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DeMar DeRozan

G-F · 6′6″ · Current team: Denver Nuggets

Regular season · Mar 11, 2026 · CHA 117 @ SAC 109 · Final

DeMar DeRozan: season-high 39 points vs Hornets (Mar 11, 2026)

ANSWER

39 PTS · 17-of-22 FG · 0-of-1 3P · 5-of-5 FT · 40:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 18.1 PTS · 12.9 FGA · 31.6 MIN, from 65 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 66 games this season: 33.3 against a usual 14.4 (+18.9)

Season-high 39 points (previous high 37, set on Dec 23, 2025)

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 DeMar DeRozan score 39 points?

In 40:48 against the Hornets on Mar 11, 2026, DeMar DeRozan scored 39 points: 17-of-22 from the field (77.3%), 0-of-1 from three, 5-of-5 on free throws (100.0%). Before this game, DeRozan averaged 18.1 points on 12.9 shots in 31.6 minutes across 65 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 39 points. By Game Score it was the best of 66 games this season. The shot count was 22, against a usual 12.9. DeRozan shot 77.3% from the field, against a usual 48.5%. From two-pointers, 34 points against a usual 11.3; from threes, 0 points against a usual 1.9. Minutes: 40:48, against a usual 31.6; Game Score per 36 minutes: 29.4, against a usual 16.5. Turnovers and fouls: 4 and 3, against a usual 1.1 and 2.0. At home against the Hornets, the Kings lost 117-109. 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

DeRozan in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (65 games)Change
Minutes40:4831.6+9.2
Points3918.1+20.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%22 · 77.3%12.9 · 48.5%+9.1 · +28.8
3PA · 3P%0-of-12.0 · 32.6%-1.0
FTA · FT%5 · 100.0%5.6 · 86.3%-0.6 · +13.7
Rebounds43.0+1.0
Assists63.8+2.2
Turnovers41.1+2.9
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 65 games32.522.4+10.1
Game Score per 36 minutes29.416.5+12.9
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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 (65 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-1)1.9 (0.6-of-2.0)-1.9
Twos34 (17-of-21)11.3 (5.6-of-10.9)+22.7
Free throws5 (5-of-5)4.9 (4.9-of-5.6)+0.1
Total3918.1+20.9
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

33.3 against a usual 14.4 (+18.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+19.2
Rebounds+0.1
Assists+1.5
Steals and blocks+1.4
Turnovers and fouls-3.3
Total+18.9
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 66 games, oldest first, this game last: 29.7, 7.6, 12.7, 15.6, 16.5, 19.8, 11, 15.8, 13.5, 17.2, 13.3, 1.2, 5.4, 24.5, 15.8, 6.5, 16.4, 28.4, 4.7, 11.9, 20.7, 5.2, 14.9, 14.8, 10.6, 13.9, 27.5, 14.4, 26.7, 33.1, 10.9, 16, 6.3, 23.7, 9.5, 4.4, 17, 20, 20.5, 30.9, 22.7, 10.7, 12.3, 18.5, 6.9, 13.7, 8.8, 18.9, 22.3, 0.3, 25.8, 18, 6.8, 6.4, 0.3, 11.5, 10.8, 16.6, 21.1, 15.7, 9.3, 11.1, 7.6, 7, 6.1, 33.3

Best Game Score of 66 games this season.

Previous best: 33.1, set on Dec 23, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Kings lost 117-109 at home against the Hornets.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 10, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Hornets this season.
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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.