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Daniss Jenkins

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Detroit Pistons

Regular season · Apr 4, 2026 · DET 116 @ PHI 93 · Final

Daniss Jenkins 14 assists vs 76ers (Apr 4, 2026): tied for 4th-best of 68 games

ANSWER

16 PTS · 14 AST · 4-of-11 FG · 2-of-5 3P · 6-of-7 FT · 31:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.3 PTS · 3.6 AST · 7.8 FGA · 19.9 MIN, from 67 regular-season games

Tied for the 4th-best Game Score of the 68 games the source holds this season: 22.4 against a usual 7.3 (+15.1)

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 Daniss Jenkins have 14 assists?

Daniss Jenkins scored 16 points against the 76ers on Apr 4, 2026 in 31:30: 4-of-11 from the field (36.4%), 2-of-5 from three (40.0%), 6-of-7 on free throws (85.7%). Before this game, Jenkins averaged 9.3 points on 7.8 shots in 19.9 minutes across 67 regular-season games. By Game Score it tied for the 4th-best of the 68 games the source holds this season. Jenkins took 11 shots, 3.2 more than usual. The 36.4% from the field compares with a usual 41.6%. Points by shot type, against the usual: free throws 6 (1.7), threes 6 (3.1). Playing time was 31:30, against a usual 19.9 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 25.6, against a usual 13.2. Assists: 14, against a usual 3.6. The Pistons won 116-93 at the 76ers, a 23-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

Jenkins in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (67 games)Change
Minutes31:3019.9+11.6
Points169.3+6.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 36.4%7.8 · 41.6%+3.2 · -5.2
3PA · 3P%5 · 40.0%2.7 · 38.3%+2.3 · +1.7
FTA · FT%7 · 85.7%2.1 · 81.6%+4.9 · +4.1
Rebounds42.2+1.8
Assists143.6+10.4
Turnovers11.5-0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 66 games21.221.9-0.7
Game Score per 36 minutes25.613.2+12.4
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 (67 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-5)3.1 (1.0-of-2.7)+2.9
Twos4 (2-of-6)4.5 (2.2-of-5.1)-0.5
Free throws6 (6-of-7)1.7 (1.7-of-2.1)+4.3
Total169.3+6.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

22.4 against a usual 7.3 (+15.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+4.6
Rebounds+1.5
Assists+7.2
Steals and blocks+0.7
Turnovers and fouls+1.1
Total+15.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 68 games, oldest first, this game last: 3.3, -0.1, 9.1, -0.7, 1.4, 22.6, 16.5, 16, 17.7, 15.4, 6.1, 6.4, 0.3, -0.4, 9.9, -0.4, 1.9, 4.6, -0.1, 5.9, -0.7, 6.7, -1.4, 2.9, 4.5, -1.7, 0, 22.2, 10.8, 9.5, 4.4, 8.1, 6.5, 10.1, 7.6, 13.4, -3.2, 3.8, 11, 14.8, 0.9, 15, 2.8, 2.5, 4.6, -2, 1.7, 1.9, 1, 0.2, 3.6, -5.3, 10.7, 4.8, 14.9, 3.7, 6.9, 17.9, 3.4, 22.5, 26.6, 14, 16.3, 5.6, 8.3, 18.6, 22.4, 22.4

Tied for the 4th-best Game Score of the 68 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pistons won 116-93 at the 76ers, a 23-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 2, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the 76ers this season: 19 points (Nov 14, 2025), 6 points (Mar 12, 2026).
  • The source holds fewer Pistons 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.