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Jalen Wilson

F · 6′6″ · Current team: Atlanta Hawks

Regular season · Nov 29, 2025 · BKN 99 @ MIL 116 · Final

Jalen Wilson: season-high 13 points vs Bucks (Nov 29, 2025)

ANSWER

13 PTS · 4-of-8 FG · 1-of-4 3P · 4-of-5 FT · 16:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.1 PTS · 4.5 FGA · 14.9 MIN, from 15 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 16 games this season: 11.5 against a usual 2.2 (+9.3)

Season-high 13 points (previous high 9, reached in 4 earlier games)

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 Jalen Wilson score 13 points?

In 16:06 against the Bucks on Nov 29, 2025, Jalen Wilson scored 13 points: 4-of-8 from the field, 1-of-4 from three, 4-of-5 on free throws (80.0%). Before this game, Wilson averaged 5.1 points on 4.5 shots in 14.9 minutes across 15 regular-season games. The 13 points were a season high, above the previous 9. By Game Score it was the best of 16 games this season. Shot attempts: 8, against a usual 4.5. By shot type: two-pointers 6 points (usual 1.0); free throws 4 points (usual 0.7). Playing time was 16:06, against a usual 14.9 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 25.7, against a usual 5.3. At the Bucks, the Nets lost 116-99. 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

Wilson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (15 games)Change
Minutes16:0614.9+1.2
Points135.1+7.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-84.5 · 35.3%+3.5
3PA · 3P%1-of-43.1 · 36.2%+0.9
FTA · FT%5 · 80.0%0.9 · 78.6%+4.1 · +1.4
Rebounds30.9+2.1
Assists20.6+1.4
Turnovers00.7-0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 15 games29.716.2+13.5
Game Score per 36 minutes25.75.3+20.4
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 (15 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-4)3.4 (1.1-of-3.1)-0.4
Twos6 (3-of-4)1.0 (0.5-of-1.4)+5.0
Free throws4 (4-of-5)0.7 (0.7-of-0.9)+3.3
Total135.1+7.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

11.5 against a usual 2.2 (+9.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+6.1
Rebounds+0.6
Assists+1.0
Steals and blocks+0.9
Turnovers and fouls+0.7
Total+9.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 16 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.3, 6.6, 4.9, 5.9, -2.2, 3.6, 3.5, 6.7, -6.1, 5.2, 2.7, -2.2, 1.3, 0.8, -2.1, 11.5

Best Game Score of 16 games this season.

Previous best: 6.7, set on Nov 7, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Nets lost 116-99 at the Bucks.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 28, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bucks this season.
06

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.