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Goga Bitadze

C-F · 6′11″ · Current team: Orlando Magic

Regular season · Apr 10, 2026 · ORL 127 @ CHI 103 · Final

Goga Bitadze 15 points vs Bulls (Apr 10, 2026): 3rd-best of 60 games

ANSWER

15 PTS · 6-of-7 FG · 3-of-3 FT · 16:37 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.8 PTS · 3.5 FGA · 15.2 MIN, from 59 regular-season games

3rd-best Game Score of the 60 games the source holds this season: 19.0 against a usual 7.1 (+11.9)

Matched the season high of 15 points among the games the source holds, set on Nov 1, 2025

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 Goga Bitadze score 15 points?

In 16:37 against the Bulls on Apr 10, 2026, Goga Bitadze scored 15 points: 6-of-7 from the field, 3-of-3 on free throws. Coming in, Bitadze had averaged 5.8 points on 3.5 shots in 15.2 minutes, from 59 regular-season games. The 15 points matched the season high among the games the source holds, set on Nov 1, 2025. By Game Score it was the 3rd-best of the 60 games the source holds this season. The shot count was 7, against a usual 3.5. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 12 (4.6), free throws 3 (1.1). Minutes: 16:37, against a usual 15.2; Game Score per 36 minutes: 41.2, against a usual 16.7. Rebounds: 11, against a usual 4.9. The Magic won 127-103 at the Bulls, a 24-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

Bitadze in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (59 games)Change
Minutes16:3715.2+1.4
Points155.8+9.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-73.5 · 66.7%+3.5
FTA · FT%3-of-31.5 · 70.8%+1.5
Rebounds114.9+6.1
Assists01.4-1.4
Turnovers00.7-0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 57 games20.313.7+6.6
Game Score per 36 minutes41.216.7+24.5
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 (59 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)0.1 (0.0-of-0.2)-0.1
Twos12 (6-of-7)4.6 (2.3-of-3.3)+7.4
Free throws3 (3-of-3)1.1 (1.1-of-1.5)+1.9
Total155.8+9.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

19.0 against a usual 7.1 (+11.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+8.4
Rebounds+2.6
Assists-0.9
Steals and blocks+1.1
Turnovers and fouls+0.7
Total+11.9
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 60 games, oldest first, this game last: 14.1, 4.2, 5.8, 3, 12.4, 5.6, 17.5, 4.5, 1.7, 4.2, 8.7, 9.9, 6.6, 5.8, 8.5, 13.6, 9.7, 10.5, 5.6, 12.1, 9.8, 9, 3.7, 6.9, 8.4, 9, 3.9, 2.7, 15.5, 9.9, -0.6, 7.8, 11.6, 3.6, 19.2, 2, 2.2, 3.6, 6.5, 3.2, 8.6, 8.2, 6.5, 6.9, -0.8, 5.5, 1, 4.5, 11.7, 6.4, 5.6, 3.1, 2.1, 1.8, 2.9, 4.7, 7.9, 8.2, 19.8, 19

3rd-best Game Score of the 60 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Magic won 127-103 at the Bulls, a 24-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 8, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Bulls this season: 3 points (Oct 25, 2025), 8 points (Dec 1, 2025), 5 points (Jan 2, 2026).
  • The source holds fewer Magic 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.