws (87.5%). Coming in, Sengun had averaged 20.4 points on 15.8 shots in 33.6 minutes, from 64 regular-season games. This game had the best Game Score of 65 games this season. Shot attempts: 23, against a usual 15.8. Sengun shot 52.2% from the field, against a usual 51.6%. From threes, 15 points against a usual 1.4; from free throws, 7 points against a usual 3.7; from two-pointers, 14 points against a usual 15.3. Minutes: 31:48, against a usual 33.6; Game Score per 36 minutes: 45.5, against a usual 18.8. Turnovers and fouls: 0 and 2, against a usual 3.3 and 3.2. The Rockets won 134-102 at the Pelicans, a 32-point win. 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

Sengun in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (64 games)Change
Minutes31:4833.6-1.8
Points3620.4+15.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%23 · 52.2%15.8 · 51.6%+7.2 · +0.6
3PA · 3P%7 · 71.4%1.7 · 27.9%+5.3 · +43.5
FTA · FT%8 · 87.5%5.4 · 68.2%+2.6 · +19.3
Rebounds138.9+4.1
Assists76.2+0.8
Turnovers03.3-3.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 63 games33.326.9+6.4
Game Score per 36 minutes45.518.8+26.7
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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 (64 games)Change
Threes15 (5-of-7)1.4 (0.5-of-1.7)+13.6
Twos14 (7-of-16)15.3 (7.7-of-14.1)-1.3
Free throws7 (7-of-8)3.7 (3.7-of-5.4)+3.3
Total3620.4+15.6
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

40.2 against a usual 17.6 (+22.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+12.3
Rebounds+2.8
Assists+0.6
Steals and blocks+3.1
Turnovers and fouls+3.8
Total+22.6
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 65 games, oldest first, this game last: 33.1, 11, 20.9, 23.7, 15, 18.3, 18, 19.4, 18.9, 16.2, 33.5, 18.7, 23.8, 7.7, 12.7, 11.4, 22.2, 36, 24.1, 16.4, 27.6, 23.3, 3.4, 22.2, 20.9, 13.3, 20.9, 0.3, 14.6, 20.3, 10.6, 14.8, 19, 21.3, 13.3, 12.9, 28.8, 14.1, 8.4, 9.5, 30, 12.3, 6, 26.4, 16.8, 13.8, 10.2, 11.7, 18.4, 35.4, 10.1, 7.1, 22.2, 8.4, 17.4, 8.1, 8.9, 7.2, 27.7, 15, 15.4, 36.4, 23.5, 15.2, 40.2

Best Game Score of 65 games this season.

Previous best: 36.4, set on Mar 23, 2026.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Rockets won 134-102 at the Pelicans, a 32-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 27, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Pelicans this season: 28 points (Dec 18, 2025), 21 points (Jan 18, 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.