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Cody Williams

F · 6′7″ · Current team: Minnesota Timberwolves

Regular season · Apr 3, 2026 · UTA 106 @ HOU 140 · Final

Cody Williams 27 points vs Rockets (Apr 3, 2026): 2nd-best of 63 games

ANSWER

27 PTS · 10-of-16 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 7-of-10 FT · 38:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.2 PTS · 7.0 FGA · 23.4 MIN, from 62 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 63 games this season: 23.9 against a usual 6.1 (+17.8)

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 Cody Williams score 27 points?

Cody Williams scored 27 points against the Rockets on Apr 3, 2026 in 38:18: 10-of-16 from the field (62.5%), 0-of-2 from three, 7-of-10 on free throws (70.0%). Before this game, Williams averaged 8.2 points on 7.0 shots in 23.4 minutes across 62 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of 63 games this season. Shot attempts: 16, against a usual 7.0. Williams shot 62.5% from the field, against a usual 47.5%. By shot type: two-pointers 20 points (usual 5.8); free throws 7 points (usual 1.1); threes 0 points (usual 1.3). Playing time was 38:18, against a usual 23.4 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 22.5, against a usual 9.4. Rebounds: 11, against a usual 2.8. The Jazz lost 140-106 at the Rockets, a 34-point loss. 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

Williams in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (62 games)Change
Minutes38:1823.4+14.9
Points278.2+18.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%16 · 62.5%7.0 · 47.5%+9.0 · +15.0
3PA · 3P%0-of-21.8 · 22.8%+0.2
FTA · FT%10 · 70.0%1.6 · 70.1%+8.4 · -0.1
Rebounds112.8+8.2
Assists41.8+2.2
Turnovers21.0+1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 61 games23.715.6+8.1
Game Score per 36 minutes22.59.4+13.1
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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 (62 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)1.3 (0.4-of-1.8)-1.3
Twos20 (10-of-14)5.8 (2.9-of-5.2)+14.2
Free throws7 (7-of-10)1.1 (1.1-of-1.6)+5.9
Total278.2+18.8
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

23.9 against a usual 6.1 (+17.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+14.2
Rebounds+4.1
Assists+1.5
Steals and blocks-1.0
Turnovers and fouls-1.0
Total+17.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 63 games, oldest first, this game last: 0, 1.1, 4.9, 0.7, 2.1, 1.1, -0.1, -3, 2.6, -2.2, -1.8, -1.8, 2.6, 7.2, -0.8, 0.7, 2.7, 7.5, -1.5, 12.9, 5.3, 5.6, 5.5, 11.8, 10.1, 3.8, 6.7, 8.4, 8, 1, 7, 11.9, 4.2, 8.3, 4.6, 8.5, 16.7, 4.8, -0.6, 1.9, 11.9, 5.3, 1.3, 0.3, 3.7, 3.9, 2.5, 10.6, 15.8, 13.5, 6.7, 11.1, 9.1, 28.9, 8.3, 19.4, 3.6, 14.2, 22.1, -6.4, 18.4, 6.9, 23.9

2nd-best Game Score of 63 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Jazz lost 140-106 at the Rockets, a 34-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 1, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Rockets this season: 2 points (Feb 23, 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.