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Anthony Gill

F · 6′8″ · Current team: Washington Wizards

Regular season · Apr 5, 2026 · WAS 115 @ BKN 121 · Final

Anthony Gill 17 points vs Nets (Apr 5, 2026): 2nd-best of 50 games

ANSWER

17 PTS · 8-of-10 FG · 0-of-1 3P · 1-of-1 FT · 41:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.2 PTS · 3.7 FGA · 16.1 MIN, from 49 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of the 50 games the source holds this season: 17.5 against a usual 5.2 (+12.3)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 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 Anthony Gill score 17 points?

Anthony Gill scored 17 points against the Nets on Apr 5, 2026 in 41:00: 8-of-10 from the field (80.0%), 0-of-1 from three, 1-of-1 on free throws. Before this game, Gill averaged 5.2 points on 3.7 shots in 16.1 minutes across 49 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of the 50 games the source holds this season. Gill took 10 shots, 6.3 more than usual. The 80.0% from the field compares with a usual 61.1%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 16 (4.0). Gill played 41:00 against a usual 16.1 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 15.4, against a usual 11.5. The Wizards lost 121-115 at 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

01

What changed

Gill in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (49 games)Change
Minutes41:0016.1+24.9
Points175.2+11.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 80.0%3.7 · 61.1%+6.3 · +18.9
3PA · 3P%0-of-10.8 · 30.8%+0.2
FTA · FT%1-of-10.6 · 76.7%+0.4
Rebounds52.9+2.1
Assists31.3+1.7
Turnovers00.7-0.7
Game Score per 36 minutes15.411.5+3.9
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 (49 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-1)0.7 (0.2-of-0.8)-0.7
Twos16 (8-of-9)4.0 (2.0-of-2.9)+12.0
Free throws1 (1-of-1)0.5 (0.5-of-0.6)+0.5
Total175.2+11.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

17.5 against a usual 5.2 (+12.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.7
Rebounds+1.4
Assists+1.2
Steals and blocks-0.1
Turnovers and fouls+0.1
Total+12.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 50 games, oldest first, this game last: 1.3, 1, 0, 2.6, 4, 2.3, 0, 0, 0, -0.7, 0, 0, 5.4, 6.9, 0, 0, 0, -0.7, 3.6, -1.1, 1.9, 11.4, -0.4, 2, 10.3, 7.3, 6.4, 14.1, 14.6, 8.6, 5.5, 9.7, 4.5, 11.3, 6.5, 5.4, 3.6, 0, 6.4, -0.3, 2.6, 13.1, 14.9, 9.4, 14.6, 3, 10.8, 23.9, 6.9, 17.5

2nd-best Game Score of the 50 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Wizards lost 121-115 at the Nets.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 4, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Nets this season: 9 points (Feb 7, 2026).
  • The source holds fewer Wizards 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.