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Collin Gillespie

G · 6′1″ · Current team: Phoenix Suns

Regular season · Feb 3, 2026 · PHX 130 @ POR 125 · Final

Collin Gillespie: season-high 30 points vs Trail Blazers (Feb 3, 2026)

ANSWER

30 PTS · 10-of-17 FG · 8-of-14 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 33:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.5 PTS · 10.7 FGA · 28.2 MIN, from 49 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 50 games this season: 31.5 against a usual 11.9 (+19.6)

Season-high 30 points (previous high 28, set on Dec 1, 2025)

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 Collin Gillespie score 30 points?

In 33:12 against the Trail Blazers on Feb 3, 2026, Collin Gillespie scored 30 points: 10-of-17 from the field (58.8%), 8-of-14 from three (57.1%), 2-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Gillespie had averaged 13.5 points on 10.7 shots in 28.2 minutes, from 49 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 28 points. This game had the best Game Score of 50 games this season. Shot attempts: 17, against a usual 10.7. Gillespie shot 58.8% from the field, against a usual 44.1%. From threes, 24 points against a usual 9.0. Gillespie played 33:12 against a usual 28.2 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 34.2, against a usual 15.3. Gillespie had 10 assists, against a usual 4.6. At the Trail Blazers, the Suns won 130-125. 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

Gillespie in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (49 games)Change
Minutes33:1228.2+5.0
Points3013.5+16.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%17 · 58.8%10.7 · 44.1%+6.3 · +14.7
3PA · 3P%14 · 57.1%7.0 · 43.0%+7.0 · +14.1
FTA · FT%2-of-21.3 · 84.1%+0.7
Rebounds44.1-0.1
Assists104.6+5.4
Turnovers11.7-0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 49 games23.819.4+4.4
Game Score per 36 minutes34.215.3+18.9
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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 (49 games)Change
Threes24 (8-of-14)9.0 (3.0-of-7.0)+15.0
Twos4 (2-of-3)3.4 (1.7-of-3.7)+0.6
Free throws2 (2-of-2)1.1 (1.1-of-1.3)+0.9
Total3013.5+16.5
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

31.5 against a usual 11.9 (+19.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+14.3
Rebounds-0.4
Assists+3.8
Steals and blocks+1.4
Turnovers and fouls+0.5
Total+19.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 50 games, oldest first, this game last: 7, 10.3, 5.1, 18.2, 15.6, 13.2, 13.1, 6.9, 3.3, 9.7, 5.7, 5.8, 5.4, 15.6, 15.6, 17.5, 13.6, 14.1, 18.5, 17.1, 8, 23, 7.6, 15.6, 1.6, 9.2, 14.2, 12.9, 19.2, 12.7, 17.4, 25, 14.9, 13.3, 4.4, 10.9, 11.7, 2.2, 6.3, 12.4, 15.6, 9.7, 23.9, 9.8, 14.8, 3, 9.7, 15.9, 8.5, 31.5

Best Game Score of 50 games this season.

Previous best: 25.0, set on Dec 29, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Suns won 130-125 at the Trail Blazers.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 1, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Trail Blazers this season: 19 points (Nov 18, 2025).
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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.