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Brandon Ingram

F · 6′8″ · Current team: LA Clippers

Regular season · Mar 13, 2026 · PHX 115 @ TOR 122 · Final

Brandon Ingram 36 points vs Suns (Mar 13, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

36 PTS · 13-of-20 FG · 5-of-6 3P · 5-of-7 FT · 38:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 21.5 PTS · 17.1 FGA · 34.1 MIN, from 63 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 64 games this season: 31.6 against a usual 15.2 (+16.4)

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 Brandon Ingram score 36 points?

Brandon Ingram scored 36 points against the Suns on Mar 13, 2026 in 38:36: 13-of-20 from the field (65.0%), 5-of-6 from three (83.3%), 5-of-7 on free throws (71.4%). Before this game, Ingram averaged 21.5 points on 17.1 shots in 34.1 minutes across 63 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the best of 64 games this season. The 65.0% from the field compares with a usual 46.7%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 15 (5.2), two-pointers 16 (12.5), free throws 5 (3.8). Minutes: 38:36, against a usual 34.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: 29.5, against a usual 16.0. Ingram had 0 turnovers and 1 foul, against a usual 2.5 and 2.0. At home against the Suns, the Raptors won 122-115. 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 (63 games)Change
Minutes38:3634.1+4.5
Points3621.5+14.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%20 · 65.0%17.1 · 46.7%+2.9 · +18.3
3PA · 3P%6 · 83.3%4.8 · 36.5%+1.2 · +46.8
FTA · FT%7 · 71.4%4.6 · 82.3%+2.4 · -10.9
Rebounds75.7+1.3
Assists33.8-0.8
Turnovers02.5-2.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 63 games27.427.40.0
Game Score per 36 minutes29.516.0+13.5
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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 (63 games)Change
Threes15 (5-of-6)5.2 (1.7-of-4.8)+9.8
Twos16 (8-of-14)12.5 (6.3-of-12.3)+3.5
Free throws5 (5-of-7)3.8 (3.8-of-4.6)+1.2
Total3621.5+14.5
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

31.6 against a usual 15.2 (+16.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+14.0
Rebounds+0.4
Assists-0.6
Steals and blocks-0.3
Turnovers and fouls+2.9
Total+16.4
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 64 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, 8.1, 7.2, 23.8, 15.5, 10, 9.9, 21.3, 24.1, 6.1, 7.4, 1.6, 16.8, 31.6

Best Game Score of 64 games this season.

Previous best: 28.5, set on Feb 5, 2026.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Raptors won 122-115 at home against the Suns.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 11, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Suns 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.