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GG Jackson

F · 6′9″ · Current team: Memphis Grizzlies

Regular season · Apr 3, 2026 · TOR 128 @ MEM 96 · Final

GG Jackson 30 points vs Raptors (Apr 3, 2026): 2nd-best of 52 games

ANSWER

30 PTS · 10-of-16 FG · 3-of-6 3P · 7-of-9 FT · 30:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 12.2 PTS · 9.3 FGA · 21.4 MIN, from 51 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of the 52 games the source holds this season: 20.9 against a usual 8.9 (+12.0)

Season-high 30 points among the games the source holds (previous high 28, set on Feb 21, 2026)

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 GG Jackson score 30 points?

In 30:12 against the Raptors on Apr 3, 2026, GG Jackson scored 30 points: 10-of-16 from the field (62.5%), 3-of-6 from three (50.0%), 7-of-9 on free throws (77.8%). Coming in, Jackson had averaged 12.2 points on 9.3 shots in 21.4 minutes, from 51 regular-season games. No earlier game the source holds this season reached 30 points. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of the 52 games the source holds this season. Shot attempts: 16, against a usual 9.3. Jackson shot 62.5% from the field, against a usual 49.2%. By shot type: two-pointers 14 points (usual 6.9); threes 9 points (usual 3.4); free throws 7 points (usual 1.9). Minutes: 30:12, against a usual 21.4; Game Score per 36 minutes: 24.9, against a usual 15.1. The Grizzlies lost 128-96 at home against the Raptors, a 32-point loss. 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

Jackson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (51 games)Change
Minutes30:1221.4+8.8
Points3012.2+17.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%16 · 62.5%9.3 · 49.2%+6.7 · +13.3
3PA · 3P%6 · 50.0%3.5 · 31.8%+2.5 · +18.2
FTA · FT%9 · 77.8%2.6 · 73.1%+6.4 · +4.7
Rebounds54.3+0.7
Assists11.5-0.5
Turnovers41.5+2.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 49 games32.723.5+9.2
Game Score per 36 minutes24.915.1+9.8
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 (51 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-6)3.4 (1.1-of-3.5)+5.6
Twos14 (7-of-10)6.9 (3.5-of-5.8)+7.1
Free throws7 (7-of-9)1.9 (1.9-of-2.6)+5.1
Total3012.2+17.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

20.9 against a usual 8.9 (+12.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+14.8
Rebounds+0.6
Assists-0.3
Steals and blocks-0.4
Turnovers and fouls-2.7
Total+12.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 52 games, oldest first, this game last: 2.1, -0.4, -0.7, 1, 0.9, 3.5, 5, -1.5, 4.6, 17.4, 5.5, 5.1, 6.5, 8.6, 7.6, -0.8, 7.1, 10.4, -0.4, 7.9, 9.4, 7, 9.9, 3.3, 16.7, 12, 14.4, 14.4, 11, 4, 18.7, 13.3, 23.5, 11.2, 20, 11.4, 11.6, 11.9, 11, 10.5, 8.3, 4.9, 14.3, 8.5, 13.2, 16.3, 18.1, 5.5, 2.7, 11.2, 18.8, 20.9

2nd-best Game Score of the 52 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Grizzlies lost 128-96 at home against the Raptors, a 32-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 1, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Raptors this season.
  • The source holds fewer Grizzlies 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.