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Baylor Scheierman

G · 6′6″ · Current team: Boston Celtics

Regular season · Jan 30, 2026 · SAC 93 @ BOS 112 · Final

Baylor Scheierman 16 points vs Kings (Jan 30, 2026): 2nd-best of 43 games

ANSWER

16 PTS · 6-of-10 FG · 4-of-7 3P · 30:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 3.0 PTS · 2.4 FGA · 12.8 MIN, from 42 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 43 games this season: 14.2 against a usual 2.7 (+11.5)

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 Baylor Scheierman score 16 points?

In 30:48 against the Kings on Jan 30, 2026, Baylor Scheierman scored 16 points: 6-of-10 from the field (60.0%), 4-of-7 from three (57.1%). Coming in, Scheierman had averaged 3.0 points on 2.4 shots in 12.8 minutes, from 42 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of 43 games this season. Scheierman took 10 shots, 7.6 more than usual. The 60.0% from the field compares with a usual 44.6%. By shot type: threes 12 points (usual 2.1); two-pointers 4 points (usual 0.7). Minutes: 30:48, against a usual 12.8; Game Score per 36 minutes: 16.6, against a usual 7.6. The Celtics won 112-93 at home against the Kings. 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

Scheierman in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (42 games)Change
Minutes30:4812.8+18.0
Points163.0+13.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 60.0%2.4 · 44.6%+7.6 · +15.4
3PA · 3P%7 · 57.1%1.8 · 40.0%+5.2 · +17.1
Rebounds52.0+3.0
Assists10.8+0.2
Turnovers00.4-0.4
Game Score per 36 minutes16.67.6+9.0
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 (42 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-7)2.1 (0.7-of-1.8)+9.9
Twos4 (2-of-3)0.7 (0.4-of-0.6)+3.3
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.2 (0.2-of-0.2)-0.2
Total163.0+13.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

14.2 against a usual 2.7 (+11.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.6
Rebounds+1.2
Assists+0.1
Steals and blocks+0.4
Turnovers and fouls+0.2
Total+11.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 43 games, oldest first, this game last: 0.3, 0.6, 4.1, 1.6, -1.1, 18.7, -1.1, -1.1, 4.6, 3.4, 2.5, 5.3, 1.6, 8.7, 1.2, 1.9, -0.8, 10, 3.9, -0.2, -0.7, -1.5, -0.1, 1.4, 0.6, 3.2, 0.3, -1.9, 1.3, -1.1, 1.5, 1.2, 8.5, 2, 1.3, 9, 2.9, 4.3, 8.5, 1.2, 1.1, 6.6, 14.2

2nd-best Game Score of 43 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Celtics won 112-93 at home against the Kings.
  • Previous appearance: Jan 28, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Kings this season: 3 points (Jan 1, 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.