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CJ McCollum

G · 6′2″ · Current team: Atlanta Hawks

Regular season · Apr 3, 2026 · ATL 141 @ BKN 107 · Final

CJ McCollum 25 points vs Nets (Apr 3, 2026): 4th-best of 72 games

ANSWER

25 PTS · 8-of-12 FG · 4-of-7 3P · 5-of-6 FT · 25:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 18.5 PTS · 15.1 FGA · 29.9 MIN, from 71 regular-season games

4th-best Game Score of 72 games this season: 25.9 against a usual 12.9 (+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 CJ McCollum score 25 points?

CJ McCollum scored 25 points against the Nets on Apr 3, 2026 in 25:24: 8-of-12 from the field (66.7%), 4-of-7 from three (57.1%), 5-of-6 on free throws (83.3%). Before this game, McCollum averaged 18.5 points on 15.1 shots in 29.9 minutes across 71 regular-season games. This game had the 4th-best Game Score of 72 games this season. McCollum took 12 shots, 3.1 fewer than usual. The 66.7% from the field compares with a usual 45.1%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 12 (7.3), free throws 5 (2.4). Minutes: 25:24, against a usual 29.9; Game Score per 36 minutes: 36.7, against a usual 15.6. Assists: 7, against a usual 3.8. The Hawks won 141-107 at the Nets, a 34-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

McCollum in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (71 games)Change
Minutes25:2429.9-4.5
Points2518.5+6.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%12 · 66.7%15.1 · 45.1%-3.1 · +21.6
3PA · 3P%7 · 57.1%6.6 · 36.5%+0.4 · +20.6
FTA · FT%6 · 83.3%3.2 · 77.3%+2.8 · +6.0
Rebounds23.3-1.3
Assists73.8+3.2
Turnovers01.8-1.8
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 71 games24.425.7-1.3
Game Score per 36 minutes36.715.6+21.1
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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 (71 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-7)7.3 (2.4-of-6.6)+4.7
Twos8 (4-of-5)8.8 (4.4-of-8.5)-0.8
Free throws5 (5-of-6)2.4 (2.4-of-3.2)+2.6
Total2518.5+6.5
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

25.9 against a usual 12.9 (+13.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.0
Rebounds-0.3
Assists+2.3
Steals and blocks-0.1
Turnovers and fouls+2.1
Total+13.0
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 72 games, oldest first, this game last: 5.1, 3.5, 16.3, 9.4, 13.9, 7.4, 1.6, -1.7, 17.7, 30.1, 5.7, 13.9, 9.2, 13.5, 11.1, 37.4, 7.2, 22.6, 4.8, 13.5, 14.2, 19.6, 10.4, 8.3, 24.9, 9.8, 9, 14.9, 9.9, 13.6, 13.3, 11.9, 14.7, 21, 6.8, 13.1, 14.3, 6.5, 11.4, 13.1, 12.9, 22.9, 8.2, 13.6, 11.1, 18.4, 3.6, 10.4, 26.8, 12.2, 21, 9.9, 13.2, 2.5, 19.4, 15.3, 18.8, 10.7, 7.6, 5.1, 20.7, 3, 23.2, 14.2, 17, 16.6, 15.9, 11.9, 18, 7.6, 4.4, 25.9

4th-best Game Score of 72 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Hawks won 141-107 at the Nets, a 34-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 1, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Nets this season: 17 points (Nov 16, 2025), 17 points (Jan 2, 2026), 16 points (Feb 22, 2026), 14 points (Mar 12, 2026).
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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.