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Jae'Sean Tate

F · 6′4″ · Current team: Houston Rockets

Regular season · Apr 12, 2026 · MEM 101 @ HOU 132 · Final

Jae'Sean Tate: season-high 13 points vs Grizzlies (Apr 12, 2026)

ANSWER

13 PTS · 6-of-9 FG · 1-of-2 3P · 0-of-1 FT · 26:13 MIN

Usual before this game: 2.6 PTS · 2.2 FGA · 8.4 MIN, from 45 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 46 games this season: 10.3 against a usual 2.1 (+8.2)

Season-high 13 points (previous high 8, set on Dec 5, 2025 and Feb 2, 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 Jae'Sean Tate score 13 points?

Jae'Sean Tate scored 13 points against the Grizzlies on Apr 12, 2026 in 26:13: 6-of-9 from the field, 1-of-2 from three, 0-of-1 on free throws. Before this game, Tate averaged 2.6 points on 2.2 shots in 8.4 minutes across 45 regular-season games. The 13 points were a season high, above the previous 8. This game had the best Game Score of 46 games this season. Tate took 9 shots, 6.8 more than usual. From two-pointers, 10 points against a usual 1.8; from threes, 3 points against a usual 0.6. Tate played 26:13 against a usual 8.4 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 14.1, against a usual 8.8. Turnovers and fouls: 3 and 1, against a usual 0.3 and 1.0. The Rockets won 132-101 at home against the Grizzlies, a 31-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

01

What changed

Tate in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (45 games)Change
Minutes26:138.4+17.8
Points132.6+10.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-92.2 · 50.0%+6.8
3PA · 3P%1-of-20.7 · 30.0%+1.3
FTA · FT%0-of-10.2 · 70.0%+0.8
Rebounds61.5+4.5
Assists20.5+1.5
Turnovers30.3+2.7
Game Score per 36 minutes14.18.8+5.3
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 (45 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-2)0.6 (0.2-of-0.7)+2.4
Twos10 (5-of-7)1.8 (0.9-of-1.5)+8.2
Free throws0 (0-of-1)0.2 (0.2-of-0.2)-0.2
Total132.6+10.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

10.3 against a usual 2.1 (+8.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.3
Rebounds+1.9
Assists+1.0
Steals and blocks+0.7
Turnovers and fouls-2.7
Total+8.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 46 games, oldest first, this game last: 2.8, -2.5, -0.8, 1, 0, 2.3, -0.4, -0.4, 3.4, 6, 10.1, 2.7, 3.1, 4.8, 0, 8.7, 1, 0.6, 1, 4.7, 2.3, 0, 1, 5.3, 0, -0.3, 0.6, 0, 1.9, 7.7, -1.6, 2.3, 6.7, -0.7, -0.8, -1, 4.3, 0.3, 2.9, -0.5, -0.7, 7.9, 1.4, 3, 2.6, 10.3

Best Game Score of 46 games this season.

Previous best: 10.1, set on Dec 1, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Rockets won 132-101 at home against the Grizzlies, a 31-point win.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Grizzlies this season: 2 points (Nov 5, 2025), 0 points (Jan 26, 2026), 2 points (Mar 27, 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.