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Cameron Payne

6′2″ · Inactive · last listed with Philadelphia 76ers

Regular season · Mar 10, 2026 · MEM 129 @ PHI 139 · Final

Cameron Payne 32 points vs Grizzlies (Mar 10, 2026)

ANSWER

32 PTS · 9-of-10 FG · 8-of-8 3P · 6-of-6 FT · 30:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 4.4 PTS · 5.8 FGA · 15.0 MIN, from 10 regular-season games

Game Score 39.7 against a usual 3.5 (+36.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
99Very rare
above usual

No more than 1 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 less than once a season.

How the score works

Why did Cameron Payne score 32 points?

Cameron Payne scored 32 points against the Grizzlies on Mar 10, 2026 in 30:12: 9-of-10 from the field (90.0%), 8-of-8 from three (100.0%), 6-of-6 on free throws (100.0%). Before this game, Payne averaged 4.4 points on 5.8 shots in 15.0 minutes across 10 regular-season games. The shot count was 10, against a usual 5.8. The 90.0% from the field compares with a usual 29.3%. By shot type: threes 24 points (usual 2.4); free throws 6 points (usual 0.2). Playing time was 30:12, against a usual 15.0 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 47.3, against a usual 8.5. Payne had 10 assists, against a usual 2.4. At home against the Grizzlies, the 76ers won 139-129. 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

Payne in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (10 games)Change
Minutes30:1215.0+15.2
Points324.4+27.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 90.0%5.8 · 29.3%+4.2 · +60.7
3PA · 3P%8 · 100.0%3.9 · 20.5%+4.1 · +79.5
FTA · FT%6 · 100.0%0.2 · 100.0%+5.8 · 0.0
Rebounds31.5+1.5
Assists102.4+7.6
Turnovers00.3-0.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 9 games17.318.0-0.7
Game Score per 36 minutes47.38.5+38.8
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 (10 games)Change
Threes24 (8-of-8)2.4 (0.8-of-3.9)+21.6
Twos2 (1-of-2)1.8 (0.9-of-1.9)+0.2
Free throws6 (6-of-6)0.2 (0.2-of-0.2)+5.8
Total324.4+27.6
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

39.7 against a usual 3.5 (+36.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+27.6
Rebounds+0.4
Assists+5.3
Steals and blocks+3.2
Turnovers and fouls-0.3
Total+36.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 3, 2.2, 4.6, -1.6, 3.8, 0.7, 5.7, -1.5, 8.7, 9.8, 39.7

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The 76ers won 139-129 at home against the Grizzlies.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 9, 2026, 1 day 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.