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Clint Capela

C · 6′10″ · Current team: Houston Rockets

Regular season · Apr 12, 2026 · MEM 101 @ HOU 132 · Final

Clint Capela: season-high 23 points vs Grizzlies (Apr 12, 2026)

ANSWER

23 PTS · 9-of-11 FG · 1-of-2 3P · 4-of-7 FT · 22:58 MIN

Usual before this game: 3.5 PTS · 2.9 FGA · 12.2 MIN, from 74 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 75 games this season: 27.0 against a usual 4.6 (+22.4)

Season-high 23 points (previous high 10, set on Jan 29, 2026)

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 Clint Capela score 23 points?

Clint Capela scored 23 points against the Grizzlies on Apr 12, 2026 in 22:58: 9-of-11 from the field (81.8%), 1-of-2 from three, 4-of-7 on free throws (57.1%). Before this game, Capela averaged 3.5 points on 2.9 shots in 12.2 minutes across 74 regular-season games. The 23 points were a season high, above the previous 10. This game had the best Game Score of 75 games this season. The shot count was 11, against a usual 2.9. The 81.8% from the field compares with a usual 50.5%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 16 (2.9), free throws 4 (0.6), threes 3 (0.0). Playing time was 22:58, against a usual 12.2 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 42.3, against a usual 13.6. Rebounds: 13, against a usual 4.5. The Rockets won 132-101 at home against the Grizzlies, a 31-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

Capela in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (74 games)Change
Minutes22:5812.2+10.8
Points233.5+19.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 81.8%2.9 · 50.5%+8.1 · +31.3
3PA · 3P%1-of-20.0+2.0
FTA · FT%7 · 57.1%1.0 · 57.7%+6.0 · -0.6
Rebounds134.5+8.5
Assists10.7+0.3
Turnovers00.6-0.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 69 games22.814.0+8.8
Game Score per 36 minutes42.313.6+28.7
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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 (74 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-2)0.0 (0.0-of-0.0)+3.0
Twos16 (8-of-9)2.9 (1.5-of-2.9)+13.1
Free throws4 (4-of-7)0.6 (0.6-of-1.0)+3.4
Total233.5+19.5
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

27.0 against a usual 4.6 (+22.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+15.8
Rebounds+4.5
Assists+0.2
Steals and blocks+2.1
Turnovers and fouls-0.2
Total+22.4
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 75 games, oldest first, this game last: 3.7, 3.7, 7.3, 4.7, 6.7, 6.4, 10.6, 3.5, 4.4, 1.5, 2.7, 4.9, -0.4, 3.9, 11.1, 7.5, 2.3, 6.6, 5.9, 7.6, 4.1, 1.2, 2.3, 1.9, 2.2, 6.5, 5.6, 7.2, 14, 1.3, 4.1, 2.1, 2.7, 5.2, 6, 2.4, 7.8, 1.3, 6, 15.1, 5.5, 6.4, 4.9, 6.8, -0.3, 0.8, 5.5, 0.5, 5.4, 1.7, 1.2, 9.4, 5.3, 6, 4.6, -0.1, 2.9, 6.9, 8.7, 11.3, 7.6, 0, 4.5, 2, 1.7, 3.6, 10.5, 0.6, 2.7, 6.1, 1, -1.3, 3.2, 2.9, 27

Best Game Score of 75 games this season.

Previous best: 15.1, set on Jan 29, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Rockets won 132-101 at home against the Grizzlies, a 31-point win.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Grizzlies this season: 6 points (Nov 5, 2025), 0 points (Jan 26, 2026), 2 points (Mar 27, 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.