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Brandin Podziemski

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

Regular season · Mar 27, 2026 · WAS 126 @ GSW 131 · Final

Brandin Podziemski 22 points vs Wizards (Mar 27, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

22 PTS · 6-of-13 FG · 3-of-8 3P · 7-of-8 FT · 33:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.1 PTS · 10.3 FGA · 28.4 MIN, from 73 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 74 games this season: 21.8 against a usual 10.9 (+10.9)

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 Brandin Podziemski score 22 points?

Brandin Podziemski scored 22 points against the Wizards on Mar 27, 2026 in 33:18: 6-of-13 from the field (46.2%), 3-of-8 from three (37.5%), 7-of-8 on free throws (87.5%). Before this game, Podziemski averaged 13.1 points on 10.3 shots in 28.4 minutes across 73 regular-season games. This game had the best Game Score of 74 games this season. The 46.2% from the field compares with a usual 44.6%. By shot type: free throws 7 points (usual 2.1); threes 9 points (usual 5.3). Podziemski played 33:18 against a usual 28.4 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 23.6, against a usual 13.9. Assists: 7, against a usual 3.8. The Warriors won 131-126 at home against the Wizards. 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

Podziemski in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (73 games)Change
Minutes33:1828.4+4.9
Points2213.1+8.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 46.2%10.3 · 44.6%+2.7 · +1.6
3PA · 3P%8 · 37.5%4.9 · 36.2%+3.1 · +1.3
FTA · FT%8 · 87.5%2.7 · 76.9%+5.3 · +10.6
Rebounds105.2+4.8
Assists73.8+3.2
Turnovers31.6+1.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 73 games25.419.6+5.8
Game Score per 36 minutes23.613.9+9.7
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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 (73 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-8)5.3 (1.8-of-4.9)+3.7
Twos6 (3-of-5)5.7 (2.8-of-5.4)+0.3
Free throws7 (7-of-8)2.1 (2.1-of-2.7)+4.9
Total2213.1+8.9
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.8 against a usual 10.9 (+10.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.5
Rebounds+1.4
Assists+2.3
Steals and blocks+0.8
Turnovers and fouls-1.1
Total+10.9
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 74 games, oldest first, this game last: 6.4, 6.7, 3.6, 21.6, 12, 9.2, 14.4, 9.5, 13.2, 2.2, 8.8, 9.9, 6, 8.5, 15.7, 2.3, 9.5, 18.6, 7.8, 8.7, 13.4, 11.5, 2.2, 7.2, 21, 0.2, 14.2, 13.7, 6.2, 14.2, 12.8, 9.6, 4.6, 16.7, 8, 8.9, 6.5, 4.5, 13.6, 3, 12.9, 16.6, 18.4, 17.5, 5.6, 9.9, 13.9, 5.2, 13.4, 13, 2.3, -1.5, 12.3, 12.6, 12.9, 15.8, 18.8, 13, 14.8, 7.7, 14.8, 20.2, 14.5, 10.8, 10.8, 20.7, 20.2, 6, 7.9, 12.4, -0.7, 20.2, 17.8, 21.8

Best Game Score of 74 games this season.

Previous best: 21.6, set on Oct 27, 2025.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Warriors won 131-126 at home against the Wizards.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 25, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Wizards this season: 10 points (Mar 16, 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.