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Brandin Podziemski

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Golden State Warriors

Regular season · Oct 27, 2025 · MEM 118 @ GSW 131 · Final

Brandin Podziemski 23 points vs Grizzlies (Oct 27, 2025)

ANSWER

23 PTS · 8-of-14 FG · 5-of-7 3P · 2-of-4 FT · 31:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.0 PTS · 9.5 FGA · 27.6 MIN, from this season's 3 games plus last season's average, counted as 8.5 games

Game Score 21.6 against a usual 9.1 (+12.5)

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 Brandin Podziemski score 23 points?

In 31:48 against the Grizzlies on Oct 27, 2025, Brandin Podziemski scored 23 points: 8-of-14 from the field (57.1%), 5-of-7 from three (71.4%), 2-of-4 on free throws. Before this game, the usual line was 11.0 points on 9.5 shots in 27.6 minutes: this season's 3 games plus last season's average, counted as 8.5 games. Podziemski took 14 shots, 4.5 more than usual. The rate from the field was 57.1%, against a usual 42.8%. By shot type: threes 15 points (usual 5.1); two-pointers 6 points (usual 4.7). Playing time was 31:48, against a usual 27.6 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 24.5, against a usual 11.9. Podziemski had 6 assists, against a usual 2.8. The Warriors won 131-118 at home against the Grizzlies. 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

Podziemski in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes31:4827.6+4.2
Points2311.0+12.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 57.1%9.5 · 42.8%+4.5 · +14.3
3PA · 3P%7 · 71.4%4.7 · 36.0%+2.3 · +35.4
FTA · FT%2-of-41.6 · 72.9%+2.4
Rebounds45.0-1.0
Assists62.8+3.2
Turnovers01.2-1.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 3 games21.215.0+6.2
Game Score per 36 minutes24.511.9+12.6
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 (blended)Change
Threes15 (5-of-7)5.1 (1.7-of-4.7)+9.9
Twos6 (3-of-7)4.7 (2.4-of-4.8)+1.3
Free throws2 (2-of-4)1.2 (1.2-of-1.6)+0.8
Total2311.0+12.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.6 against a usual 9.1 (+12.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.8
Rebounds+0.1
Assists+2.2
Steals and blocks-0.2
Turnovers and fouls+0.6
Total+12.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 6.4, 6.7, 3.6, 21.6

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Warriors won 131-118 at home against the Grizzlies.
  • Previous appearance: Oct 24, 2025, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Grizzlies this season.
06

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.