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Gary Trent Jr.

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Milwaukee Bucks

Regular season · Mar 29, 2026 · LAC 127 @ MIL 113 · Final

Gary Trent Jr.: season-high 36 points vs Clippers (Mar 29, 2026)

ANSWER

36 PTS · 12-of-21 FG · 9-of-15 3P · 3-of-4 FT · 37:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 7.8 PTS · 7.0 FGA · 21.2 MIN, from 61 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 62 games this season: 24.5 against a usual 4.6 (+19.9)

Season-high 36 points (previous high 20, reached in 3 earlier games)

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 Gary Trent Jr. score 36 points?

Gary Trent Jr. scored 36 points against the Clippers on Mar 29, 2026 in 37:18: 12-of-21 from the field (57.1%), 9-of-15 from three (60.0%), 3-of-4 on free throws. Coming in, Trent had averaged 7.8 points on 7.0 shots in 21.2 minutes, from 61 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 36 points. This game had the best Game Score of 62 games this season. The shot count was 21, against a usual 7.0. Trent shot 57.1% from the field, against a usual 38.4%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 27 (5.4), two-pointers 6 (1.8), free throws 3 (0.6). Trent played 37:18 against a usual 21.2 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 23.6, against a usual 7.7. Turnovers and fouls: 5 and 4, against a usual 0.5 and 1.3. At home against the Clippers, the Bucks lost 127-113. 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

Trent in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (61 games)Change
Minutes37:1821.2+16.1
Points367.8+28.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%21 · 57.1%7.0 · 38.4%+14.0 · +18.7
3PA · 3P%15 · 60.0%5.1 · 35.6%+9.9 · +24.4
FTA · FT%3-of-40.7 · 77.8%+3.3
Rebounds21.0+1.0
Assists41.2+2.8
Turnovers50.5+4.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 61 games33.916.5+17.4
Game Score per 36 minutes23.67.7+15.9
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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 (61 games)Change
Threes27 (9-of-15)5.4 (1.8-of-5.1)+21.6
Twos6 (3-of-6)1.8 (0.9-of-1.9)+4.2
Free throws3 (3-of-4)0.6 (0.6-of-0.7)+2.4
Total367.8+28.2
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

24.5 against a usual 4.6 (+19.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+21.8
Rebounds+0.2
Assists+2.0
Steals and blocks+1.5
Turnovers and fouls-5.6
Total+19.9
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 62 games, oldest first, this game last: 14.2, 11.9, 0.5, 8.9, 10.7, 12.9, 5.2, 5.6, -0.2, 8.5, 2.2, 1.3, 7, 6.1, 6.2, 5.6, 4.3, 8.4, 9.9, 0.1, 0.2, 10.3, 1.3, 5.3, 6.9, 10.4, 12.4, 0.8, -0.3, 5.7, 7.6, -2.9, -1.2, 10.6, 1.2, 5.3, -0.8, 4, -0.8, 0, 6.7, 1.3, 3.7, 9.2, 11.5, 6, -2.1, 2, -2.5, 3, 0.3, 2.3, -1.7, 0.8, 1.3, 1.2, 1.1, 5.5, 13.3, -5.1, 14.8, 24.5

Best Game Score of 62 games this season.

Previous best: 14.8, set on Mar 28, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bucks lost 127-113 at home against the Clippers.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 28, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Clippers this season: 20 points (Mar 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.