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Derrick White

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Boston Celtics

Regular season · Mar 10, 2026 · BOS 116 @ SAS 125 · Final

Derrick White: season-high 34 points vs Spurs (Mar 10, 2026)

ANSWER

34 PTS · 11-of-22 FG · 3-of-11 3P · 9-of-11 FT · 40:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 17.2 PTS · 15.1 FGA · 34.3 MIN, from 62 regular-season games

3rd-best Game Score of 63 games this season: 27.9 against a usual 14.5 (+13.4)

Season-high 34 points (previous high 33, set on Dec 19, 2025)

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 Derrick White score 34 points?

Derrick White scored 34 points against the Spurs on Mar 10, 2026 in 40:00: 11-of-22 from the field (50.0%), 3-of-11 from three (27.3%), 9-of-11 on free throws (81.8%). Before this game, White averaged 17.2 points on 15.1 shots in 34.3 minutes across 62 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 33 points. This game had the 3rd-best Game Score of 63 games this season. Shot attempts: 22, against a usual 15.1. The rate from the field was 50.0%, against a usual 39.2%. From two-pointers, 16 points against a usual 6.1; from free throws, 9 points against a usual 2.5. Minutes: 40:00, against a usual 34.3; Game Score per 36 minutes: 25.1, against a usual 15.2. The Celtics lost 125-116 at the Spurs. 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

White in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (62 games)Change
Minutes40:0034.3+5.7
Points3417.2+16.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%22 · 50.0%15.1 · 39.2%+6.9 · +10.8
3PA · 3P%11 · 27.3%8.7 · 32.8%+2.3 · -5.5
FTA · FT%11 · 81.8%2.7 · 90.5%+8.3 · -8.7
Rebounds54.5+0.5
Assists75.7+1.3
Turnovers11.8-0.8
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 62 games32.023.1+8.9
Game Score per 36 minutes25.115.2+9.9
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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 (62 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-11)8.6 (2.9-of-8.7)+0.4
Twos16 (8-of-11)6.1 (3.1-of-6.4)+9.9
Free throws9 (9-of-11)2.5 (2.5-of-2.7)+6.5
Total3417.2+16.8
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

27.9 against a usual 14.5 (+13.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+13.3
Rebounds+0.5
Assists+0.9
Steals and blocks-1.5
Turnovers and fouls+0.2
Total+13.4
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 63 games, oldest first, this game last: 18.8, 7.9, 12.4, 7.9, 10.3, 9.7, 2.2, 13, 18.1, 16.7, 14.7, 11.4, 20.9, 21.7, 9.4, -0.8, 19, 25.8, 10.6, 15.4, 26.3, 15.4, 16.5, 2.5, 21.8, 30.5, 8.1, 13.2, 18.1, 10.1, 29.6, 17.7, 24.5, 11.1, 10.2, 15.8, 22, 7.2, 7.8, 18, 4.5, 10.8, 13.9, 7.2, 6.9, 12.6, 17.7, 7.5, 17.2, 17.6, 15.1, 14.8, 11.6, 12.7, 23.5, 17.8, 14.1, 18.2, 13, 23, 19.4, 5.7, 27.9

3rd-best Game Score of 63 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Celtics lost 125-116 at the Spurs.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 8, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Spurs this season: 29 points (Jan 10, 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.