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Isaiah Collier

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Utah Jazz

Regular season · Feb 5, 2026 · UTA 119 @ ATL 121 · Final

Isaiah Collier: season-high 25 points vs Hawks (Feb 5, 2026)

ANSWER

25 PTS · 11-of-22 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 3-of-4 FT · 48:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.6 PTS · 7.0 FGA · 24.4 MIN, from 43 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 44 games this season: 23.2 against a usual 9.4 (+13.8)

Season-high 25 points (previous high 19, set on Feb 1, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

No more than 4 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 Isaiah Collier score 25 points?

In 48:00 against the Hawks on Feb 5, 2026, Isaiah Collier scored 25 points: 11-of-22 from the field (50.0%), 0-of-2 from three, 3-of-4 on free throws. Before this game, Collier averaged 9.6 points on 7.0 shots in 24.4 minutes across 43 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 25 points. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of 44 games this season. Shot attempts: 22, against a usual 7.0. The 50.0% from the field compares with a usual 50.5%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 22 (6.2), threes 0 (1.3). Playing time was 48:00, against a usual 24.4 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 17.4, against a usual 13.9. Assists: 11, against a usual 7.0. The Jazz lost 121-119 at the Hawks. 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

Collier in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (43 games)Change
Minutes48:0024.4+23.6
Points259.6+15.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%22 · 50.0%7.0 · 50.5%+15.0 · -0.5
3PA · 3P%0-of-21.5 · 29.2%+0.5
FTA · FT%3-of-43.0 · 67.9%+1.0
Rebounds72.6+4.4
Assists117.0+4.0
Turnovers22.3-0.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 43 games21.918.4+3.5
Game Score per 36 minutes17.413.9+3.5
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 (43 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)1.3 (0.4-of-1.5)-1.3
Twos22 (11-of-20)6.2 (3.1-of-5.5)+15.8
Free throws3 (3-of-4)2.1 (2.1-of-3.0)+0.9
Total259.6+15.4
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

23.2 against a usual 9.4 (+13.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.9
Rebounds+1.6
Assists+2.8
Steals and blocks+1.9
Turnovers and fouls-0.4
Total+13.8
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 44 games, oldest first, this game last: 2.9, 6.3, 18, 10, 17.5, 5.6, 0.7, 6.2, 2.6, 11.8, 2, 4.4, 0.5, 15.6, 0, 3.8, 14, 15.3, 15.4, 4.3, 7, 9.1, 3, 10, 14.6, 11.9, 14.3, 3.5, 6.3, 14.6, 8.4, 3.2, 15.4, 5.5, 9, 19.9, -0.5, 17, 13, 12.7, 6.7, 20.4, 23.3, 23.2

2nd-best Game Score of 44 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Jazz lost 121-119 at the Hawks.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 3, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Hawks this season: 10 points (Nov 13, 2025).
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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.