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Ja'Kobe Walter

G · 6′5″ · Current team: Toronto Raptors

Regular season · Mar 23, 2026 · TOR 143 @ UTA 127 · Final

Ja'Kobe Walter: season-high 21 points vs Jazz (Mar 23, 2026)

ANSWER

21 PTS · 7-of-10 FG · 6-of-8 3P · 1-of-1 FT · 28:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 6.8 PTS · 5.2 FGA · 19.1 MIN, from 60 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 61 games this season: 19.2 against a usual 5.5 (+13.7)

Season-high 21 points (previous high 19, set on Jan 9, 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 Ja'Kobe Walter score 21 points?

Ja'Kobe Walter scored 21 points against the Jazz on Mar 23, 2026 in 28:06: 7-of-10 from the field (70.0%), 6-of-8 from three (75.0%), 1-of-1 on free throws. Coming in, Walter had averaged 6.8 points on 5.2 shots in 19.1 minutes, from 60 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 19 points. By Game Score it was the best of 61 games this season. Shot attempts: 10, against a usual 5.2. The rate from the field was 70.0%, against a usual 43.3%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 18 (3.8). Minutes: 28:06, against a usual 19.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: 24.6, against a usual 10.4. The Raptors won 143-127 at the Jazz. 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

Walter in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (60 games)Change
Minutes28:0619.1+9.0
Points216.8+14.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 70.0%5.2 · 43.3%+4.8 · +26.7
3PA · 3P%8 · 75.0%3.4 · 37.9%+4.6 · +37.1
FTA · FT%1-of-11.2 · 83.6%-0.2
Rebounds52.4+2.6
Assists21.1+0.9
Turnovers10.5+0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 60 games17.014.2+2.8
Game Score per 36 minutes24.610.4+14.2
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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 (60 games)Change
Threes18 (6-of-8)3.8 (1.3-of-3.4)+14.2
Twos2 (1-of-2)2.0 (1.0-of-1.8)0.0
Free throws1 (1-of-1)1.0 (1.0-of-1.2)0.0
Total216.8+14.2
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

19.2 against a usual 5.5 (+13.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+12.8
Rebounds+1.3
Assists+0.7
Steals and blocks+0.6
Turnovers and fouls-1.7
Total+13.7
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 61 games, oldest first, this game last: 1.5, 3.9, 0.3, -0.9, 6.2, -2.1, -1.2, 0.7, 6, 2.2, -1.5, 11.7, 7.7, 13.8, 3, 12.7, 3.2, 5.6, -0.8, 15.7, -0.7, -1.7, 8.9, -0.8, 2.4, 3.1, 9, 4, 11, 16.3, 11.1, -1.9, 3.7, 0.1, 2.6, 16.8, 0.6, 7.3, -3.6, 11, 6.5, 1, 11.2, 5.6, 3.6, 12.5, 6.7, 13.2, 6.7, 4.6, -0.6, -0.6, 10.2, 7.3, -0.5, 10.3, 3, 17.6, 14.7, 9.5, 19.2

Best Game Score of 61 games this season.

Previous best: 17.6, set on Mar 18, 2026.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Raptors won 143-127 at the Jazz.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 22, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Jazz this season: 7 points (Feb 1, 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.