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Cason Wallace

G · 6′3″ · Current team: Oklahoma City Thunder

Regular season · Feb 24, 2026 · OKC 116 @ TOR 107 · Final

Cason Wallace 27 points vs Raptors (Feb 24, 2026): 2nd-best of 55 games

ANSWER

27 PTS · 11-of-16 FG · 4-of-5 3P · 1-of-2 FT · 35:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.3 PTS · 7.5 FGA · 27.0 MIN, from 54 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of the 55 games the source holds this season: 24.9 against a usual 7.8 (+17.1)

Matched the season high of 27 points among the games the source holds, set on Feb 1, 2026

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 Cason Wallace score 27 points?

In 35:06 against the Raptors on Feb 24, 2026, Cason Wallace scored 27 points: 11-of-16 from the field (68.8%), 4-of-5 from three (80.0%), 1-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Wallace averaged 8.3 points on 7.5 shots in 27.0 minutes across 54 regular-season games. The 27 points matched the season high among the games the source holds, set on Feb 1, 2026. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of the 55 games the source holds this season. The shot count was 16, against a usual 7.5. The rate from the field was 68.8%, against a usual 42.0%. By shot type: two-pointers 14 points (usual 3.6); threes 12 points (usual 4.1). Minutes: 35:06, against a usual 27.0; Game Score per 36 minutes: 25.5, against a usual 10.4. Wallace had 7 assists, against a usual 2.5. The Thunder won 116-107 at the Raptors. 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

Wallace in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (54 games)Change
Minutes35:0627.0+8.1
Points278.3+18.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%16 · 68.8%7.5 · 42.0%+8.5 · +26.8
3PA · 3P%5 · 80.0%3.9 · 34.9%+1.1 · +45.1
FTA · FT%1-of-20.8 · 75.0%+1.2
Rebounds83.1+4.9
Assists72.5+4.5
Turnovers21.0+1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 54 games22.214.3+7.9
Game Score per 36 minutes25.510.4+15.1
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 (54 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-5)4.1 (1.4-of-3.9)+7.9
Twos14 (7-of-11)3.6 (1.8-of-3.6)+10.4
Free throws1 (1-of-2)0.6 (0.6-of-0.8)+0.4
Total278.3+18.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

24.9 against a usual 7.8 (+17.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+15.6
Rebounds+1.5
Assists+3.2
Steals and blocks-1.3
Turnovers and fouls-1.9
Total+17.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 55 games, oldest first, this game last: 15.4, 3.4, 3.1, 3.5, 16.9, 15.6, 8.9, 8.5, 15.2, 3.7, -0.2, 4.4, 9.3, 3, 9.9, 8.9, 4.6, 7.4, 14.4, 1.8, 3.3, 11, 10.7, 12.9, 6.7, 1.7, 6.6, 2.2, 3.9, 11.4, 18.5, 4.3, 3.2, 0.8, 0.3, 3.4, 1.4, 7.5, 8.6, 9.2, -0.3, 9.4, 8.9, 0.5, 8.9, 25, 7.9, 8.1, 20.8, 16.2, 2.6, 2.2, 5.5, 21.1, 24.9

2nd-best Game Score of the 55 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Thunder won 116-107 at the Raptors.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 22, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Raptors this season: 3 points (Jan 25, 2026).
  • The source holds fewer Thunder games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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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.