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Jamal Shead

G · 6′1″ · Current team: Toronto Raptors

Regular season · Mar 29, 2026 · ORL 87 @ TOR 139 · Final

Jamal Shead 12 points vs Magic (Mar 29, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

12 PTS · 4-of-5 FG · 4-of-4 FT · 23:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 6.5 PTS · 6.2 FGA · 22.2 MIN, from 73 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 74 games this season: 20.3 against a usual 6.2 (+14.1)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Jamal Shead score 12 points?

Jamal Shead scored 12 points against the Magic on Mar 29, 2026 in 23:24: 4-of-5 from the field, no three-point attempts, 4-of-4 on free throws. Before this game, Shead averaged 6.5 points on 6.2 shots in 22.2 minutes across 73 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the best of 74 games this season. By shot type: two-pointers 8 points (usual 2.4); threes 0 points (usual 3.1); free throws 4 points (usual 1.0). Shead played 23:24 against a usual 22.2 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 31.2, against a usual 10.0. Shead had 10 assists, against a usual 5.3. At home against the Magic, the Raptors won 139-87, a 52-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

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What changed

Shead in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (73 games)Change
Minutes23:2422.2+1.2
Points126.5+5.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-56.2 · 35.9%-1.2
3PA · 3P%0-of-03.3 · 31.0%-3.3
FTA · FT%4-of-41.3 · 76.5%+2.7
Rebounds21.9+0.1
Assists105.3+4.7
Turnovers01.3-1.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 71 games12.216.0-3.8
Game Score per 36 minutes31.210.0+21.2
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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 (73 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)3.1 (1.0-of-3.3)-3.1
Twos8 (4-of-5)2.4 (1.2-of-2.9)+5.6
Free throws4 (4-of-4)1.0 (1.0-of-1.3)+3.0
Total126.5+5.5
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

20.3 against a usual 6.2 (+14.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.2
Rebounds-0.1
Assists+3.3
Steals and blocks+2.0
Turnovers and fouls+1.7
Total+14.1
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 74 games, oldest first, this game last: 10.4, 4, 9.5, 3.5, 3.8, 10.5, 10, 9, -0.8, 8.3, 5.4, 6.6, 7.2, 3.7, 2.3, 14.2, 13.6, 11.9, 0.7, 0.7, 4.2, 4.1, 7.9, 5.6, 7.3, 14.8, 10.5, 7, 4.2, -2.3, 5.9, 2.6, 4.6, 14.9, -0.5, 6, 8.2, 3.4, 13.4, 16.6, 4.6, 4.8, 16, -2, 11.9, 15.3, 3.9, 7.8, 0.5, 4.7, 5.3, 4.9, 8.5, 3.2, -4.2, 5.2, 14.9, 9.9, 10.3, 3.7, 2.2, -4.4, 3.7, 0.3, 7.3, 8.7, 5, 3.4, 1.8, 1.6, 9.7, 6, 3, 20.3

Best Game Score of 74 games this season.

Previous best: 16.6, set on Jan 11, 2026.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Raptors won 139-87 at home against the Magic, a 52-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 27, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Magic this season: 19 points (Dec 29, 2025), 4 points (Jan 30, 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.