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Jaime Jaquez Jr.

G · 6′7″ · Current team: Milwaukee Bucks

Regular season · Apr 4, 2026 · WAS 136 @ MIA 152 · Final

Jaime Jaquez Jr.: season-high 32 points vs Wizards (Apr 4, 2026)

ANSWER

32 PTS · 12-of-18 FG · 1-of-2 3P · 7-of-7 FT · 32:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.0 PTS · 12.1 FGA · 28.2 MIN, from 70 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 71 games this season: 26.9 against a usual 12.1 (+14.8)

Season-high 32 points (previous high 31, set on Nov 2, 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 Jaime Jaquez Jr. score 32 points?

Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 32 points against the Wizards on Apr 4, 2026 in 32:00: 12-of-18 from the field (66.7%), 1-of-2 from three, 7-of-7 on free throws (100.0%). Before this game, Jaquez averaged 15.0 points on 12.1 shots in 28.2 minutes across 70 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 32 points. This game had the best Game Score of 71 games this season. Jaquez took 18 shots, 5.9 more than usual. The rate from the field was 66.7%, against a usual 49.7%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 22 (10.6), free throws 7 (2.3). Minutes: 32:00, against a usual 28.2; Game Score per 36 minutes: 30.3, against a usual 15.5. The Heat won 152-136 at home against the Wizards. 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

Jaquez in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (70 games)Change
Minutes32:0028.2+3.8
Points3215.0+17.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%18 · 66.7%12.1 · 49.7%+5.9 · +17.0
3PA · 3P%1-of-22.4 · 30.3%-0.4
FTA · FT%7 · 100.0%3.0 · 76.3%+4.0 · +23.7
Rebounds35.1-2.1
Assists44.7-0.7
Turnovers22.00.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 70 games28.422.3+6.1
Game Score per 36 minutes30.315.5+14.8
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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 (70 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-2)2.1 (0.7-of-2.4)+0.9
Twos22 (11-of-16)10.6 (5.3-of-9.7)+11.4
Free throws7 (7-of-7)2.3 (2.3-of-3.0)+4.7
Total3215.0+17.0
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

26.9 against a usual 12.1 (+14.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+15.6
Rebounds-1.2
Assists-0.5
Steals and blocks+0.1
Turnovers and fouls+0.8
Total+14.8
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 71 games, oldest first, this game last: 11.8, 18.4, 14.6, 24.1, 6.4, 23.8, 7.2, 16.3, 18.8, 13.6, 25.2, 3.2, 18, 4.6, 12, 8.9, 17.5, 8.8, 9.7, 0, 10.3, 9.6, 21.7, 5.2, 7.3, 12.7, 6.3, 17.8, 10.1, 12.6, 25.6, 23.3, 17, 5.3, 11.1, 0.6, 15.1, 8, 11.8, 1.1, 7.2, 19.1, 6.8, 23.7, 15.8, 7.7, 14.8, 10.5, -2.3, 10.4, 18.4, 8.4, 7.7, 5.4, 14.6, 8.2, 18, 18.7, 15.7, 14.8, 10.1, 4.8, 19.3, 7.8, 7.7, 10.3, 12.9, 11.5, 12.6, 12.9, 26.9

Best Game Score of 71 games this season.

Previous best: 25.6, set on Dec 27, 2025.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Heat won 152-136 at home against the Wizards.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 1, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Wizards this season: 4 points (Feb 8, 2026), 5 points (Mar 10, 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.