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Brandon Ingram

F · 6′8″ · Current team: LA Clippers

Regular season · Feb 5, 2026 · CHI 107 @ TOR 123 · Final

Brandon Ingram 33 points vs Bulls (Feb 5, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

33 PTS · 12-of-20 FG · 5-of-9 3P · 4-of-4 FT · 35:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 21.9 PTS · 17.4 FGA · 34.1 MIN, from 50 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 51 games this season: 28.5 against a usual 15.5 (+13.0)

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 Brandon Ingram score 33 points?

Brandon Ingram scored 33 points against the Bulls on Feb 5, 2026 in 35:18: 12-of-20 from the field (60.0%), 5-of-9 from three (55.6%), 4-of-4 on free throws. Coming in, Ingram had averaged 21.9 points on 17.4 shots in 34.1 minutes, from 50 regular-season games. This game had the best Game Score of 51 games this season. Ingram shot 60.0% from the field, against a usual 47.0%. From threes, 15 points against a usual 5.4; from two-pointers, 14 points against a usual 12.7. Ingram played 35:18 against a usual 34.1 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 29.1, against a usual 16.3. At home against the Bulls, the Raptors won 123-107. 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

Ingram in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (50 games)Change
Minutes35:1834.1+1.2
Points3321.9+11.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%20 · 60.0%17.4 · 47.0%+2.6 · +13.0
3PA · 3P%9 · 55.6%5.0 · 36.1%+4.0 · +19.5
FTA · FT%4-of-44.6 · 83.4%-0.6
Rebounds65.9+0.1
Assists63.7+2.3
Turnovers22.5-0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 50 games31.127.5+3.6
Game Score per 36 minutes29.116.3+12.8
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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 (50 games)Change
Threes15 (5-of-9)5.4 (1.8-of-5.0)+9.6
Twos14 (7-of-11)12.7 (6.4-of-12.4)+1.3
Free throws4 (4-of-4)3.8 (3.8-of-4.6)+0.2
Total3321.9+11.1
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

28.5 against a usual 15.5 (+13.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.1
Rebounds-0.3
Assists+1.6
Steals and blocks-0.7
Turnovers and fouls+1.3
Total+13.0
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 51 games, oldest first, this game last: 8.6, 19.2, 16.1, 11.5, 21.7, 17, 19.5, 10.4, 13, 16.4, 21.5, 4.1, 16.1, 19.3, 14.9, 22.5, 7.4, 20.9, 15.6, 8.6, 4.4, 11.4, 13.4, -2.4, 18.9, 26.6, 19.6, 22.1, 19.1, 10, 6.7, 22.2, 17.4, 10.2, 20.2, 26.3, 16.2, 5.4, 14.2, 22, 11.1, 15.9, 17.9, 18.6, 16.8, 7.1, 23.6, 26.1, 11.4, 17.7, 28.5

Best Game Score of 51 games this season.

Previous best: 26.6, set on Dec 9, 2025.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Raptors won 123-107 at home against the Bulls.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 4, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bulls this season.
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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.