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Blake Hinson

6′8″ · Inactive · last listed with Utah Jazz

Regular season · Mar 25, 2026 · WAS 133 @ UTA 110 · Final

Blake Hinson 21 points vs Wizards (Mar 25, 2026)

ANSWER

21 PTS · 6-of-8 FG · 4-of-5 3P · 5-of-6 FT · 11:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.6 PTS · 6.9 FGA · 20.3 MIN, from 10 regular-season games

Game Score 18.4 against a usual 6.8 (+11.6)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Blake Hinson score 21 points?

In 11:06 against the Wizards on Mar 25, 2026, Blake Hinson scored 21 points: 6-of-8 from the field, 4-of-5 from three (80.0%), 5-of-6 on free throws (83.3%). Before this game, Hinson averaged 9.6 points on 6.9 shots in 20.3 minutes across 10 regular-season games. From free throws, 5 points against a usual 0.3; from threes, 12 points against a usual 7.5; from two-pointers, 4 points against a usual 1.8. Playing time was 11:06, against a usual 20.3 minutes. The Jazz lost 133-110 at home against the Wizards, a 23-point loss. 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

Hinson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (10 games)Change
Minutes11:0620.3-9.2
Points219.6+11.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-86.9 · 49.3%+1.1
3PA · 3P%5 · 80.0%5.2 · 48.1%-0.2 · +31.9
FTA · FT%6 · 83.3%0.6 · 50.0%+5.4 · +33.3
Rebounds02.4-2.4
Assists10.8+0.2
Turnovers00.2-0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 10 games38.015.3+22.7
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 (10 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-5)7.5 (2.5-of-5.2)+4.5
Twos4 (2-of-3)1.8 (0.9-of-1.7)+2.2
Free throws5 (5-of-6)0.3 (0.3-of-0.6)+4.7
Total219.6+11.4
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

18.4 against a usual 6.8 (+11.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.4
Rebounds-1.0
Assists+0.1
Steals and blocks+0.5
Turnovers and fouls+0.6
Total+11.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 5.7, 12, -0.9, 6.5, 8.3, 6.8, 6.4, 6, 6.9, 10.1, 18.4

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Jazz lost 133-110 at home against the Wizards, a 23-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 19, 2026, 6 days earlier.
  • Between the previous appearance and this game, the Jazz played 2 regular-season games, on Mar 21, 2026 and Mar 23, 2026; Hinson was not in either box score; the data does not say why.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Wizards this season: 10 points (Mar 5, 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.