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Brook Lopez

C · 7′1″ · Current team: LA Clippers

Regular season · Mar 23, 2026 · MIL 96 @ LAC 129 · Final

Brook Lopez 19 points vs Bucks (Mar 23, 2026): 4th-best of 65 games

ANSWER

19 PTS · 7-of-9 FG · 5-of-6 3P · 21:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 7.7 PTS · 6.8 FGA · 20.9 MIN, from 64 regular-season games

4th-best Game Score of 65 games this season: 18.3 against a usual 5.8 (+12.5)

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 Brook Lopez score 19 points?

In 21:48 against the Bucks on Mar 23, 2026, Brook Lopez scored 19 points: 7-of-9 from the field, 5-of-6 from three (83.3%). Coming in, Lopez had averaged 7.7 points on 6.8 shots in 20.9 minutes, from 64 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 4th-best of 65 games this season. From threes, 15 points against a usual 4.2; from two-pointers, 4 points against a usual 2.8. Minutes: 21:48, against a usual 20.9; Game Score per 36 minutes: 30.2, against a usual 9.9. The Clippers won 129-96 at home against the Bucks, a 33-point win. 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

Lopez in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (64 games)Change
Minutes21:4820.9+0.9
Points197.7+11.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%7-of-96.8 · 41.3%+2.2
3PA · 3P%6 · 83.3%4.1 · 34.6%+1.9 · +48.7
Rebounds33.2-0.2
Assists31.2+1.8
Turnovers10.8+0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 64 games21.817.2+4.6
Game Score per 36 minutes30.29.9+20.3
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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 (64 games)Change
Threes15 (5-of-6)4.2 (1.4-of-4.1)+10.8
Twos4 (2-of-3)2.8 (1.4-of-2.7)+1.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.7 (0.7-of-0.9)-0.7
Total197.7+11.3
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

18.3 against a usual 5.8 (+12.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.5
Rebounds-0.3
Assists+1.3
Steals and blocks+1.1
Turnovers and fouls-1.1
Total+12.5
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 65 games, oldest first, this game last: 7.7, 6.1, 4.5, 0.1, 1.5, 1.8, 6.9, 2.1, 7.1, 4.2, 5.8, -0.2, 7.6, 1.8, 1.2, 6.5, -1.5, -1.6, 0.6, 6.6, 5.4, 7.5, 25.2, 7.1, 7.1, -2.4, 1.9, 2.2, 1.9, 7.5, -2.7, 7.1, 8.6, -0.9, 7.2, -3.1, 7.6, 3.6, 12.9, 1, 6.6, 6, 3.9, 14, 4.3, 3.1, 14.8, 5.3, 18.6, 8.3, 1.8, 14.7, 3.4, 13.7, 22.3, 1.5, 16.4, 1.4, 11.8, 2, 5, 9.3, -2.3, 8.7, 18.3

4th-best Game Score of 65 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Clippers won 129-96 at home against the Bucks, a 33-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 21, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bucks 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.